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Robust Branch-Cut-and-Price for the Capacitated Minimum Spanning Tree Problem over a Large Extended Formulation [PDF]

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This paper presents a robust branch-cut-and-price algorithm for the Capacitated Minimum Spanning Tree Problem (CMST). The variables are associated to q-arbs, a structure that arises from a relaxation of the capacitated prize-collecting arbores- cence ...
Andrade, Diogo   +5 more
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Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations [PDF]

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We study how exploration versus exploitation innovations impact economic growth through a tractable endogenous growth framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit.
Ufuk Akcigit, William R. Kerr
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Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States [PDF]

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Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms facing (non-Coasean) worker dismissal costs will curtail hiring below efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which ...
Adriana D. Kugler   +2 more
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Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain? [PDF]

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Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of manufacturing startups across cities and industries. Demographics have limited explanatory power.
Edward L. Glaeser, William R. Kerr
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Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship [PDF]

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We examine entrepreneurship and creative destruction following US banking deregulations using Census Bureau data. US banking reforms brought about exceptional growth in both entrepreneurship and business closures.
Ramana Nanda, William Kerr
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Place of Work and Place of Residence: Informal Hiring Networks and Labor Market Outcomes [PDF]

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We use a novel dataset and research design to empirically detect the effect of social interactions among neighbors on labor market outcomes. Specifically, using Census data that characterize residential and employment locations down to the city block, we
Giorgio Topa   +2 more
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