.Chapter four discusses the impact of ability grouping in secondary educationon student incentives. Education provides a signal on … unobservable abilityfor employers and improves productivity after education. Selection setsbetter incentives in primary education … (Gesamtschulen) hat die erworbeneQualifikation aber eine höhere Signalwirkung. Deswegen haben die Schülerauch einen höheren Anreiz …

with economic incentives as generated by the market system and requires changes in the market institutions to implement … problem is consistent with the underlying economic order (market system), if economic incentives to solve the problem exist … collective action are not pecuniary, this implies that the activity is not consistent with market incentives and therefore …

Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply …

"The central challenge of tropical biodiversity conservation involves reconciling private and social incentives to … important to identify what type of institutional arrangements can effectively align private and social incentives to promote … ensure biodiversity conservation and an equitable distribution of benefits and costs. There has been little theory or …

preferences beyond the classical concept of expected utility theory. The thesis contains four main chapters.The first two chapters … dependence compared to classical models of expected utility theory. It is shown that some empirical puzzles concerning … utility theory are met. It is shown that the methodological concerns are empirically relevant when a classification of …

sets simulated for Full Signal Detection Theory and its special cases of standard Signal Detection Theory and Complementary … Signal Detection Theory. …

state statutes that allowed mix approaches to contractual arrangements. A relational contract is advantageous because it … regional politics and avoid future disputes, municipality and county governments can choose a more legally binding contract by … using non-relational contract such as interlocal agreements, contracts or leases. Utilizing the data compiled by the Florida …

speculating on basis from day to day. The farther from futures contract delivery they are, the more the futures and cash price … prior to the contract delivery month face larger basis risk thanthose liquidating positions in the contract month. …

managementprograms on investment, production, and contract design are investigated.The dissertation is comprised of three essays. The …