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Using data on name distributions in 95 French departments observed from 1946 to 2002, we investigate spatial and social mechanisms behind the transmission of parental preferences. Drawing inspiration from recent work on social interactions, we develop a simple discrete choice model that predicts...
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The purpose of this paper is to link the propensity for innovative activity to cluster spatially to the stage of the industry life cycle. The theory of knowledge spillovers, based on the knowledge production function for innovative activity, suggests that geographic proximity matters most in...
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We examine the geography of UK cotton textiles in 1838 to test claims about why the industry came to be so heavily … concentrated in Lancashire. Our analysis considers both first and second nature geography including the availability of water power …
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We examine the importance of geographical proximity to coal as a factor underpinning comparative European economic development during the Industrial Revolution. Our analysis exploits geographical variation in city and coalfield locations, alongside temporal variation in the availability of...
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This paper analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in …
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geography and these institutions, we posit, is via the effect of transparency on the state's extractive capacity. We apply our …
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geography plays in determining technology diffusion across countries. …
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firm-level (microeconomic), of place-based (macroeconomic) first- and second-nature geography characteristics, or of a …-nature, geography makes an important difference. The conditions of a firm’s province and those of neighboring provinces shape firm …
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This study explores the consequences and origins of contemporary differences in well-being across ethnic groups within countries. We construct measures of ethnic inequality combining ethnolinguistic maps on the spatial distribution of groups with satellite images of light density at night....
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This Paper documents the aggregate trends in the foreign listings of companies and analyses both their distinctive pre-listing characteristics and their post-listing performance relative to other companies. In the 1986-97 interval, many European companies listed abroad, but did so mainly on US...
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