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The geography and the effect of creative people in Germany
Fritsch, Michael - 2007
This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative oc-cupation in Germany. The population share of the Creative Class as well as of bohemians and artists is relatively high in larger cities, but smaller places and rural regions may also have a considerable proportion of...
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Creative class and regional growth: empirical evidence from eight European countries
Boschma, Ron A.; Fritsch, Michael - 2007
We analyze the regional distribution and the effect of people in creative occupations based on data for more than 450 regions in eight European countries. The geographic distribution of the creative class is highly uneven. The creative class is not attracted to highly urbanized regions per se,...
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Creativity and Industrial Cities: A Case Study of Baltimore
Ács, Zoltán J.; Megyesi, Monika I. - 2007
Creativity is changing the way cities approach economic development and formulate policy. Creative metropolises base … metropolises. Using data from the US Census Bureau and research on creativity measures, this case study concludes that Baltimore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271764
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Creativity and industrial cities: a case study of Baltimore
Ács, Zoltán J.; Megyesi, Monika I. - 2007
Creativity is changing the way cities approach economic development and formulate po-licy. Creative metropolises base … metropolises. Using data from the US Census Bureau and research on creativity measures, this case study concludes that Baltimore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271767
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How do incentives affect creativity?
Eckartz, Katharina; Kirchkamp, Oliver; Schunk, Daniel - 2012
We compare performance in a word based creativity task under three incentive schemes: a flat fee, a linear payment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291555
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Creativity, analytical skills, personality traits, and innovation game behavior in the lab: An experiment
Bäker, Agnes; Güth, Werner; Pull, Kerstin; Stadler, … - 2011
&D or patent data. This research, however, is only poorly informed about the psychological tradition of creativity research …. Our study is an attempt to experimentally collect behavioral data revealing in how far creativity, analytical skills … participants' performance in the innovation games is in fact related to their creativity, risk tolerance and self-control. Other …
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Bedeutungsvolle Orte: Eine kultursoziologische Annäherung an kreative Handlungsressourcen in Städten
Merkel, Janet; Oppen, Maria - 2012
development has given rise to new urban growth theories based on creativity. Explanations focus on spatial-structural dimensions … creative work and life. The aim of this paper is to present a cultural sociological view on creativity in the city. It is not … just the urban context that breeds creativity, but culturally (re)produced perceptions of particular places that creative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010310165
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Is Tolerance Good or Bad for Growth?
Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - 2010
We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We provide estimates based on cross-sectional as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320301
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Is tolerance good or bad for growth?
Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - 2010
We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We provide estimates based on cross-sectional as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321391
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Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Innovationsdynamiken in Kleinstädten
Mayer, Heike - In: Kompendium Kleinstadtforschung, (pp. 140-154). 2021
Die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung von Kleinstädten wurde in der wirtschaftsgeographischen Forschung bisher unzureichend beleuchtet. Ein Grund dafür ist, dass Studien sich vor allem auf Großstädte fokussiert haben und kleinere Städte erst in den vergangenen Jahren mehr Aufmerksamkeit...
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