We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching … research and teaching supplied by each university, and the mix of low- and high-ability students attending each university. The …

, increased division of labor in research, intense publication pressure, academic fraud, dilution of the concept of “university …,” and inadequate organizational forms for modern research. Academia, in a broader sense understood as “the locus of seeking …

Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This …’ subsequent research activity and status compared to a synthetic control group of non-recipient scholars with similar previous … research performance. We find evidence of positive incentive and status effects that raise both productivity and citation …

signaling research talent to outsiders. Awards should therefore be taken seriously as a means of motivating research that may …

This paper discusses rising enrolment rates, access, governance, underperformance in research and teaching, lack of …, researchers and teachers and open up national funding schemes. The EU should take more initiatives to fund research through the …

We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to … mass index, are less likely to save money and show worse conduct at school. Experimental measures for risk and ambiguity …

This article studies the effects of tax competition on the provision of public goods under business risk and partial …

risky labour-market outcomes, adverse selection, moral hazard and risk aversion. The model combines structured student loans … (redistribution). In separating optima, the talented types bear more risk than the less-talented ones; they arise only if the social …