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Rothschild and Stiglitz (1976) show that there need not exist a competitive equilibrium in markets with adverse selection. Building on their framework we demonstrate that externalities between agents - an agent's utility upon accepting a contract depends on the average type attracted by the...
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inefficiencies, such as under- and overtreatment or market break-down. We study in a large experiment with 936 participants the … determinants for efficiency in credence goods markets. While theory predicts that either liability or verifiability yields …
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often varies between individual firms. We show that these differences can be the result of labor market competition if … intuition, labor market competition does not destroy but may indeed foster within-firm cooperation …
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market. After characterizing the general demand models, it reviews consumer baseline based on which further study the demand … case for possible application to the electricity market and discusses the implications of the results. In the literature … and demand response in the power market and their relationships. It enhances demand response in the electricity market …
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impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal …
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Financial inclusion is the broad based delivery of banking and other financial services at affordable cost to the poorest sections of society. In India, financial inclusion emphasizes to include maximum number of people under formal financial systems. The most important part of financial...
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We develop a formula for the optimal size of a joint savings association between individuals who share the same financial goal and who can save towards that goal at the same rate. Our motivating example and the core of our analysis is a Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA). We measure...
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In this paper, we present a directed search model of the housing market. The pricing mechanism we analyze reflects the …. Our model offers a new way to look at the housing market from a search-theoretic perspective. In addition, we contribute …
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customers. While standard theory predicts that inefficiencies disappear if customers can verify the quality received …
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increasing contract efficiency substantially. This effect is, however, associated with a considerable bilateralisation of market …
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