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Who Wants To Revise Privatization? The Complementarity of Market Skills and Institutions

Denisova, Irina; Eller, Markus; Frye, Timothy; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Using survey data from 28 transition countries, we test for the complementarity and substitutability of market-relevant skills and institutions. We show that democracy and good governance complement market skills in transition economies. Under autocracy and weak governance institutions there is...

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Corruption Perceptions vs. Corruption Reality

Olken, Benjamin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Accurate citizen perceptions of corruption are crucial for the political process to effectively restrain corrupt activity. This paper examines the accuracy of these perceptions by comparing Indonesian villagers' stated beliefs about corruption in a road-building project in their village with a...

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Deception detection and the role of self-selection

Konrad, Kai A.; Lohse, Tim; Qari, Salmai - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We consider a lie-catching experiment with 9240 judgements. A set of videotapes shows subjects participating in a tax … compliance experiment. The subjects chose whether or not to misreport. Subjects knew that underreporters were chosen for an audit … the tax compliance experiment was higher. This suggests that, when subjects can choose whether to state the truth or to …

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Five Puzzles in the Behaviour of Productivity, Investment and Innovation

Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Productivity growth in the United States was considerably faster during 2000-03 than in the boom years of 1995-2000. This ebullient productivity performance raises numerous questions about its interpretation and its implications for the future, and these are stated here in the form of five...

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Does Entry Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Evidence from the French Retail Industry

Bertrand, Marianne; Kramarz, Francis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

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Choosing to Compete: How different are girls and boys?

Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from …

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How a Mandatory Activation Program Reduces Unemployment Durations; the Effects of Distance

Krogh Graversen, Brian; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

In an experimental setting some Danish unemployed workers were assigned to an activation program while others were not. Unemployed who were assigned to the activation program found a job more quickly. We show that the activation effect increases with the distance between the place of residence...

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Gathering Information before Signing a Contract: Experimental Evidence

Hoppe, Eva I; Schmitz, Patrick W - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

report about an experiment with 508 participants designed to test whether this fundamental trade-off is actually relevant. In …

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The Insiders' Dilemma: An Experiment on Merger Formation

Lindqvist, Tobias; Stennek, Johan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This paper tests the insiders’ dilemma hypothesis in a laboratory experiment. The insiders’ dilemma means that a …

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Reference Points and Effort Provision

Abeler, Johannes; Falk, Armin; Götte, Lorenz; Huffman, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

candidate is expectations: what people expect could affect how they feel about what actually occurs. In a real-effort experiment …

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