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Intertemporal effort provision in sequential tournaments : conference paper
Klein, Arnd Heinrich; Schmutzler, Armin - 2013
This paper analyzes intertemporal effort provision in two-stage tournaments. A principal with a fixed budget for prizes faces two risk-neutral agents. He observes noisy signals of effort in both periods. His goal is to maximize either total efforts (perfect substitutes) or the product of first-...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338948
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"Making it count" : evidence from a field experiment on assessment rules, study incentives and student performance ; conference paper
Chevalier, Arnaud; Dolton, Peter J.; Luehrmann, Melanie - 2013
non-financial incentives and test their effect on effort and performance of students. Our identification strategy exploits … cross-cohort experimental variation in assessment rules and within course variation in incentives to determine their impact … on the performance in exams. We find these incentives to result in an increase in grades of 2.4 marks or about 4%. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341634
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Keynes and macroeconomics after 70 years : critical assessments of 'the general theory'
Wray, L. Randall (ed.) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003683049
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In gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung : Symposium zu Ehren von Prof. Dr. Christa Luft, Berlin, den 23. Februar 2013
Brie, Michael (contributor); Luft, Christa (honouree) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010497837
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Keynes and macroeconomics after 70 years : critical assessments of The general theory
Wray, L. Randall (contributor);  … - 2008
In this collection, esteemed post-Keynesian scholars reassess the relevance of Keynes's 'The General Theory' to a broad array of topic areas, ranging from the environment, investment finance, exchange rates, and socialism, as well as inquiries into general post-Keynesian theory
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850562
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Neuer Imperialismus - internationaler Kapitalismus : Kolloquium zu Ehren von Prof. Dr. Horst Heininger anlässlich seines 75.Geburtstages; [fand am 24. Mai 2003 in Berlin statt]
Binus, Gretchen (contributor); Heininger, Horst (honouree) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013432631
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Incentives for overbidding in minimum-revenue core-selecting auctions : conference paper
Beck, Marissa; Ott, Marion - 2013 - This draft: January 16, 2013
We find new equilibria of minimum-revenue core-selecting (MRCS) auctions that, in contrast to previously identified equilibria, involve overbidding - bidding more than one's true value for some packages of goods. With full information, every MRCS auction in every possible setting has equilibria...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339391
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Flexibility in Europe's power sector : an additional requirement or an automatic complement? ; conference paper
Bertsch, Joachim; Growitsch, Christian; Lorenczik, Stefan; … - 2013
al (2011) argue that with increasing volatility, incentives to invest in flexible resources should be implemented in … incentives of achievable full load hours does not need additional incentives for flexibility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342120
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Institutions, shared guilt, and moral transgression : conference paper
Rothenhäusler, Dominik; Schweizer, Nikolaus; Szech, Nora - 2014
This paper studies the influence of shared guilt and diffused responsibility in institutions that may require the support of several actors to realize specific outcomes. Decision makers weigh supporting an immoral yet egoistically advantageous action to the detriment of a third party against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010487722
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The impact of market innovations on the evolution of norms : the sustainability case ; conference paper
Müller, Stephan; Wangenheim, Georg von - 2014
That institutions matter is widely accepted among economists and so are social norms as an important category of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488545