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Does Centralization Affect the Number and Size of Lobbies?
Redoano, Michela - CESifo - 2007
reduce lobbying. However empirical evidence suggests that this is not always the case. This paper attempts to explain the … measure lobbying in two ways: (i) the number of lobbies formed under the two settings and, (ii) their impact on policy … will always have an effect on policy decision. Under centralization, if lobbies form, lobby competition may completely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094232
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Product Market Competition, Investment and Employment-Abundant versus Job-Poor Growth: A Real Options Perspective
Chen, Yu-Fu; Funke, Michael - CESifo - 2005
The role of product market reforms in achieving the objective of higher employment and growth has recently received much attention amongst academics. The aim of this paper is to analyse some of the channels through which cross-market effects come about and to assess their policy relevance. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005766293
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Product Market Competition, Profit Sharing and Equilibrium Unemployment
Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - CESifo - 2005
of the trade union. Intensified product market competition decreases profit sharing, but increases the negotiated base … higher wage elasticity of labor demand. Finally, we show that intensified product market competition does not necessarily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181363
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The Impact of R&D Cooperations on Drug Variety Offered on the Market. Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry
Banerjee, Tannista; Siebert, Ralph - CESifo - 2014
Our study puts special attention to the fact that R&D cooperations in the pharmaceutical industry are formed at different stages throughout the drug development process. We study if the timing to engage in R&D cooperations in the pharmaceutical industry has different impacts on the technology...
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Barriers to Entry, Deregulation and Workplace Training: A Theoretical Model with Evidence from Europe
Bassanini, Andrea; Brunello, Giorgio - CESifo - 2010
We study the impact of barriers to entry on workplace training. Our theoretical model indicates that there are two contrasting effects of deregulation on training. With a given number of firms, deregulation reduces the size of rents per unit of output that firms can reap by training their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008583639
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The Influence of Special Interests and Party Activists on Electoral Competition
Martineau, Nicolas-Guillaume - CESifo - 2012
This paper studies the effects on electoral competition of political parties relying on monetary donations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548149
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Public Goods Provision and Sanctioning in Privileged Groups
Reuben, Ernesto; Riedl, Arno - CESifo - 2007
In public good provision, privileged groups enjoy the advantage that some of its members find it optimal to supply a positive amount of the public good. However, their inherent asymmetric nature may make the enforcement of cooperative behavior through informal sanctioning harder to accomplish....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094348
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On the Sensitivity of Collective Action to Uncertainty about Climate Tipping Points
Barrett, Scott; Dannenberg, Astrid - CESifo - 2014
threshold is uncertain. Theory suggests that behavior should differ dramatically either side of a dividing line for threshold …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743452
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Group Contests with Internal Conflict and Power Asymmetry
Choi, Jay Pil; Chowdhury, Subhasish M.; Kim, Jaesoo - CESifo - 2014
We investigate situations in which players make costly contributions as group members in a group conflict, and at the same time engage in contest with fellow group members to appropriate the possible reward. We introduce within group power asymmetry and complementarity in members’ efforts, and...
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