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We compile the list of articles published in major refereed economics journals during the last 35 years that have …
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publications in the top journals in three fields - Psychology, Mathematics and Economics - and develop a series of models to …
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Economics is among the most popular undergraduate majors. However, even at the best research universities and liberal … as providing better information about the application of economics, exposing students to role models, and updating course … arts colleges men outnumber women by two to one, and overall there are about 2.5 males to every female economics major. The …
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Many observers argue that diversity in Economics and STEM fields is critical, not simply because of egalitarian goals … Economics degree than non-enrollees (a plausible lower bound given negative selection into enrollment on math skills and major … college exposure to female instructors and students, consistent with a wider role for women's colleges in increasing female …
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Machine learning algorithms can find predictive signals that researchers fail to notice; yet they are notoriously hard-to-interpret. How can we extract theoretical insights from these black boxes? History provides a clue. Facing a similar problem - how to extract theoretical insights from their...
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We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor composition of their parent...
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Although economists cite potential gains from induced innovation as an advantage of using market-based mechanisms to protect the environment, counts of patents related to flue gas desulfurization units ('scrubbers') peaked before trading of sulfur dioxide (SO2) permits began. This paper uses...
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effect of spillovers on research productivity of firms exceeds the structural effect because it includes an active learning … expenditures and internal research expenditures. The findings are consistent with the view that learning expenditures transmit the …
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conclude by offering suggestions for improving future empirical research on this issue …
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patent policy are few. Possible reasons for these limited results are discussed, and possible avenues for future research are …
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