This paper illustrates that salient features of a panel of time series of annual citations can be captured by a Bass type diffusion model. We put forward an extended version of this diffusion model, where we consider the relation between key characteristics of the diffusion process and features...

Recent research reports that inequalities in health are not only the result of individual behaviour but also of environmental influences. This study analyses on household-level, whether such an environmental influence on self-rated health can be found. Using data of the German Socio-Economic...

Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Beziehung zwischen einer sozialistischen Vergangenheit eines Landes und der Meinung von dessen Bewohnern über Unternehmer. Wir verwenden einen großen Datensatz mit Mikrodaten aus 30 europäischen Ländern. Diese Daten zeigen, dass Individuen aus Ländern mit einer...

This study empirically examines the development of the high-yield segment of the corporate bond market in the United States, as a pioneer country, and the United Kingdom and the euro area, as later adopting countries. Estimated diffusion models show for the United States a significant pioneer...

Conventional theory says that innovations first diffuse slowly, then at faster paces, and finally at asymptotically declining rates. Economists and others explain such behavior with a variety of logistic models. Early models like the contagion model derive their predictive power from reliance on...

В статье показано, что множественные формы глобального распространения нового полезного знания, или диффузии инноваций, могут быть сведены к двум основным...

There is increasing empirical evidence that farmers not only decide to innovate on the basis of economic and personal considerations, but also on the context of the social interactions they maintain among themselves and with agents who promote change. The focus of this study was on how...

В статье предложена экономико-математическая модель потока инноваций. Рассматриваются модели замещения предыдущей инновации последующими, а также...