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Performance-Related Funding of Universities : Does More Competition Lead to Grade Inflation?
Bauer, Thomas K. - 2011
financing systems aimed at increasing the competition between universities by making their pubic funds dependent on their … increased competition between universities causes grade inflation …
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Negative Externalities and Equilibrium Existence in Competitive Markets with Adverse Selection
von Siemens, Ferdinand - 2009
on existing theories of competition in markets with adverse selection …
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The Economics of Credence Goods : On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition
Dulleck, Uwe - 2009
has little influence, as predicted. Seller competition drives down prices and yields maximal trade, but does not lead to …
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Health Effects on Children's Willingness to Compete
Bartling, Björn - 2011
The formation of human capital is important for a society's welfare and economic success. Recent literature shows that child health can provide an important explanation for disparities in children's human capital development across different socio-economic groups. While this literature focuses...
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Firm Dynamics and Residual Inequality in Open Economies
Felbermayr, Gabriel J. - 2014
, inequality is highly responsive to the increase in product market competition triggered by domestic regulatory reform …
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Choosing to Compete : How Different are Girls and Boys?
Booth, Alison L. - 2009
competition. Our subjects (students just under 15 years of age) attend publicly-funded single-sex and coeducational schools. We …
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Productivity Dynamics : The Role of Competition in a Service Industry
Breda, Thomas - 2019
changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches … Productivity (TFP) than incumbents. Increased competition from new entrants leads incumbents to reduce the price of union …. Those with higher TFP have higher survival probabilities. However, increased competition does not induce incumbents to raise …
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Selecting Talent : Gender Differences in Participation and Success in Competitive Selection Processes
Farre, Lidia - 2019
We investigate whether competitive selection processes generate gender inequality in the context of a prestigious graduate fellowship program. All applications are scored remotely by expert reviewers and the highest ranked are invited to an in-person interview. The data show a very large gender...
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Why Does Emissions Trading Under the EU Ets Not Affect Firms' Competitiveness? Empirical Findings from the Literature
Joltreau, Eugénie - 2018
Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms' competitiveness or profit-ability. However, the empirical literature shows that hardly any statistically significant effects on firms can be detected for the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). We explain why there...
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Refugees and the Educational Attainment of Natives
Green, Colin P. - 2020
There has been a recent rapid increase in immigration into Europe, specifically in the form of refugees and asylum seekers. This raises a range of social challenges and a particular focus is education and school systems. A growing body of research investigates the impact of immigrants on native...
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