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A Nationwide Laboratory Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioural Experiments into Representative Surveys
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; Schupp, Jürgen; von … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
data with representative behavioural data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to … elicit people’s trust correlate well with behaviourally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661984
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Contracting under Incomplete Information and Social Preferences: An Experimental Study
Hoppe, Eva I; Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
cornerstone of contract theory. We have conducted an experiment with 720 participants to explore whether the theoretical insights …Principal-agent models in which the agent has access to private information before a contract is signed are a … the principals make contract offers, they anticipate that social preferences affect agents' behavior. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084433
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Gathering Information before Signing a Contract: Experimental Evidence
Hoppe, Eva I; Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
A central insight of agency theory is that when a principal offers a contract to a privately informed agent, the … report about an experiment with 508 participants designed to test whether this fundamental trade-off is actually relevant. In …
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Other-Regarding Preferences in General Equilibrium
Dufwenberg, Martin; Heidhues, Paul; Kirchsteiger, Georg; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
We study competitive market outcomes in economies where agents have other-regarding preferences. We identify a separability condition on monotone preferences that is necessary and sufficient for one's own demand to be independent of the allocations and characteristics of other agents in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114265
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Distributional Conflict in Organisations
Inderst, Roman; Mueller, Holger M; Wärneryd, Karl - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Hierarchy can function as an instrument to channel influence activities or power struggles in organizations. Contrary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504716
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Managerial Leverage is Limited By the Extent of the Market: Hierarchies, Specialization and the Utilization of Lawyers' Human Capital
Garicano, Luis; Hubbard, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper examines hierarchies’ role in the organization of human-capital-intensive production. We develop an equilibrium model of hierarchical organization, then provide empirical evidence using confidential data on thousands of law offices from the 1992 Census of Services. We show how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005497763
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The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition
Guadalupe, Maria; Wulf, Julie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
design. Using a unique panel dataset on firm hierarchies of large U.S. firms (1986-1999) and a quasi-natural experiment …, span of control increased by 6% and depth decreased by 11% as a result of the quasi-natural experiment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792092
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Computing Crime: Information Technology, Police Effectiveness and the Organization of Policing
Garicano, Luis; Heaton, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
How does information technology (IT) affect the organization of police work? How does it in turn affect police crime-fighting effectiveness? To answer these questions, we construct a new panel data set of police departments covering 1987-2003. We find that while IT adoption had substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792143
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The Return to Knowledge Hierarchies
Garicano, Luis; Hubbard, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Hierarchies allow individuals to leverage their knowledge through others' time. This mechanism increases productivity and amplifies the impact of skill heterogeneity on earnings inequality. To quantify this effect, we analyze the earnings and organization of U.S. lawyers and use the equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136470
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Donations
Buraschi, Andrea; Cornelli, Francesca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
public good – here, new productions – to have access to a private good – here, fringe benefits – and by altruism. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504511