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The Life Cycle of Scholars and Papers in Economics -- the "Citation Death Tax"
Aizenman, Joshua - 2008
The information content of academic citations is subject to debate. This paper views premature death as a tragic "natural experiment," outlining a methodology identifying the "citation death tax" -- the impact of death of productive economists on the patterns of their citations. We rely on a...
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Words in Patents : Research Inputs and the Value of Innovativeness in Invention
Packalen, Mikko - 2012
Intelligently allocating research effort and funds requires deciding whether to build on recent advances or on more … established knowledge. When recent advances create superior opportunities for invention, their adoption as research inputs in the … invention process promotes technological progress. The gains from pursuing such innovative research paths may, however, be very …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460166
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"If you compete with us, we shan't marry you" The (Mary Paley and) Alfred Marshall Lecture
Pande, Rohini; Roy, Helena - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Cambridge University, where Paley became one of the first women to take the Tripos exam and the first female lecturer in … enforces them, and suggest relevant policy work and areas for future research …
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How Rapidly Does Science Leak Out?
Adams, James D. - 2006
In science as well as technology, the diffusion of new ideas influences innovation and productive efficiency. With this as motivation we use citations to scientific papers to measure the diffusion of science through the U.S. economy. To indicate the speed of diffusion we rely primarily on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466678
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Wealth at Birth and its Effect on Child Academic Achievement and Behavioral Problems
Faundez, Luis F.; Kaestner, Robert - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
In this article, we examine the association between family wealth and academic achievement and socioemotional behaviors of children ages 5 to 12. We examine whether wealth prior to birth and at ages 4 or 5 affects academic test scores and behavioral problems during two periods of childhood, ages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576657
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U.S Electric Utility Adaptation to Natural Disasters Shocks and Green Power Mandates
Huang, Robert; Kahn, Matthew E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Access to electricity is a crucial determinant of quality of life and productivity. The United States has a highly reliable electricity grid but it faces new resilience challenges posed by more intense natural disasters and rising state level green power requirements. Using a U.S electric...
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The Economic Approach to Political Borders
Spolaore, Enrico - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
empirical studies that shed light on the relations among heterogeneity, conflict, and borders. This line of research is part of …
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Choose Your Moments : Peer Review and Scientific Risk Taking
Carson, Richard T.; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Shrader, Jeffrey - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
conservatism is the way the agencies use peer review of scientific proposals. Peer review is the cornerstone of research allocation …
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Algorithms
Ludwig, Jens; Mullainathan, Sendhil; Rambachan, Ashesh - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We calculate the social return on algorithmic interventions (specifically their Marginal Value of Public Funds) across multiple domains of interest to economists--regulation, criminal justice, medicine, and education. Though these algorithms are different, the results are similar and striking....
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How Do Voters Respond to Welfare Vis-a-Vis Public Good Programs? Theory and Evidence of Political Clientelism
Bardhan, Pranab K.; Mitra, Sandip; Mookherjee, Dilip; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Using rural household survey data from West Bengal, we find that voters respond positively to excludable government welfare benefits but not to local public good programs, while reporting having benefited from both. Consistent with these voting patterns, shocks to electoral competition induced...
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