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Endogeneous regulatory delay and the timing of product innovation

Prieger, James E. - 2005

This paper endogenizes the interplay between innovation by a regulated firm and regulatory delay. When product … innovation costs fall over time, an extra day of regulatory delay increases time to introduction by more than a day. In the … signaling model, the firm therefore times its innovation to communicate its private information about the marginal cost of delay …

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The Economic History of Sovereignty: Communal Responsibility, the Extended Family, and the Firm

Börner, Lars; Ritsch, Albrecht - Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung <Zürich>; … - 2008

Economic institutions encompassing increasingly sophisticated concepts of risk-sharing and liability flourished in Europe since the High Middle Ages. These innovations occurred in an environment of fragmented local jurisdictions, not within the framework of the territorial state. In this short...

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Regulation, innovation, and the introduction of new telecommunications services

Prieger, James E. - 2000

I examine the effects of FCC regulation on the innovation and introduction of advanced telecommunications services in … the U.S. An interim of lighter regulation provides an experiment to test the regulatory regime''s impact on innovation …. The econometric model comprises an arrival process (for service innovation) followed by a duration process (for regulatory …

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Telecommunications regulation and new services: A case study at the state level

Prieger, James E. - 2000

The effects that regulation has on the innovation and the introduction of new telecommunications services have not been … (RoRR) and under alternative regulation. The econometric model comprises an count process (for innovation) followed by a …

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Is tolerance good or bad for growth?

Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - 2010

We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We provide estimates based on cross-sectional as well as...

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Maintaining efficiency while integrating entrants from lower-performing groups: An experimental study

Salmon, Timothy C.; Weber, Roberto A. - 2014

Efficiently growing a group or firm often requires integration of individuals from lower-performing entities. We explore the effectiveness of two policies intended to facilitate such integration, using a laboratory experiment that models production as a coordination game with Pareto-ranked...

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Maintaining efficiency while integrating entrants from lower-performing environments: An experimental study

Salmon, Timothy C.; Weber, Roberto A. - 2011

Efficient growth often requires the integration of individuals from lower-performing groups, firms, or societies into higher-performing ones. Such integration may be difficult without facilitating interventions or restrictions. We explore, using a laboratory experiment, the effectiveness of two...

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Leadership and influence: Evidence from an artefactual field experiment on local public good provision

D'Adda, Giovanna - 2011

This paper studies the effect of leadership on the level and evolution of pro-social behavior using an artefactual field experiment on local public good provision. Participants decide how much to contribute to an actual conservation project. They can then revise their donations after being...

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