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Baye, Michael R.; Kovenock, Dan; Vries, Casper G. de - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

-order contests with complete information, in which each player's strategy generates direct or indirect affine "spillover" effects … important economic environments, as well as in classic contests adapted to recent experimental and behavioral models where …, tournaments, R&D races, models of ligitation, and a host of other contests. …

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The Importance of Emotions for the Effectiveness of Social Punishment

Hopfensitz, Astrid; Reuben, Ernesto - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

This paper experimentally explores how the enforcement of cooperative behavior in a social dilemma is facilitated through institutional as well as emotional mechanisms. Recent studies emphasize the importance of negatively valued emotions, such as anger, which motivate individuals to punish free...

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School Choice and Competition

Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Geest, Stephanie van der; Gradus, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

the leading principle of the Dutch education system since the beginning of the 20th century. Based on panel data for the … Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and student achievement in upper secondary education, but that it …

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Education and Entrepreneurial Choice: An Instrumental Variables Analysis

Block, Joern H.; Hoogerheide, Lennart; Thurik, Roy - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

Education is argued to be an important driver of the decision to start a business. The measurement of its influence …

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Measuring Externalities in Program Evaluation

Janssens, Wendy - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

Impact evaluations of development programmes usually focus on a comparison of participants with a control group. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the programme’s impact. Based on a unique large-scale quantitative...

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The Institutional Economics of Stakeholder Consultation; Reducing Implementations Costs through 'Matching Zones'

Butter, Frank A.G. den; Wolde, Sjoerd ten - Tinbergen Institute - 2011

This paper discusses various ways to organise these consultations, so that a compromise agreement is reached on the solution of the (re)distribution problem. These institutionalised structures of consultation are referred to as 'matching zones' here. Practical experiences, mainly from the...

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Who carries the Burden of Reproductive Health and AIDS Programs? - Evidence from OECD Donor Countries

Dalen, Hendrik P. van - Tinbergen Institute

This paper tries to establish who carries the burden in supporting reproductive health and AIDS programs worldwide. The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo established goals for the expansion of assistance in matters of reproductive health and AIDS. This...

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What Drives Donor Funding in Population Assistance Programs?

Dalen, Hendrik P. van; Reuser, Mieke - Tinbergen Institute - 2005

The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) established goals for the expansion of population assistance. This global effort has so far not sufficiently been supported by donor funds. Dynamic panel estimation methods are used to see what lies behind the sharing of...

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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework

Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...

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Labor Market Prospects, Search Intensity and the Transition from College to Work

Klaauw, Bas van der; Vuuren, Aico van; Berkhout, Peter - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

model using a unique data set of individuals who completed undergraduate education in the Netherlands between 1995 and 2001 …

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