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Misconduct and leader behaviour in contests : new evidence from European football

Kempa, Karol; Rusch, Hannes - 2016 - Version: 20 May 2016

literature, we find that sabotage against the opponent is used more frequently by players from teams with lower ability. In … find that captains, in contrast to other players, seem to use sabotage less impulsively and more strategically, as they do … increase their sabotage in important matches. …

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Competition and unethical behavior : utilizing state competitiveness to reduce cheating in contests among employees

Piest, Simon - 2020

Wettbewerb, Wettbewerbsorientierung, Charakterzug, Zustand, Skalenentwicklung, Betrug, Sabotage, Experiment …Wettbewerb wird oft zur Mitarbeitermotivation eingerichtet. Eine unerwünschte Folge des Wettbewerbs ist, dass die … unmoralischen Verhaltens im Wettbewerb identifiziert. Weiterhin wird „State Competitiveness“ als ein situativer Fokus auf Gewinnen …

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The Behavior of Hedge Funds During Liquidity Crises

Ben-David, Itzhak; Franzoni, Francesco; Moussawi, Rabih - National Centre of Competence in Research - Financial … - 2010

To shed light on the empirical relevance of the limits to arbitrage, we study hedge funds’ trading patterns in the stock market during liquidity crises. Consistent with arbitrageurs’ limited ability to provide liquidity, we find that at the time of liquidity crises hedge funds reduce their...

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Schools, Education and Social Exclusion

Sparkes, Jo - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1999

A review of research evidence suggests that low levels of educationalattainment are crucial in generating and sustaining social exclusion. Testscores at school are the most effective predictor of many adult outcomes.School attendance and soft skills are also important. Reviewing the...

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Environmental issues and human behaviour in low-income areas in the UK

Power, Anne T.; Elster, Jake - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

Existing evidence showed that:- local environmental problems are widespread but worse in low-income areas- there is little evidence that wider environmental concerns are less in low-incomecommunities- residents in low-income areas often face different barriers and incentives for action fromthose...

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FAVORITISM UNDER SOCIAL PRESSURE

Garicano, Luis; Palacios-Huerta, Ignacio; Prendergast, … - University <Chicago, Ill.> / Department of Economics; … - 2005

This paper is concerned with the effect of nonmonetary incentiveson behavior, in particular with the study of social pressure as adeterminant of corruption. We offer empirical evidence that shows howprofessional soccer referees favor home teams in order to satisfy thecrowds in the stadium....

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On reciprocal Behavior in Prisoner Dilemma game

Doghmi, AMiloudi hmed; Kobihy, Miloudi - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2009

In this paper, we introduce the concept of payoff distortion inthe standard prisoner’s dilemma game when strategies are driven by psychologicalbehaviors. This concept enables to take account each player’s assessmentof the other player’s behavior and the asymmetry of information....

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Power Struggles and the Natural Resource Curse

Caselli, Francesco - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

Empirical evidence suggests that the natural-resource curse operates through the behaviorof the political elite, yet there are few models that convincingly illustrate the mechanismat work. I present a model where natural-resource abundance generates power struggles,thereby increasing the...

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Socio-Economic Status and Child Behaviour: Evidencefrom a contemporary UK cohort

Propper, Carol; Rigg, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

This paper examines whether and how socio-economic status is associated withchildren’s behavioural development in today’s children. Using a large cohort ofEnglish children born in the early 1990s we find significant social inequalities inseveral dimensions of child behaviour at age 7. We...

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The IZA Evaluation Dataset:Towards Evidence-Based Labor Policy-Making

Caliendo, Marco; Falk, Armin; Kaiser, Lutz C.; … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many Europeancountries. In recent years, a number of them have opened their administrative databases forevaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are straightforward: they areaccurate, contain a large number...

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