This paper assesses the relative efficiency of knowledge production in the OECD using a nonparametric DEA approach …). The empirical evidence supports the hypothesis that barriers to entry, aimed at reducing competition, lower research …

knowledge by means of scientific publications. Against this background, we model the obituary of scientific knowledge monopoly … obituary of scientific knowledge monopoly by developed countries is not in the near-horizon. Advanced nations that have … mastered the dynamics of knowledge monopoly will continue to lead the course of knowledge economy. Justifications for the …

We conduct the first empirical test of the knowledge burden hypothesis, one of several theories advanced to explain … increasing team sizes in science. For identification, we exploit the collapse of the USSR as an exogenous shock to the knowledge … frontier causing a sudden release of previously hidden research. We report evidence that team size increased disproportionately …