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 …

We assess the efficiency of regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany by means of a knowledge production function …. This function relates private sector research and development (R&D) activity in a region to the number of inventions that … assessments. We find that both spillovers within the private sector as well as from universities and other public research …

This paper aims to compare relative efficiency of the knowledge triangle policy in 25 EU member states providing … evidence on the knowledge triangle technical efficiency calculated relying on output-oriented Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA …) model assuming variable returns to scale (VRS). Moreover, the knowledge triangle efficiency indices are calculated …