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Benefits and costs of knowledge and technology transfer: a panel data analysis

Professor Mireia Jofre-Bonet | Economics | 05 March 2008

This project aims at creating a dataset that enables the documentation and quantitative analysis of the evolution of research output and knowledge and technology transfer measures in the uk. The project will measure the dynamic impact of industry col ...

Roads to development? Uneven modernities and the politics of knowledge

Professor Penelope Harvey | Social Anthropology | 01 September 2005

The research is an ethnographic study of the planning, building and use of three roads in peru. Starting from the premise that connectivity is generally seen as important for both economic development and social integration the research engages the m ...

Lexical fine tuning of grammatical structure

Dr Matthew Roberts | Psychology | 01 December 2005

Language involves combining familiar words into novel sentences. To native speakers, some novel sentences sound somehow `better' than others. For example, most native speakers of english will find a) to be more acceptable than b):    & ...

Specification tests for nonlinear time series

Professor James Davidson | Economics | 01 October 2008

  this research will develop new methods of evaluating econometric models to be used for forecasting, policy simulation and theoretical investigations. Recent researches in model construction make heavy use of nonlinear features such as models o ...

Threshold regression models in dynamic heterogeneous panels

Professor Yongcheol Shin | Economics | 01 December 2008

The research project proposes the rigorous investigation of nonlinear mechanisms within a dynamic heterogeneous panel setting when the number of time periods is small relative to the number of cross-section units. The relative absence of studies in t ...

Modelling nominal rigidities in general equilibrium

Dr Vo Phuong Mai Le | Economics | 07 February 2008

In new keynesian models, prices and wages are sticky and lagged indexation increases this stickiness. However, indexation not to lagged actual inflation but to lagged expected inflation is optimal. One major implication of this optimal indexation is ...

Data management and sharing for researchers training programme

Ms Louise Corti | Statistics, Methods and Computing | 01 April 2010

This project, funded as part of the esrc's researcher development initiative, aimed to provide practical training and training materials for students, researchers and support staff in the social sciences on key issues pertinent to managing and sharin ...

Parafoveal magnification: a new paradigm for reading research

Dr Sara Sereno | Psychology | 01 September 2006

In reading, during each eye fixation, only part of a text is available for processing as visual acuity drops off rapidly from the centre of fixation. About 6-8 characters of text typically fall within the fovea, or central high-acuity area of vision. ...

Intelligent support for mathematical generalisation

Professor Richard Noss | Education | 01 October 2007

Expressing generality, recognising and analysing pattern and articulating structure are at the core of mathematical thinking and scientific enquiry. These ideas are notoriously elusive for students, who routinely find themselves unable to understand ...

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