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CEP discussion paper
Colocation and knowledge diffusion: evidence from million dollar plants

This paper uses the entry of large corporations into U.S. counties during the 1980s and 1990s to analyse the effect of plant opening on knowledge spillovers to local inventors. We use a difference-in-differences identifi...Read more...

Christian Fons-Rosen, Vincenzo Scrutinio and Katalin Szemeredi

Revised March 2017

CentrePiece article
The returns to lobbying

Research by Mirko Draca and colleagues on Washington's 'revolving door' lobbyists gives an indication of the value of political connections in the UK....Read more...

Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Mirko Draca and Christian Fons-Rosen

16 February 2012

CentrePiece article
In brief... 'Revolving door' lobbyists

Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Mirko Draca and Christian Fons-Rosen estimate the value of political connections in Washington...Read more...

Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Mirko Draca and Christian Fons-Rosen

November 2010

CEP discussion paper
Revolving Door Lobbyists

Washington's 'revolving door' - the movement from government service into the lobbying industry- is regarded as a major concern for policy-making. We study how ex-government staffers benefit from the personal connections...Read more...

Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Mirko Draca and Christian Fons-Rosen

August 2010

CEP discussion paper
Relative Factor Endowments and International Portfolio Choice

This paper presents a model of international portfolio choice based on cross-country differences in relative factor abundance. Countries have varying degrees of similarity in their factor endowment ratios, and are subjec...Read more...

Alejandro Cuñat and Christian Fons-Rosen

July 2008