3431 Discussion Papers

• 11-120/1 - The Effects of Prize Spread and Noise in Elimination Tournaments: A Natural Field Experiment

  Authors: Josse Delfgaauw, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Robert Dur, Erasmus University Rotterdam, CESifo, IZA; Arjan Non, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Willem Verbeke, Erasmus University Rotterdam, ERIM

  Date: August 11, 2011

• 11-119/3 - Knowledge Virtualization and Local Connectedness among Smart High-tech Companies

  Authors: Marina van Geenhuizen, Delft University of Technology, Delft; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-118/3 - Second-degree Price Discrimination and Inter-group Effects in Airline Routes between European Cities

  Authors: Marco Alderighi, Universita della Valle d'Aosta, Aosta, Italy; Universita Bocconi, Italy; Alessandro Cento, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Milano, Italy; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Piet Rietveld, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-117/3 - Continuous-Time Modelling with Spatial Dependence

  Authors: Johan H.L. Oud, Radboud University Nijmegen; Henk Folmer, University of Groningen; Roberto Patuelli, University of Lugano; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-116/3 - Cognitive Capital and Islands of Innovation: The Lucas Growth Model from a Regional Perspective

  Authors: Andrea Caragliu, Politecnico di Milano; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-115/1 - Intention-Based Reciprocity and the Hidden Costs of Control

  Author: Ferdinand von Siemens, University of Amsterdam

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-114/3 - Commuter Effects on Local Labour Markets: A German Modelling Study

  Authors: Giovanni Russo, VU University Amsterdam; Federico Tedeschi, University of Bologna; Aura Reggiani, University of Bologna; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-113/3 - A Stepwise Projection Data Envelopment Analysis for Public Transport Operations in Japan

  Authors: Soushi Suzuki, Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-112/3 - Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

  Authors: Ceren Ozgen, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Jacques Poot, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA), University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-111/3 - Connectivity and Concentration in Airline Networks: A Complexity Analysis of Lufthansa's Network

  Authors: Aura Reggiani, University of Bologna, Italy; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Alessandro Cento, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Milan, Italy

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-110/3 - Regional Efficiency Improvement by Means of Data Envelopment Analysis through Euclidean Distance Minimization including Fixed Input Factors - An Application to Tourist Regions in Italy

  Authors: Soushi Suzuki, Sapporo University, Sapporo, Japan; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam; Piet Rietveld, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-109/3 - Importance of E-services for Cultural Tourism

  Authors: Eveline van Leeuwen, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: August 09, 2011

• 11-108/3 - Free Medicines thanks to Retirement: Moral Hazard and Hospitalization Offsets in an NHS

  Authors: Jaume Puig-Junoy, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Research Centre for Economics and Health (CRES), Barcelona, Spain; Pilar Garcia-Gomez, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; David Casado-Marin, Institut d'Avaluacio de Polítiques Publiques (IVALUA), Barcelona, Spain

  Date: July 29, 2011

• 11-107/3 - Institutional Capacity to dynamically innovate: An Application to the Portuguese Case

  Authors: Purificacion Vicente Galindo, University of Salamanca, Spain, and Centro de Investigacao sobre o Espaco e as Organizacoes; Teresa de Noronha Vaz, Centro de Investigacao sobre o Espaco e as Organizacoes, and University of the Algarve, Portugal; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Date: July 28, 2011

• 11-106/3 - Analysis of Regional Innovation Performance in Portugal - Results from an External Logistic Biplot Method

  Authors: Purificacion Vicente Galindo, University of Salamanca, Spain, and CIEO, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Teresa de Noronha Vaz, CIEO, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Eric de Noronha Vaz, Institute of Statistics and Information Management, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, and CIEO, University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal

  Date: July 28, 2011

• 11-105/3 - Behaviour of Humans and Behaviour of Models in Dynamic Space

  Author: Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: July 28, 2011

• 11-104/3 - Regional Labour Markets and Job Accessibility in City Network Systems in Germany

  Authors: Aura Reggiani, University of Bologna, Italy; Pietro Bucci, Significance, The Hague, The Netherlands; Giovanni Russo, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Anette Haas, Institute for Employment Research, Nuernberg, Germany; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: July 28, 2011

• 11-103/3 - The Economic Impact of Immigration on the Labor Market of Host Countries - Meta-Analytic Evidence

  Authors: Simonetta Longhi, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom; Peter Nijkamp, Department of Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Jacques Poot, Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

  Date: July 28, 2011

• 11-102/3 - Trade-offs between Different Early Childhood Interventions: Evidence from Ecuador

  Authors: Jose Rosero, University of Amsterdam; Hessel Oosterbeek, University of Amsterdam

  Date: July 28, 2011

• 11-101/2 - Winning by Losing: Evidence on Overbidding in Mergers

  Authors: Ulrike Malmendier, UC Berkeley, and NBER; Enrico Moretti, UC Berkeley, and NBER; Florian Peters, Duisenberg school of finance, and University of Amsterdam

  Date: July 25, 2011