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On the performance of rule-based contribution schemes under endowment heterogeneity
Kesternich, Martin; Lange, Andreas; Sturm, Bodo - 2014
We experimentally test different rule-based contribution mechanisms in a repeated 4-player public goods game with endowment heterogeneity and compare them to a VCM, distinguishing between a random- and an effort-based allocation of endowments. We find that endowment heterogeneities limit the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010405141
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ICT and economic growth : comparing developing, emerging and developed countries
Niebel, Thomas - 2014
This paper analyzes the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on economic growth in developing, emerging and developed countries. It is based on a sample of 59 countries for the period 1995 to 2010. Various panel data regressions confirm the positive relationship between ICT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010458249
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Implications of inequality aversion for international climate policy
Vogt, Carla; Sturm, Bodo - 2011
In this paper, we extend the Fehr and Schmidt model of inequality aversion to a situation where the players differ with respect to their benefits and costs from contributions to a non-linear public good. A necessary condition for contributing to the public good is that the players’ benefit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009244226
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Minimum participation rules in international environmental agreements : empirical evidence from a survey among delegates in international climate negotiations
Kesternich, Martin - 2015
Recent contributions to the theoretical and experimental literature suggest that minimum participation rules (MPRs) are able to reduce free-riding incentives and may facilitate cooperation (or at least coordination) at the extensive margin of international environmental agreements. Based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477133
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Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Blesse, Sebastian - 2019 - This version: 14/05/2019
, we investigate transmission channels. We link border changes to geocoded conflict data and survey evidence on political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006627
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Subnational border reforms and economic development in Africa
Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Blesse, Sebastian - 2018
conflict data and survey evidence on political attitudes as well as service delivery. We find that the differences between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850399
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Religion and the shadow economy
Heinemann, Friedrich; Schneider, Friedrich - 2011
Religion is increasingly acknowledged to be a cultural dimension which affects economic outcomes in different regards …. This contribution focuses on religion’s possible impact on the shadow economy. Different dimensions of the religious … religions, religious competition or the proximity between religion and the state. The empirical test makes use of the largest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009129748
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An impact of country-specific economic developments on ECB decisions
Ullrich, Katrin (contributor) - 2006
The discussion about country-specific influence on the interest rate decisions of the European Central Bank does not cease. To investigate the possibility of regional influence on the determination of the policy rate, we estimate Taylor-type reaction functions for the period from 1999 to 2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003357001
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Vote buying or (political) business (cycles) as usual?
Aidt, Toke; Asatryan, Zareh; Badalyan, Lusine; … - 2015
We provide new evidence on the short-run effect of elections on monetary aggregates. We study month-to-month fluctuations in the growth rate of M1 in a sample of 85 low and middle income democracies from 1975 to 2009. The evidence shows an increase in the growth rate of M1 during election months...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491768
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Institutional investment in Central and Eastern Europe : investment criteria of Western portfolio managers
Köke, F. Jens - 1999
This study provides detailed evidence on the transistion state of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. It draws on data from a survey conducted among portfolio managers of Western investment funds thereby making use of the knowledge of experts in CEE markets. The approach of the study is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442996