The spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is still fueled by ignorance in many parts of the world. Filling in knowledge gaps … disease. However, such knowledge is arguably only a necessary condition for targeting these objectives. In this paper, we … describe the extent to which HIV/AIDS knowledge is correlated with less risky sexual behavior. We ask: even when there are no …

the knowledge-capital model', which simultaneously generates motives for both horizontal and vertical multinational …

neoclassical model of investment with physical capital, quasi-fixed labor, and two types of intangible capital, knowledge and brand …'s market value, installed labor force accounts for 14% to 22%, knowledge capital accounts for 20% to 43%, and brand capital … of knowledge capital increased, especially in high-tech industries. Overall, our analysis provides direct empirical …

have, on average, positive causal treatment effects on financial knowledge and downstream financial behaviors. Treatment …

for retirement. Many respondents display limited knowledge and understanding of public and company-provided retirement … remainder of their lifetimes, many do not possess enough basic financial knowledge to confidently make optimal choices …

We ask how patient knowledge of appropriate antibiotic usage affects both physicians prescribing behavior and the …-like complaints visits the same physician. Simulated patient A is instructed to ask a question that showcases his/her knowledge of … patient's knowledge of appropriate antibiotics use reduces both antibiotic prescription rates and drug expenditures. Such …

In sum, numeracy does not influence wealth in whole or in part by affecting financial knowledge of one's pension plan …, where financial knowledge of the pension then influences other decisions about retirement saving … suggest that causality is more likely to run from pension wealth to pension knowledge, rather than the other way around …

produce health. This suggests that the more educated have more knowledge about the health production function and they have … more health knowledge. This paper uses data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the NLSY97 to conduct an investigation of the … allocative efficiency hypothesis by analyzing whether education improves health knowledge. The survey design allows us to observe …

How large are spatial barriers to transferring knowledge? We analyze the international operations of multinational … firms to answer this fundamental question. In our model firms can transfer bits of knowledge to their foreign affiliates in … either embodied (traded intermediates) or disembodied form (direct communication). Knowledge transfer costs interact with the …