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Bard, K A, Fragaszy, D, Visalberghi, E,
Theacquisition of a tool-using ability was investigated in six young chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes, 2 to 4 years old). Age-matched pairs were presented with a horizontal transparent tube with a food it...
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Hirsch, Jerry,
This paper reexamines classic attempts at estimating the number of possible genotypes for a species. In the original computations (Hirsch, 1963), the probability that any two human parents will produc...
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Raj, Ashish, Wang, Yi, Zabih, Ramin,
Parallel imaging is a powerful technique to speed up magnetic resonance (MR) image acquisition via multiple coils. Both the received signal of each coil and its sensitivity map, which describes its sp...
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Hauk, William R., Wacziarg, Romain,
Using Monte Carlo simulations, this paper evaluates the bias properties of estimators commonly used to estimate growth regressions derived from the Solow model. We explicitly allow for measurement err...
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Kim, Jae-Woo,
Theoretically informed by recent computational and mathematical studies highlighting the importance of signals and networks in the evolution of cooperation, the present research undertakes simulation ...
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Cleveland, Cory C., Houlton, Benjamin Z., Neill, Christopher, Reed, Sasha C., Townsend, Alan R., Wan...
Human activities have profoundly altered the global nitrogen (N) cycle. Increases in anthropogenic N have had multiple effects on the atmosphere, on terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and ...
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Kaufmann, Daniel, Kraay, Aart, Mastruzzi, Massimo,
This paper summarizes the methodology of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project, and related analytical issues. The WGI cover over 200 countries and territories, measuring six dimensions of...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/3913
Benjamin, Dwayne, Brandt, Loren, Giles, John,
This paper estimates the relationship between initial village inequality and subsequent household income growth for a large sample of households in rural China. Using a rich longitudinal survey spanni...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/3964
Ravallion, Martin,
Countries are increasingly being ranked by some new "mashup index of development," defined as a composite index for which existing theory and practice provides little or no guidance to its design. Thu...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/4001
Loening, Josef L.,
Loening investigates the impact of human capital on economic growth in Guatemala during 1951-2002 using an error-correction methodology. The results show a better-educated labor force having a positiv...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10986/8922