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Audit rates and compliance: A field experiment in long-term care

Lindeboom, Maarten; van der Klaauw, Bas; Vriend, Sandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We provide evidence from a large-scale field experiment on the causal effects of audit rules on compliance in a market …

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Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments

Chassang, Sylvain; Padró i Miquel, Gerard; Snowberg, Erik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

We study the design of randomized controlled experiments in environments where outcomes are significantly affected by unobserved effort decisions taken by the subjects (agents). While standard randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are internally consistent, the unobservability of effort provision...

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On the Evolution of Credibility and Flexible Exchange Rate Target Zones

Avesani, Renzo; Gallo, Giampiero M; Salmon, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

simulation to provide substantial stabilization for the exchange rate while retaining considerable flexibility and robustness in …

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The Macroeconomic Impact of Flexible Labour Contracts: An Application to Spain

Bentolila, Samuel; Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991

This paper constructs a theoretical model to study the effects on employment of the introduction of flexible labour contracts (i.e. with low firing costs), which occurred in many European countries in the 1980s, which it then tests on Spanish data. The model predicts that such contracts increase...

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Employment Protection and Globalization in Dynamic Oligopoly

Dewit, Gerda; Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

-stage game with uncertainty it is demonstrated that location is influenced by both flexibility and strategic concerns. We show …

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Legal Institutions, Innovation and Growth

Anderlini, Luca; Felli, Leonardo; Immordino, Giovanni; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We analyze the relationship between legal institutions, innovation and growth. We compare a rigid (law set ex-ante) legal system and a flexible one (law set after observing current technology). The flexible system dominates in terms of welfare, amount of innovation and output growth at...

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Between Fordism and Flexibility: The Automobile Industry and its Workers - Past, Present and Future

Tolliday, Steven; Zeitlin, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1986

Since the days of Henry Ford the automobile industry has served as a model of economic expansion and technological progress based on mass production. But from the mid-1970s, sweeping changes in markets and technology have transformed international competitive conditions and spurred automobile...

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Banking Permits: Economic Efficiency and Distributional Effects

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Most analyses of the Kyoto flexibility mechanisms focus on the cost effectiveness of "where" flexibility (e.g. by … showing that mitigation costs are lower in a global permit market than in regional markets or in permit markets confined to … Annex 1 countries). Less attention has been devoted to "when" flexibility, i.e. to the benefits of allowing emission permit …

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Rivalry in Uncertain Export Markets: Commitment versus Flexibility

Dewit, Gerda; Leahy, Dermot - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

flexibility in the firms’ investment decisions. When the government can commit to an export subsidy, it may choose to over- or …

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Flexibility and Collusion with Imperfect Monitoring

Bigoni, Maria; Potters, Jan; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Flexibility - the ability to react swiftly to others' choices - facilitates collusion by reducing gains from defection … before opponents react. Under imperfect monitoring, however, flexibility may also hinder collusion by inducing punishment … after too few noisy signals. The combination of these forces predicts a non-monotonic relationship between flexibility and …

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