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Skill, Strategy and Passion : An Empirical Analysis of Soccer

Palomino, F.A.; Rigotti, L.; Rustichini, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998

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Law and Behaviours in Social Dilemmas : Testing the Effect of Obligations on Cooperation

Galbiati, R.; Vertova, P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

Laws consist of two components: the 'obligations' they express and the 'incentives' designed to enforce them.In this paper we run a public good experiment to test whether or not obligations have any independent effect on cooperation in social dilemmas.The results show that, for given marginal...

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Self-Serving Dictators and Economic Growth

Haile, D.; Sadrieh, A.; Verbon, H.A.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

A new line of theoretical and empirical literature emphasizes the pivotal role of fair institutions for growth.We present a model, a laboratory experiment, and a simple cross-country regression supporting this view.We model an economy with an unequal distribution of property rights, in which...

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Corporate Governance Convergence : Evidence from Takeover Regulation Reforms in Europe

Renneboog, Luc; Goergen, M.; Martynova, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

This paper contributes to the research on corporate governance by predicting the effects of European takeover regulation.In particular, we investigate whether the recent reforms of takeover regulation in Europe are leading to a harmonization of the national legislations.With the help of 150...

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A Corporate Governance Index : Convergence and Diversity of National Corporate Governance Regulations

Renneboog, Luc; Martynova, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

The issue of appropriate corporate governance framework has been a focal point of recent reforms in many countries. This study provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of corporate governance regulatory systems and their evolution over the last 15 years in 30 European countries and the US....

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The Engine Immobilizer : a Non-Starter For Car Thieves

van Ours, Jan; Vollaard, B.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013

We provide evidence for a beneficial welfare impact of a crime policy that is targeted at strenghtening victim …

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Can Racially Unbiased Police Perpetuate Long-Run Discrimination?

Bunzel, H.; Marcoul, P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

We develop a stylized dynamic model of highway policing in which a non-racist police officer is given incentives to arrest criminals, but faces a per stop cost of stop which increases when the racial mix of the persons he stops di.ers from the racial mix of the population.We define the fair jail...

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Does Regulation of Built-In Security Reduce Crime? Evidence From a Natural Experiment

van Ours, Jan; Vollaard, B.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

that this large-scale government intervention in the use of self-protective measures lowers crime and improves social …

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Individual perceptions of local crime risk

Salm, Martin; Vollaard, B.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2014

We provide evidence that perceptions of crime risk are severely biased for many years after a move to a new … neighborhood. Based on four successive waves of a large crime survey, matched with administrative records on household relocations …, we find that the longer an individual lives in a neighborhood, the higher their perception of the crime rate in the …

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World wildlife crime report : trafficking in protected species, 2016

Vereinte Nationen / Office on Drugs and Crime - 2016

Defining transnational organized wildlife crime -- The World Wildlife Seizures (World WISE) database -- Furniture …

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