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An econometric model of production with endogenous improvement in energy efficiency 1970 - 1995

Conrad, Klaus - 1998

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a modification of a standard four input production process where energy is used in an inefficient way due to partly unnecessary waste of energy. In this production process, R&D investment is an additional input in order to improve energy efficiency. It...

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ICT, Clusters and Regional Cohesion: A Summary of Theoretical and Empirical Research

Maignan, Carole; Pinelli, Dino; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P. - 2003

The question of the spatial impacts of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated the intellectual … congested area where world-class ICT and high-tech industries cluster together. In theory, geographical agglomeration of … discusses how the use of ICT may alter the balance between centripetal and centrifugal forces and therefore the final …

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The ICT Revolution: Opportunities and Risks for the Mezzogiorno

Bellini, Elena; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Pinelli, Dino - 2003

The question of the spatial impacts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated intellectual and …-class ICT and high-tech industries cluster together. In theory, geographical agglomeration of economic activities results as an … equilibrium solution of a tension between centripetal and centrifugal forces. ICT has the potential to alter the balance between …

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Spatial Agglomeration, Technology and Outsourcing of Knowledge Intensive Business Services Empirical Insights from Italy

Antonietti, Roberto; Cainelli, Giulio - 2007

in driving the decision to outsource KIBS, but ICT, R&D and location within a dense and technologically developed …

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Price Competition in Product Variety Networks

Ushchev, Philip; Zenou, Yves - 2016

We develop a product-differentiated model where the product space is a network defined as a set of varieties (nodes) linked by their degrees of substitutability (edges). We also locate consumers into this network, so that the location of each consumer (node) corresponds to her “ideal”...

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Divide and Conquer: Noisy Communication in Networks, Power, and Wealth Distribution

Perez, Wilson - 2004

In a society composed of a ruler and its citizens: what are the determinants of the political equilibrium between these two? This paper approaches this problem as a game played between a ruler who has to decide the distribution of the aggregate income and a group of agents/citizens who have the...

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Optimal Information Transmission in Organizations: Search and Congestion

Cabrales, Antonio; Arenas, Àlex; Díaz-Guilera, Albert; … - 2004

optimal. Keywords: Networks, information transmission, search, organization design. …

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The Formation of Networks with Transfers among Players

Jackson, Matthew O.; Bloch, Francis - 2004

We examine the formation of networks among a set of players whose payoffs depend on the structure of the network. We … links. We characterize the networks that are supported under these variations and show how each of the above aspects is …

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Economics: An Emerging Small World?

Goyal, Sanjeev; van der Leij, Marco; Moraga-Gonzàlez, … - 2004

The structures of social interaction affect individual behavior and economic performance in important ways. This leads us to ask: does the architecture of social interaction exhibit particular patterns and are these patterns stable over time? We examine interaction among economists by looking at...

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Use of Long-term Auctions for Network Investment

McDaniel, Tanga; Neuhoff, Karsten - 2003

Short-term auctions for access to entry terminals of the British gas-network appear to successfully allocate scarce resources and capture scarcity rent. Now long-term auctions are being introduced to guide future capacity expansion decisions. In our model the fraction of rights issued in the...

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