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Contests with incumbency advantages: An experiment investigation of the effect of limits on spending behavior and outcome
Otsubo, Hironori - 2012
This paper experimentally investigates the effect of limits on campaign spending and outcome in an electoral contest where two candidates, an incumbent and a challenger, compete for office in terms of the amount of campaign expenditure. The candidates are asymmetric only in that the incumbent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291825
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The political economy of international environmental agreements: A survey
Wangler, Leo; Altamirano-Cabrera, Juan-Carlos; Weikard, … - 2011
This paper surveys the recent literature on the political economy of the formation of international environmental agreements. The survey covers theoretical modelling approaches and empirical studies including experimental work. Central to our survey is the question how the political process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331077
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More than words: Communication in intergroup conflicts
Leibbrandt, Andreas; Sääksvuori, Lauri - 2010
Numerous studies suggest that communication may be a universal means to mitigate collective action problems. In this study, we challenge this view and show that the communication structure crucially determines whether communication mitigates or intensifies the problem of collective action. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281661
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Contests with Incumbency Advantages: An Experiment Investigation of the Effect of Limits on Spending Behavior and Outcome
Otsubo, HHironori - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper experimentally investigates the effect of limits on campaign spending and outcome in an electoral contest where two candidates, an incumbent and a challenger, compete for office in terms of the amount of campaign expenditure. The candidates are asymmetric only in that the incumbent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548160
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The Political Economy of International Environmental Agreements: A Survey
Wangler, Leo; Altamirano-Cabrera, JJuan-Carlos; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper surveys the recent literature on the political economy of the formation of international environmental agreements. The survey covers theoretical modelling approaches and empirical studies including experimental work. Central to our survey is the question how the political process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274266
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More than Words: Communication in Intergroup Conflicts
Leibbrandt, Andreas; Sääksvuori, Lauri - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Numerous studies suggest that communication may be a universal means to mitigate collective action problems. In this study, we challenge this view and show that the communication structure crucially determines whether communication mitigates or intensifies the problem of collective action. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008675292
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Sorting via Screening versus Signaling: A Theoretic and Experimental Comparison
Güth, Werner; Winter, Fabian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Similar to Kübler et al. (2008, GEB 64, p. 219-236), we compare sorting in games with asymmetric incomplete information … equilibrium play due to sorting under signaling, compared to screening, is predicted and confirmed experimentally. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884481
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Sorting via screening versus signaling: A theoretic and experimental comparison
Güth, Werner; Winter, Fabian - 2013
Similar to Kübler et al. (2008, GEB 64, p. 219-236), we compare sorting in games with asymmetric incomplete information … equilibrium play due to sorting under signaling, compared to screening, is predicted and confirmed experimentally. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323905
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Beyond the knowledge production function: the role of R&D in a multi-faceted innovative process
Catozzella, Alessandra; Vivarelli, Marco - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to test the possible catalysing role of in-house R&D in fostering the complementarity of … complementarity. Results from both the approaches show that the innovative process is a pheno-menon combining within itself both … complementarity and substitutability relationships, de-pending both on the typology of the targeted innovation output and on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263836
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Intermediation, reciprocity and compatibility in regional innovation systems: an interregional comparison
Cantner, Uwe; Meder, Andreas; Wolf, Tina - 2008
complementarity with the regional knowledge base. The issue of trust in cooperating tends to have no effect on the propensity to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266692