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-material extrinsic incentive.The demand for awards relies on an individual’s desire for distinction, and the supply of awards on the …
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Incentive schemes affect performance and priorities of agents but, in reality, they can be complicated even for simple tasks. We analyze the effects of the salience of incentives in a team production setting where the principal has an interest in quantity and quality of output. We use data from...
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How does tax complexity affect people’s reaction to tax changes? To answer this question, we conduct an experiment in which subjects work for a piece rate and face taxes. One treatment features a simple, the other a complex tax system. The payoff-maximizing effort level and the incentives...
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This paper explored the determinants of survival in a life and death situation created by an external and unpredictable shock. We are interested to see whether pro-social behaviour matters in such extreme situations. We therefore focus on the sinking of the RMS Titanic as a quasi-natural...
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flexible technology allowing for such option. Investment is irreversible and flexibility is costly. The problem is solved …
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rigid, non discretionary contracts. Delegation grants some flexibility in the choice of the action by the agent, but also …
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In a Case Law regime Courts have more flexibility than in a Statute Law regime. Since Statutes are inevitably … most economic decisions are already taken. Therefore, the advantage of flexibility for Case Law is unavoidably paired with … pairs the lack of flexibility with the ability to commit in advance to a given (forward looking) rule. This solves the time …
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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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of equilibrium indirect tax policies via a political process, in the presence of status goods, allowing for the … status goods, despite the fact these are typically overconsumed, is not particularly favoured in a social welfare … remedying the inefficiencies associated with the consumption externalities generated by the status goods, is made ineffective by …
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This paper examines the allocative implications of progressive income taxation when individuals care about their relative income. It shows that tax progressivity might improve efficiency, and the more so in egalitarian economies. Introducing a progressive income tax can yield a Pareto...
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