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Conformism, Social Norms and the Dynamics of Assimilation
Olcina, Gonzalo - 2018
We consider a model where each individual (or ethnic minority) is embedded in a network of relation-ships and decides whether or not she wants to be assimilated to the majority norm. Each individual wants her behavior to agree with her personal ideal action or norm but also wants her behavior to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922451
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Conformism, social norms and the dynamics of assimilation
Olcina Vauteren, Gonzalo; Panebianco, Fabrizio; Zenou, Yves - 2018
We consider a model where each individual (or ethnic minority) is embedded in a network of relation-ships and decides whether or not she wants to be assimilated to the majority norm. Each individual wants her behavior to agree with her personal ideal action or norm but also wants her behavior to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821187
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Investment in ICT: Determinants and Economic Implications
Fabritz, Nadine - 2015
This study was prepared by Nadine Fabritz while she was working at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research in the Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in October...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698350
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Sinking or swimming in the cluster labor pool? : a firm-specific analysis of the effect of specialized labour
Grashof, Nils - 2020
Human resources are a key factor for firm success, particularly nowadays when most industrial economies face an increasing shortage of qualified labour. With their pooled labour markets, regional clusters have been shown to be a preferable location for firms in order to satisfy their demand for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012200285
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Spatial Distribution of Regional Innovation Growth Capability and Policy Responses
Huh, Mun-Gu; Kim, Yunsoo - 2023
Concerns are mounting over the potential for weak future growth as the Korean economy faces a wide range of structural issues including an aging society, a crisis in key regional industries, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to these concerns, the Korean government has established innovation growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263108
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Analysis of the role of international network effects on the diffusion of second and third generation mobile communication networks
Baquero, Maria; Kuroda, Toshifumi - 2015
Using quarterly data of 58 countries, this paper provides empirical evidence that mobile phone diffusion from 2007 to …). In addition, we test if the impact on mobile phone diffusion differs whether technologies are local or global standards … (Global System for Mobile Communications) technology prevent the diffusion of third generation (3G) mobile phones. We show …
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Agricultural Input Decisions in the Presence of Complementarities : A Rational Inattention Model
Naeher, Dominik - 2018
This paper investigates an empirical puzzle in technology adoption: the observation that farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa who have successfully adopted modern agricultural inputs on their farms tend to spread synergistic inputs across plots rather than combining them. Existing theories are unable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932194
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Joint customer data acquisition and sharing among rivals
Jentzsch, Nicola; Sapi, Geza; Suleymanova, Irina - 2010
It is increasingly observable that in different industries competitors jointly acquire and share customer data. We propose a modified Hotelling model with two-dimensional consumer heterogeneity to analyze the incentives for such agreements and their welfare implications. In our model the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285763
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Targeted pricing and customer data sharing among rivals
Jentzsch, Nicola; Sapi, Geza; Suleymanova, Irina - 2012
It is increasingly observable that competitors in different industries share customer data, which can be used for targeted pricing. We propose a modified Hotelling model with two-dimensional consumer heterogeneity to analyze the incentives for such sharing and its ensuing welfare effects. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558236
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Joint customer data acquisition and sharing among rivals
Jentzsch, Nicola; Sapi, Geza; Suleymanova, Irina - 2010
It is increasingly observable that in different industries competitors jointly acquire and share customer data. We propose a modified Hotelling model with two-dimensional consumer heterogeneity to analyze the incentives for such agreements and their welfare implications. In our model the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009261308