U.S. and them : the geography of academic research (English)

Using a database of 76,046 empirical economics papers published between 1985 and 2005, the authors report two associations. First, research output on a given country increases with the country's population and wealth, yielding a strong correlation between per-capita research output and per capita gross domestic product (GDP). Regressions controlling for data quality, governance, and the use of English give an estimated research-wealth elasticity of...

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Das,Jishnu;

Do,Quy-Toan;

Shaines,Karen;

Srikant, Sowmya;
Document Date
2013/11/01
Document Type
Journal Article
Report Number
82844
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
United States,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2017/08/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
U.S. and them : the geography of academic research
Keywords
Center for Policy Research

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Das,Jishnu; Do,Quy-Toan; Shaines,Karen; Srikant, Sowmya.

U.S. and them : the geography of academic research (English). Author accepted manuscript Washington DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/582011528724087270

U.S. and them : the geography of academic research (English)

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