Learning by Doing, Knowledge Spillovers, and Technological and Organizational Change in High-Altitude Mountaineering

We present an analysis of microlevel data from mountaineering on the 14 peaks over 8,000 m in height during the period 1895-1998. Prior to 1950, no expedition was successful in making an ascent and almost half of expeditions experienced a death, frostbite, or altitude sickness. By the 1990s, however...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of sports economics 2010-10, Vol.11 (5), p.496-532
Hauptverfasser:	Boyce, John R., Bischak, Diane P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Altitude Economics Frostbite Illness Knowledge Learning Mountain climbing Objectives Technology
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