Weak homegrown research proves a obstacle to Middle East security
In: Orbis: FPRI's journal of world affairs, Band 67, Heft 2, S. 171-192
ISSN: 0030-4387
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In: Orbis: FPRI's journal of world affairs, Band 67, Heft 2, S. 171-192
ISSN: 0030-4387
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In: Journal of the history of economic thought, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 554-557
ISSN: 1469-9656
In: Energy Relations and Policy Making in Asia, S. 75-96
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In: Regulation & governance, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 109-123
ISSN: 1748-5991
AbstractWe introduce RegData, formerly known as the Industry‐specific Regulatory Constraint Database. RegData annually quantifies federal regulations by industry and regulatory agency for all federal regulations from 1997–2012. The quantification of regulations at the industry level for all industries is without precedent. RegData measures regulation for industries at the two, three, and four‐digit levels of the North American Industry Classification System. We created this database using text analysis to count binding constraints in the wording of regulations, as codified in the Code of Federal Regulations, and to measure the applicability of regulatory text to different industries. We validate our measures of regulation by examining known episodes of regulatory growth and deregulation, as well as by comparing our measures to an existing, cross‐sectional measure of regulation. Researchers can use this database to study the determinants of industry regulations and to study regulations' effects on a massive array of dependent variables, both across industries and time.
In: American economic review, Band 105, Heft 5, S. 462-466
ISSN: 1944-7981
A commonly held view is that laboratory experiments provide researchers with more "control" than natural field experiments. This paper explores how natural field experiments can provide researchers with more control than laboratory experiments. While laboratory experiments provide researchers with a high degree of control in the environment which participants agree to be experimental subjects, when participants systematically opt out of laboratory experiments, the researcher's ability to manipulate certain variables is limited. In contrast, natural field experiments bypass the participation decision altogether due to their covertness, and they allow for a potentially more diverse participant pool within the market of interest.
In: NBER Working Paper No. w20877
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In: Handbook of Experimental Economic Methodology, S. 420-462
In: George Mason University Mercatus Center Working Paper No. 12-20
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w19666
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4543
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w17957
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In: American economic review, Band 101, Heft 3, S. 323-328
ISSN: 1944-7981
Volunteering is a significant component of economic activity, especially for environmental organizations. Environmental organizations that rely on volunteers communicate with them using a variety of media, such as newsletters. This is a field experiment investigating whether tailoring the content of these communications to the stated motivations of a volunteer has a positive effect on the number of hours he/she volunteers. For the non-profit in our study, we find that such tailoring has an effect only for volunteers motivated primarily by career concerns. We also find this to be robust to the volunteers being aware that the tailoring is occurring.
In: Knowledge, technology and policy: an international quarterly, Band 13, Heft 4, S. 37-48
ISSN: 1874-6314
In: Economic affairs: journal of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 10-13
ISSN: 1468-0270
Endogenous growth theory is based on a misperception of how science and technology are acquired and diffused. In particular, it is incorrect to assume that knowledge is freely available. Any knowledge which has economic value has to be accessed via the brains of experts who are members of the relevant 'invisible college' and are rivalrous.It therefore has the characteristics of a private good which can be left to conventional economic incentives to supply.