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Inspite of wide and long-standing support among economists for indexation of loan contracts there has been relatively …
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-standing support among economists for indexation of loan contracts there has been relatively little use of indexation, except in …
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This article summarizes and draws connections among diverse streams of theoretical and empirical research on the economics of privacy. We focus on the economic value and consequences of protecting and disclosing personal information, and on consumers' understanding and decisions regarding the...
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We study a simple contracting game with a principal and two agents. Contracts exert an externalities on non contractors …
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environmental externalities such as pollution. We argue that consumer contracts generate externalities by overwhelming consumers … contracts would impose on consumers. This would force sellers to internalize these costs and incentivize them to invest in …, and comprehension rates would rise. To further penalize inefficient contracts while reducing the tax burden on efficient …
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This study explores the micro-level of making economic decisions, focusing on processes and causal relationships using which individuals (agents) take into account each other’s activities. A central concept employed herein is the Shared Mental Model (SMM) used by participants of joint activity...
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Earlier research discussed the necessary evolution from smart business networks, as based on process need satisfaction and governance, into business genetics [1] based on strategic bonds or decay and opportunistic complementarities. This paper will describe an approach and diffusion algorithms...
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The EU is striving for an ‘Innovative Union’. Various case studies already hinted that the involvement of various types of employees is crucial for the organisational innovativeness. Using data from a large scale Belgian employee level survey in five industries, this article focuses on the...
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investments in the relational aspects of their partnerships while safeguarding product and financial flows through contracts …
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for most industrial economies, but knowledge hubs have different dynamics relating to externalities produced from …
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