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Academic Knowledge: Does it Reflect the Combinatorial Growth of Technology?
W. Benedikt Schmal
I explore the concept of growth being rooted in the recombination of existing technology as an explanation for the remarkable growth witnessed during the Industrial Revolution as i…
Trapped in Transformative Agreements? A Multifaceted Analysis of >1,000 Contracts
Laura Rothfritz, W. Benedikt Schmal, Ulrich Herb
Transformative agreements between academic publishers and research institutions are ubiquitous. The 'Efficiency and Standards for Article Charges' (ESAC) Initiative lists more than…
Quantitative Tools for Time Series Analysis in Natural Language Processing: A Practitioners Guide
W. Benedikt Schmal
Natural language processing tools have become frequently used in social sciences such as economics, political science, and sociology. Many publications apply topic modeling to elic…
La Révolution Dévore ses Enfants: Pricing Implications of Transformative Agreements
W. Benedikt Schmal
With the widespread dissemination of the internet, academia envisioned free availability and rapid dissemination of new knowledge. However, most researchers continued publishing in…
From Rules to Regs: A Structural Topic Model of Collusion Research
W. Benedikt Schmal
Collusive practices of firms continue to be a major threat to competition and consumer welfare. Academic research on this topic aims at understanding the economic drivers and behav…