This paper introduces Information Theoretic - based methods for estimating a target variable in a set of small … level, and then of employing the estimated coefficients to obtain the sub-group level indicators. The Information Theoretic …-sample information from theory and/or empirical evidence can be introduced in the form of known probabilities by means of the cross …

PCT-applications per capita) and information infrastructure (number of cell phones and computers with Internet access per … and information infrastructure, which grew throughout the 2000s, hold the largest share in the variation of the RKEI. We …

This paper analyses a local marketing campaign that provided information about unproven age-re-lated stereotypes and … comprehensive register data, we find that the information provided by the campaign (via banners, interviews, job fairs and … information brochures) did change firms' employment behavior. The cheap and mild intervention increased the employment rate of …

efficiency-enhancing knowledge diffusion, which can be exploited by local firms to extract relevant information on consumer … exploit the new information and increase the overall efficiency level of the local economy. More specifically, we examine …

Followingthe Great East Japan Earthquake, information and communications technology (ICT) is expected to play an … users allows big data to be accumulated from such diverse sourcesaspersonal information posted on social networking services … opportunities; however,people remain anxiousabout personal information being divulged.To use big data duringdisasters, it is …