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

This paper presents a unified framework for characterizing symmetric equilibrium in simultaneous move, two-player, rank-order contests with complete information, in which each player's strategy generates direct or indirect affine spillover effects that depend on the rank-order of her decision...

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Collaboration in Bipartite Networks, with an Application to Coauthorship Networks

Hsieh, Chih-Sheng; König, Michael; Liu, Xiaodong; … - 2020

This paper studies the impact of collaboration on research output. First, we build a micro founded model for scientific knowledge production, where collaboration between researchers is represented by a bipartite network. The equilibrium of the game incorporates both the complementarity effect...

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When Galatea cares about her Reputation: How having Faith in your Workers reduces their Motivation to shine

Kamphorst, Jurjen J.A.; Swank, Otto H. - 2010

motivate employeeswho are driven by concerns about their reputation for being able. When employeesare driven by monetary …

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Social Identity Strategies in Recent Economics

Davis, John B. - 2005

This paper reviews three distinct strategies in recent economics for using the concept of social identity in the … social identity and personal identity together. The argument of the paper is that too narrow a scope for reflexivity in … and social identity together in connection with an individual behavior termed comparative value-objective evaluation. The …

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Everybody's doing it: On the Emergence and Persistence of Bad Social Norms

Smerdon, David; Offerman, Theo; Gneezy, Uri - 2016

to the model is the role of a person's social identity in encouraging compliance to a norm. The strength of this identity …

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Measuring Responsiveness to Feedback as a Personal Trait

Buser, Thomas; Gerhards, Leonie; van der Weele, Joël J. - 2016

People typically update their beliefs about their own abilities too little in response to feed-back, a phenomenon known as “conservatism”, and some studies suggest that they overweight good relative to bad signals (“asymmetry”). We measure individual conservatism and asymmetry in three...

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

van Dalen, Hendrik P. - 2006

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?

van Dalen, Hendrik P.; Reuser, Mieke - 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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The Importance of Emotions for the Effectiveness of Social Punishment

Hopfensitz, Astrid; Reuben, Ernesto - 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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The Institutional Economics of Stakeholder Consultation; Reducing Implementations Costs through 'Matching Zones'

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