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Surfing Alone? The Internet and Social Capital: Evidence from an Unforeseeable Technological Mistake

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2011

Does the Internet undermine social capital or facilitate inter-personal and civic engagement in the real world? Merging … unique telecommunication data with geo-coded German individual-level data, we investigate how broadband Internet affects …-owned telecommunication provider in the 1990s that still hinders broadband Internet access for many households. We find no evidence that the …

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Just Hire your Spouse! Evidence from a Political Scandal in Bavaria

Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2014

We investigate a case of political favoritism. Some members of the Bavarian parliament hired relatives as office employees who were paid using taxpayers’ money. We examine whether being involved in the scandal influenced re-election prospects and voter turnout. The results do not show that...

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Does the John Bates Clark Medal Boost Subsequent Productivity and Citation Success?

Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Torgler, Benno - CESifo - 2013

Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This paper investigates whether a specific, yet important, award in economics, the John Bates Clark Medal, raises recipients’ subsequent research activity and status compared to a...

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Intention-Based Reciprocity and the Hidden Costs of Control

Siemens, Ferdinand von - CESifo - 2011

Empirical research suggests that - rather than improving incentives - exerting control can reduce workers' performance by eroding motivation. The present paper shows that intention-based reciprocity can cause such motivational crowding-out if individuals differ in their propensity for...

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Awards as Signals

Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - CESifo - 2010

Awards are widespread in all countries and are prevalent both in the public sphere and in the private sector. This paper argues, and empirically supports, that awards serve public functions and economists should take them seriously. Using a unique cross-country data set, we suggest that awards...

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External Influence as an Indicator of Scholarly Importance

Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Schaffner, … - CESifo - 2013

The external influence of scholarly activity has to date been measured primarily in terms of publications and citations, metrics that also dominate the promotion and grant processes. Yet the array of scholarly activities visible to the outside world are far more extensive and recently developed...

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Can Integrity Replace Institutions? Theory and Evidence

Aharonovitz, Gilad D.; Skuza, Nathan; Fahs, Faysal - CESifo - 2009

Institutions are important for proper economic performance, but are replaceable by trust or other social norms. We show that when proper institutions and trust are missing, integrity of the individuals can replace them. We construct a model of a transactions-based economy with contracts...

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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: the Case of Benefit Morale

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2009

Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say’s law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic...

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Economic Incentives and Social Preferences: A Preference-based Lucas Critique of Public Policy

Bowles, Samuel; Reyes, Sandra Polanía - CESifo - 2009

Policies and explicit private incentives designed for self-regarding individuals sometimes are less effective or even counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies indicates that this crowding out effect is...

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On the Arbitrariness of Consumption

Whalley, John; Zhang, Shunming - CESifo - 2009

We discuss a simple model of choices of joint consumption by a working couple who place maintenance of their marriage (relationship) above all else. Any proposal made by one partner seeking to provide maximal utility to the other so as to preserve the marriage, in the case where preferences of...

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