This experiment investigates the impact of scale and perspective on spatial representations. Seventy summer school participants indicated the spatial relationship between the conference center and a nearby lake (map A) as well as their hometown (map B). They marked the target both on partial maps in birds-eye perspective or on a tilted plane (oblique perspective). After completing both maps, pa...

As more and more firms adopted internet-related technology, many forecasters predicted that the internet would change both the way Americans do business and where they do business. Essentially, the predictions presented two possible scenarios on the latter point. In one scenario, the internet would bring firms together into a single “global village,” suggesting internet technology would diffuse...

Should a country invest more in human or physical capital? The present paper addresses this issue, considering the impact of different factor intensities between sectors on both optimal human and physical capital accumulation. Using a two-sector overlapping generations setting with endogenous growth driven by human capital accumulation, we prove that relative factor intensity between sectors dr...

Graphical Abstract “My favorite place on earth is my hometown (Koodlu, Karnataka) in India, a beautiful countryside village with loads of human values … I chose current career path because it surprises me daily by tossing new challenges and excitements …” Find out more about Dinesh Shetty his Introducing Profile.