Conferences are an important element in the work of researchers, requiring substantial investments in fees, travel expenses and the time spent by the participants. The aim of this paper is to identify the preferences of participants with respect to conference characteristics. Based on a sample...

The random parameters logit model for aggregate data introduced by Berry, Levinsohn, and Pakes (1995) has been a driving force in empirical industrial organization for more than a decade. While these models are identified in theory, identification problems often occur in practice. In this paper...

From a country’s perspective, management refers to the organization of inputs, such as national capital or labor. In this paper, we investigate i) the mechanism in which countries management impacts national income, and ii) the cultural sources of dierent management levels among countries. We...