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not matter significantly at the upper end of the performance distribution. Data for the analysis was derived from a survey …
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recent survey of 3,350 German inventors to test hypotheses regarding this institution. We conclude from our data that the law … creates substantial monetary rewards for productive inventors. The qualitative responses from our survey confirm this view …
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This paper analyzes the causality between inventor productivity and inventor mobility. The results show that the level of education has no influence on inventor productivity. Making use of external sources of knowledge, on the contrary, has a significant effect on productivity. Finally, firm...
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In this paper, we examine the determinants of Brazilian city growth between 1970 and 2000. We consider a model of a city, which combines aspects of standard urban economics and the new economic geography literatures. For the empirical analysis, we constructed a dataset of 123 Brazilian...
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The share of urban population in Brazil has increased from 58 to 80 percent between 1970 and 2000 and all net population growth over the next thirty years is predicted to be in cities. This paper explores population growth and its implications for economic dynamics and income generation among...
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This Discussion Paper documents a survey conducted in rural China in 2005. A multi-topic survey funded by the Sino …, survey implementation, data entry, a brief assessment of the overall experience, as well as lessons drawn. …
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This study investigates the price setting behavior of Turkish industries based on the results of a survey that was …
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We study the relationship between overconfidence and the political and financial behavior of a nationally representative sample. To do so, we introduce a new method of eliciting overconfidence that is simple to understand, quick to implement, and captures respondents' excess confidence in their...
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The ifo Education Survey is a representative opinion survey of the German voting-age population on education topics … dataset comprises several survey experiments that facilitate investigating the causal effects of information provision …, framing, and question design on answering behavior. This paper gives an overview of the survey content and methodology …
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-sided matching markets such as college admissions. The main focus of the survey is on truth-telling and strategic manipulations by …
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