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In common-value auctions and contests economic agents often havevarying levels of information regarding the value of … contests increases relative to the case of independentprizes.Chapter III experimentally considers the role of asymmetric … asymmetric information in one-shot common-valueall-pay auctions and lottery contests from both experimental and …
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the highest level of total group effort. A theory of contests developed by Moldovanu et al. (2007) predicts that the …
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There is growing consensus on the view that corruption hurts economic performance by reducing private investment, by adversely affecting the quantity and quality of public infrastructure, by reducing tax revenue, and by reducing human capital accumulation. In addition to inefficiency effects –...
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The dissertation offers an analysis of the role of budgetary institutions on the determination of fiscal outcomes. In the second chapter I provide a theoretical model that rationalizes differences in fiscal outcomes of two countries that are supposed to obey the same set of numerical constraints...
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likelihood on internal conflict within the Niger delta – and some othercountries?The hypotheses are as follows:- Nigeria has not … explorationand production and the persistent conflict situation in Nigeria which is owing tothe contentious nature of oil.This study … indicator, conflict patterns andthe resultant lack of economic development in Nigeria. It also offers the opportunity toassess …
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likelihood on internal conflict within the Niger delta – and some othercountries?The hypotheses are as follows:- Nigeria has not … explorationand production and the persistent conflict situation in Nigeria which is owing tothe contentious nature of oil.This study … indicator, conflict patterns andthe resultant lack of economic development in Nigeria. It also offers the opportunity toassess …
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conflict between marketing managers and sales managers. The paper aims to establish the overall level of interpersonal conflict … specifically, the conceptual framework uses three groups of variables to explain interpersonal conflict: structural, individual … interpersonal conflict between marketing managers and sales managers and that there were no differences across the two countries. Of …
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conflict, functional conflict, and perceived relationship effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on the … results also confirm that both cognition- and affect-based trust have negative effects on dysfunctional conflict, and strong … positive effects on functional conflict. In addition to these new findings, the paper shows that while psychological distance …
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impact on the relationship if conflict is present. Overall, this study provides a framework for future research on the topic …
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conflict. Conditions are derived under which territorial conflict between the two parties is less likely to persist … conflict becomes more destructive, the likelihood of a peaceful outcome, in which the territory's initial possessor deters the …
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