1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual background and welfare terminology -- 3. Other approaches to welfare economics -- 4. A positive basis : the learning theory of consumption -- 5. An evolutionary theory of welfare -- 6. Evolutionary welfare economics -- 7. Concluding remarks.

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Based on new data, this paper studies invention disclosure, licensing, and firm formationactivities of Max Planck Institute directors over the time period 1985-2004, and analyzestheir effects on scientists’ publication and citation records. The results are consistent withprior findings that...

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Entry into an industry often clusters in regions where the industry is already concentrated,which is suggestive of agglomeration economies. Regional public research activities mayexert another attracting force on entrants into science-based industries. Empirically theseproximity effects are...

We screen the mental well-being and psychological distress of 1165 refugees, migrants, internally displaced, and non-displaced people from Ukraine who seek psychological help online in Ukraine and across 24 countries of the European Union. We see that more than half of the respondents exhibit...

Die Expertenkommission hat in ihrem aktuellen Gutachten Vorschläge zur Reform derGovernance-Strukturen zur Bewältigung der drängenden Transformationen formuliert.Dabei wird gezeigt, wie politisch gesetzte komplexe Ziele erreicht und dafür erforderlicheMaßnahmen umgesetzt werden können. Die...