We propose a model of intergenerational transmission of education wherein children belong to either highly educated or low-educated families. Children choose the intensity of their social activities while parents decide how much educational effort to exert. Using data on adolescents in the...

Most prior research on political patronage investigates its direct effect on power distribution and aggregate economic outputs, but less is known about the outcome of politicians’ patron-client networks at corporate level. This study investigates the causal impact of politicians’...

Agency theory has played a significant role in identifying drivers of offshore information system (IS) project success. Consequently, the role of relational factors in driving project success has been overlooked in this literature. In this paper, we integrate the social embeddedness perspective...

In ride-hailing markets, the spatial mismatch between supply and demand characterizes one of the most fundamental operational bottlenecks. The voluntary customer search of drivers is oftentimes inadequate for narrowing the demand-supply gaps and falls short in responding timely to the dynamic...

Corruption scandals are a major concern worldwide. Situations of instability are usually a breeding ground for new forms of corruption. The COVID-19 pandemic has not been an exception creating new opportunities for fraud and corruption. Hence, there are no few cases where irregularities have...

This paper shows that the ancestry composition shaped by century-long immigration to the US can explain the current structure of global supply chain networks. Using an instrumental variable strategy, combined with a novel dataset that links firm-to-firm global supply chain information with a US...

A project involves several “participants” - including agencies, contractors, and subcontractors - all working concurrently on multiple projects and allocating resources among them. This interdependency creates a network of otherwise unrelated projects. By constructing the largest project...