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When Do Governments Manipulate Official Statistics? An Empirical Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Moser, Louis; Bieri, Sandro - 2022

Many countries all over the world have been reported to systematically manipulate official statistics. However, scholarly research has not extensively dealt with the extent and determinants of data manipulation, beyond democracy and autocracy. This paper extends the literature by including...

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A Gender Gap in Academia? Publishing Behavior In Economics and Business Studies

Briviba, Andre; Frey, Bruno S. - 2022

Based on empirical research we find that women generally behave similarly to men concerning academic journal publications. This contrasts with the large literature on the aversion to risk and competitiveness. We investigate gender differences in publishing behavior for scholars in Economics and...

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What future happiness research?

Frey, Bruno S. - 2021

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What future happiness research?

Frey, Bruno S. - 2021

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Does sports make people happier, or do happy people more sports?

Frey, Bruno S.; Gullo, Anthony - 2021

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A policy proposal to deal with excessive cultural tourism

Frey, Bruno S.; Briviba, Andre - 2021

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Backward-oriented economics

Frey, Bruno S. - 2021

Nowadays, academic journals of high standing rarely accept a conceptual idea in a paper not instantly accompanied by econometric estimates. The idea would almost certainly get rejected. Empirical validation based on past statistical data has produced an unfortunate backward orientation in...

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Backward-oriented economics

Frey, Bruno S. - 2021

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The Role of the Top Five in Germany

Frey, Bruno S.; Briviba, Andre - 2021

For economic research activity at German universities, the USA structure is commonly taken as a role model. There, publications in the leading scientific journals, the "Top Five," are crucial for an academic career. Does this also apply to German universities? The empirical analysis shows...

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The Rise and Fall of Public Choice

Frey, Bruno S.; Moser, Louis - 2021

Public Choice research and the growth of government show a marked paradox: While the importance of Public Choice has declined, the importance of the public sector has grown. This paper empirically presents the development of Public Choice over time using several different measurement approaches....

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Awards as Signals

Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2021

Awards are widespread in all countries and are prevalent both in the public sphere and in the private sector. This paper argues, and empirically supports, that awards serve public functions and economists should take them seriously. Using a unique cross-country data set, we suggest that awards...

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Awards as Signals

Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2010

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World Heritage : Where are We? An Empirical Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2021

An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The officially stated intention of the World Heritage List is to protect global heritage. Our focus is on the imbalance of the existing List according to countries and continents. The...

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World Heritage : Where are We? An Empirical Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2011

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World Heritage : Where are We? An Empirical Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2010

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