Powder properties in four phases (powder pretreatment, dispersion and mixing, molding, and sintering) typically impact the robustness of modern ceramic products. Particle size is the most important ...

I investigate the aggregate effects of R&D tax credits in the US. Because it subsidizes R&D activity and because credit rates vary between states, this policy has both spatial and dynamic effects on ...

Agglomeration's impact on product quality has received much less attention than its impact on productivity, despite the importance of quality as a precondition for economic development. This column ...

Kerr, William R. "The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors." In Agglomeration Economics, edited by Edward Glaeser, 237–276. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago ...