Different types of two- and three-dimensional representations of a finite metric space are studied that focus on the accurate representation of the linear order among the distances rather than their actual values. Lower and upper bounds for representability probabilities are produced by...

Cooperativeness among genetically unrelated humans remains a major puzzle in the social sciences. We explore the causal impact of physical distance on willingness to help. In a field setting, participants decide about supporting local refugees at the dispense of money to themselves. We vary...

Using a perception-based crime deterrence approach, we present evidence that corporate insiders located closer to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regional offices trade less frequently on their own company's stocks, while earn higher abnormal returns from such insider transactions....

This paper investigates the effects of trade asymmetry on political conflicts and the possible heterogeneity. The study used instrumental variable regression method based on 142 countries' data from 1979 to 2012. The estimation results show that a 1% rise in trade asymmetry leads to a 2.67%...

Combining administrative data on German workers with commercial data on German firms, we find evidence for a distance effect on the multinational wage premium: Foreign multinationals pay lower wages than German multinationals if the ultimate owner is located in close proximity to Germany,...

Using a unique dataset on worldwide multinational corporations with precise location of headquarters and affiliates, I present evidence of a trade-off between distance to the headquarters and the knowledge intensity of the foreign subsidiary's economic activity, emerging from dynamics related to...

Using a unique dataset on worldwide multinational corporations with precise location of headquarters and affiliates, I present evidence of a trade-off between distance to the headquarters and the knowledge intensity of the foreign subsidiary's economic activity, emerging from dynamics related to...