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We explore the effect of transparency of fiscal institutions on the scale of government and gubernatorial popularity using a formal model of accountability. We construct an index of fiscal transparency for the American states from detailed budgetary information. With crosssection data for 1986-1995, we find that on average and controlling for other influential factors fiscal transparency increa...

Science Policy for Transdisciplinary Research

The Effects of Size on Research Performance: A SPRU Review

CONTENTS Executive Summary ii Acknowledgements v A. Introduction 1 B. Methodological Issues 2 B.1 Unit of Analysis 2 B.2 Executive Summary i Opinions as to the relative merits of big or small units for carrying out research have varied over time, counterposing arguments for integration and breadth against those favouring specialisation, diversity and competition. In research, just as in product...

SPRU Electronic Working Paper Number 201 SPRU –

We study the effects of diverse team composition on the survival and growth of new ventures using the Danish Linked Employer-Employee database. To get cleaner measures of diverse team composition, we focus on entrepreneurial dyads, and also investigate the asymmetric effects of team composition by distinguishing between the ‘primary’ and the ‘secondary’ founder. We complement existing work by s...

A Behavioural View of the Decision for Capability Investmnets: the Solar Pv Industry in Taiwan Kwo-feng Wan Dphil in Science and Technology Policy Spru: Science and Technology Policy Research University of Sussex