This study investigates agglomeration effects for classical music production in a wide range of cities for a global sample of composers born between 1750 and 1899. Theory suggests a trade-off between agglomeration economies (peer effects) and diseconomies (peer crowding). I test this hypothesis...

Der Autor war mit seinem Team u.a. aktiv an der Bekämpfung der letzten Ebola-Epidemie in Afrika beteiligt. In seinem Buch geht es am Rand auch um Beispiele von Pandemien oder Krankheiten wie der Spanischen Grippe, Zika oder Cholera, doch hauptsächlich wird die These erläutert, welche...

The authors propose a new method for estimating the power-law exponents of firm size variables. Their focus is on how to empirically identify a range in which a firm size variable follows a power-law distribution. On the one hand, as is well known a firm size variable follows a power-law...

We propose a new method for estimating the power-law exponent of a firm size variable, such as annual sales. Our focus is on how to empirically identify a range in which a firm size variable follows a power-law distribution. As is well known, a firm size variable follows a power-law distribution...