We present a dynamic model of noncontractual litigation in which the parties’ decision whether to litigate depends on information produced by courts and, vice versa, the courts’ involvement in the lawmaking process depends on the cases proposed by the parties. Thereby, we integrate in one...

The author demonstrates an Equal Opportunity Impact Assessment questionnaire which helps the user assess the effects and consequences of their decisions on women. By using the questionnaire several things can be found out: what decisions managers are conscious of making; the impact of decisions...

Die unternehmensinterne Besetzung von Stellen gilt als der Standardfall und wird auch im Bereich des Topmanagements empfohlen. Empirische Untersuchungen zeigen jedoch, dass ein nennenswerter Anteil der Spitzenfuehrungskraefte ueber Unternehmensgrenzen hinweg rekrutiert wird. Dieser Beitrag...

We develop a model of internal governance where the self-serving actions of top management are limited by the potential reaction of subordinates. We find that internal governance can mitigate agency problems and ensure firms have substantial value, even without any external governance. Internal...

This paper studies gender spillovers in career advancement using 11 years of employer-employee matched data on the population of white-collar workers at over 4,000 private-sector establishments in Norway. Our data include unusually detailed job information for each worker, which enables us to...

We study the impact of gender quotas on the acquisition of human capital. We assume that individuals’ formation of human capital is influenced by the prospect of landing high-pay top positions, and that these positions are regulated by gender-specific quotas. In the absence of quotas, women...

Some education policymakers focus on bringing down pupil–teacher ratios. Others argue that resources will have limited impact without systematic reforms to education governance, teacher incentives, and pedagogy. We examine a program under which school committees at randomly selected Kenyan...

Using a tried and tested measure of management practices which has been shown to predict firm performance, we survey nearly 250 departments across 100+ UK universities. We find large differences in management scores across universities and that departments in older, research-intensive...