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Remembering the future: entrepreneurship guidebooks in the US, from meditation to method (1945-1975) 铭记未来:美国的创业指南，从冥想到方法(1945-1975)

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2012-04-24 DOI: 10.22439/FS.V0I13.3506

M. Giraudeau

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引用次数: 11

Peer effects in science: evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany 科学中的同伴效应:来自纳粹德国解雇科学家的证据

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2012-04-01 DOI: 10.1093/RESTUD/RDR029

Fabian Waldinger

引用次数: 336

Factor modeling for high-dimensional time series: inference for the number of factors 高维时间序列的因子建模:因子数量的推断

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2012-04-01 DOI: 10.1214/12-AOS970

Clifford Lam, Q. Yao

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引用次数: 415

The political economy of the Greek debt crisis: a tale of two bailouts 希腊债务危机的政治经济学:两次救助的故事

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2012-03-20 DOI: 10.1257/mac.6.4.291

Silvia Ardagna, F. Caselli

引用次数: 95

Rail mega-projects in the realm of inter- and intra-city accessibility: evidence and outlooks for Berlin 城市间和城市内可达性领域的大型铁路项目:柏林的证据和前景

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2012-03-01 DOI: 10.2148/BENV.38.1.71

Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt

引用次数: 9

Non-employment, age, and the economic cycle 不就业，年龄和经济周期

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2011-12-02 DOI: 10.14301/llcs.v3i1.161

S. Jenkins, Mark P. Taylor

引用次数: 4

From efficiency to justice: utility as the informational basis of climate change strategies, and some alternatives 从效率到正义:效用作为气候变化战略的信息基础及其替代选择

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2011-08-18 DOI: 10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780199566600.003.0020

Simon Dietz

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引用次数: 6

A new resolution of the Judy Benjamin problem 朱迪·本杰明问题的新解决方案

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2011-07-01 DOI: 10.1093/MIND/FZR051

I. Douven, J. Romeijn

引用次数: 47

Emerging markets and climate change: Mexican standoff or low-carbon race? 新兴市场与气候变化:墨西哥僵局还是低碳竞赛?

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2011-05-04 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199692873.003.0009

D. Frame, C. Hepburn

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引用次数: 0

Unity in diversity as Europe's vocation and conflict's law as Europe's constitutional form 多样性中的统一是欧洲的使命，冲突法是欧洲的宪法形式

LSE Research Online Documents on Economics Pub Date : 2010-12-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1723249

C. Joerges

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引用次数: 34