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Does federalism affect e-government in Germany?
Bartholomae, Florian W.; Nam, Chang-woon; Steinhoff, Peter - 2023
International comparisons show that the reasons why e-government development in Germany does not occupy the desired "top spot" in rankings lie primarily in the inadequate provision of online services with little corresponding user orientation. In order to provide better and faster public...
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Local fiscal effects of immigration in Germany
Maxand, Simone; Sallam, Hend - 2024
We investigate the impact of immigration on public budgets using administrative data from German districts (Kreise). While previous literature suggests that the fiscal benefits of migration depend on government spending responses to immigration, the local-level effects in Germany remain...
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Observable strategies, commitments, and contracts
Wärneryd, Karl Erik - 2014
We consider rules (strategies, commitments, contracts, or computer programs) that make behavior contingent on an opponent's rule. The set of perfectly observable rules is not well defined. Previous contributions avoid this problem by restricting the rules deemed admissible. We instead limit the...
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Do norms on contribution behavior affect intrinsic motivation? : field-experimental evidence from Germany
Boyer, Pierre C.; Dwenger, Nadja; Rincke, Johannes - 2016
This paper studies how imposing norms on contribution behavior affects individuals' intrinsic motivation. We consider the church levy, which the Catholic Church in Germany collects as a charitable donation, despite the fact that the levy is legally a tax. We design a randomized field experiment...
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Information markets, elections and contracts
Gersbach, Hans; Müller, Markus - 2011
Politicians may pander to public opinion and may renounce undertaking beneficial long-term projects. To alleviate this problem, we introduce a triple mechanism involving political information markets, reelection threshold contracts, and democratic elections. An information market is used to...
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A game-theoretic foundation for the Wilson equilibrium in competitive insurance markets with adverse selection
Mimra, Wanda; Wambach, Achim - 2011
can be withdrawn after observation of competitors' contract offers. We show that an equilibrium always exists where … consumers obtain their respective Wilson-Miyazaki-Spence (WMS) contract. Jointly profit-making contracts can also be sustained … entry. -- casymmetric information ; competitive insurance market ; contract withdrawal …
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Let's talk : how communication affects contract design
Brandts, Jordi; Charness, Gary; Ellman, Matthew - 2012
perceptions). We offer an explanation based on social norms. -- contract design ; communication ; experiments …
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Contracts, biases and consumption of access services
Leider, Stephen G.; Sahin, Ozge - 2012
consumer electronics, and club memberships. We demonstrate that consumption is affected by contract structure (pay-peruse vs …. We also measure subjects' willingness to pay for a contract with free access units, and we find that nearly half of … strategy is therefore to offer a contract that presells access units at a very small discount; this strategy increases revenue …
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Insurance contracts and securitization
Doherty, Neil A.; Schlesinger, Harris - 2001
High correlations between risks can increase required insurer capital and/orreduce the availability of insurance. For such insurance lines, securitizationis rapidly emerging as an alternative form of risk transfer. The ultimatesuccess of securitization in replacing or complementing traditional...
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Communicating subjective evaluations
Lang, Matthias - 2014
Should principals explain and justify their evaluations? Suppose the principal's evaluation is private information, but she can provide justification by sending a costly cheap-talk message. If she does not provide justification, her message space is restricted, but the message is costless. I...
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