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Pekkala Kerr, Sari - 2016

The global distribution of talent is highly skewed and the resources available to countries to develop and utilize their best and brightest vary substantially. The migration of skilled workers across countries tilts the deck even further. Using newly available data, we first review the landscape...

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Contracts as Rent Seeking Devices : Evidence from German Soccer

Feess, Eberhard; Gerfin, Michael; Mühlheußer, Gerd - 2021

Recent theoretical research has identified many ways how contracts can be used as rent seeking devices vis-à-vis third parties, but there is no empirical evidence on this issue so far. To test some basic qualitative properties of this literature, we develop a theoretical and empirical framework...

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The Interdependence of R&D Activity and Debt Financing of Young Firms

Fryges, Helmut - 2011

We investigate the interdependence of debt financing and R&D activities of young firms. Using micro-level data of the KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel, our estimation results show that firm characteristics are more important than personal characteristics of the founders for explaining young firms'...

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A Field Experiment in Motivating Employee Ideas

Gibbs, Michael - 2014

We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...

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Reversing Fortunes of German Regions, 1926–2019 : Boon and Bane of Early Industrialization?

Berbée, Paul; Braun, Sebastian; Franke, Richard - 2022

This paper shows that 19th-century industrialization is an important determinant of the significant changes in Germany … Germany, we establish that nearly half of them experienced a reversal of fortune between 1926 and 2019, i.e., they moved from … the lower to the upper median of the income distribution or vice versa. Economic decline is concentrated in North Germany …

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Large Panels with Common Factors andSpatial Correlations

Pesaran, Mohammad Hashem; Tosetti, Elisa - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper considers the statistical analysis of large panel data sets where even afterconditioning on common observed effects the cross section units might remain dependentlydistributed. This could arise when the cross section units are subject to unobserved commoneffects and/or if there are...

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Regional Differences in Intersectoral Linkages and Diverse Patterns of Structural Transformation

Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2022

Intersectoral linkages can act as shock propagation channels and shape the pattern of structural transformation. To our knowledge, no research has examined how subnational differences in intersectoral linkages impact such spillover effects. We hypothesize that regional differences in local...

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Free-Riding and Knowledge Spillovers in Teams : The Role of Social Ties

De Paola, Maria - 2016

We investigate whether and how social ties affect performance in teams by implementing a field experiment in which a sample of undergraduate students are randomly assigned to either teams composed by friends or teams composed by individuals not linked by friendship relationships. Students...

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Narratives, Imperatives, and Moral Reasoning

Bénabou, Roland - 2018

By downplaying externalities, magnifying the cost of moral behavior, or suggesting not being pivotal, exculpatory narratives can allow individuals to maintain a positive image when in fact acting in a morally questionable way. Conversely, responsibilizing narratives can help sustain better...

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Political Connections and Firms : Network Dimensions

Bussolo, Maurizio - 2018

Business and politician interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analysed with a binary approach. Yet the network dimensions of such connections are ubiquitous. We use a unique dataset for seven economies that documents politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their links to companies,...

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