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Marchesi, Silvia; Sabani, Laura; Dreher, Axel - 2009

We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency problems are especially severe, and/or IMF information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed...

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Behavioral Aspects of Communication in Organizations

Casoria, Fortuna; Riedl, Arno; Werner, Peter - 2020

This paper reviews experimental studies that investigate the effects of communication on behavior in organizational … research that tests whether communication can help to overcome coordination failure within organizations, and (b) studies that … analyze the role of communication in alleviating problems arising from information asymmetries at the workplace. The evidence …

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Against All Odds: Tentative Steps Toward Efficient Information Sharing in Groups

Schlangenotto, Darius; Schnedler, Wendelin; Vadovic, Radovan - 2020

When groups face difficult problems, the voice of experts may be lost in the noise of others' contributions. We present results from a 'naturally noisy' setting, a large first-year undergraduate class, in which the 'expert's voice is lost' to such a degree that it is in fact optimal for all...

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Agency and Communication in IMF Conditional Lending: Theory and Empirical Evidence

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Does Social Capital Matter? A Study of Hit-and-Run in US Counties

Castriota, Stefano; Rondinella, Sandro; Tonin, Mirco - 2022

We investigate the relationship between social capital and the decision to flee after a fatal road accident. This event is unplanned, and the decision is taken under great emotional distress and time pressure, thus providing a test of whether social capital matters for behaviour in extreme...

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Dual Circulation and Population Mobility during the Pandemic in China

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We use high-frequency data from location-based mobile phone records to measure domestic air travel patterns of the Chinese population during the Covid-19 pandemic. The travel and tourism industry is a key driver of China's domestic economy and data from this industry helps serve as an objective...

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Alcohol Price Floors and Externalities: The Case of Fatal Road Crashes

Francesconi, Marco; James, Jonathan - 2022

In May 2018, Scotland introduced a minimum unit price on alcohol. We examine the impact of this policy on traffic fatalities and drunk driving accidents. Using administrative data on the universe of vehicle collisions in Britain and a range of quasi-experimental modeling approaches, we do not...

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Commuting to Work and Gender-Conforming Social Norms: Evidence from Same-Sex Couples

Oreffice, Sonia; Sansone, Dario - 2022

We assess the role of gender-conforming social norms in household decision-making and gender inequalities in the labor market with a parsimonious household model that endogenizes commuting time. Using the American Community Survey 2008-2019, we test the model predictions and find that women in...

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AI, Skill, and Productivity: The Case of Taxi Drivers

Kanazawa, Kyogo; Kawaguchi, Daiji; Shigeoka, Hitoshi; … - 2022

We examine the impact of Articial Intelligence (AI) on productivity in the context of taxi drivers. The AI we study assists drivers with finding customers by suggesting routes along which the demand is predicted to be high. We find that AI improves drivers' productivity by shortening the...

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Slow Traffic, Fast Food: The Effects of Time Lost on Food Store Choice

Bencsik, Panka; Lusher, Lester; Taylor, Rebecca L.C. - 2023

Time scarcity is one of the strongest correlates of fast food consumption. To estimate the causal effect of time lost on food choice, we match daily store-specific foot traffic data traced via smartphones to plausibly exogenous shocks in highway traffic data in Los Angeles. We find that on days...

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