An inventor's own knowledge is a key input in the innovation process. This knowledge can be built by interacting with … of our new innovation-led endogenous growth model, in which innovations are produced by heterogeneous research teams of … model nests inside the innovation-based endogenous growth model. We estimate the model, which fits the data very closely …

perspectives: (1) individual level (the degree to which team members specialize vs. work as generalists), (2) activity level (the … degree to which activities are concentrated among few team members vs. distributed among many) and (3) the intersection … explore team-based knowledge production using a newly available type of data - the disclosures of author contributions on …

Naively present-biased agents are known to be severe procrastinators. In team settings, procrastination can represent a … form of free-riding that, in excess, can jeopardize a team's ability to meet a deadline. Here we show how naivete and … present bias, despite their reputations, can be desirable traits in a teammate, enabling a team to optimize its performance …