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between social group size and fundraising outcomes: (i) a positive relationship between group size and the total number of …
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Matching mechanisms are regarded as an important instrument to bring about Pareto optimal allocations in a public good … interior matching equilibrium, however, emerges only under very special conditions. But we show in this note that corner …
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We investigate the possibility that a decision-maker prefers to avoid making a decision and instead delegates it to an external device, e.g., a coin flip. In a series of experiments the participants often choose lotteries between allocations, which contradicts most theories of choice such as...
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production. We propose the use of matching techniques and balance checking at this initial stage. This can be interpreted as a … matching leads to results which are more stable with respect to model specification and that this type of formal preprocessing …
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This paper assesses the effectiveness of a social public procurement policy in Switzerland that gives firms that train apprentices’ a preferential treatment. We estimate the effectiveness of this social procurement policy on a firm’s training participation, training intensity, and training...
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Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the regional quality of …
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-called matching approaches. Matching schemes are regarded as providing a promising approach to overcome undersupply of public goods … like climate protection. The functioning of matching mechanisms in a setting with an incomplete agreement, i.e. a contract … by analyzing incomplete matching agreements in the context of international climate protection. We analyse their effect …
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favorable conditions for matching on the one hand, and for global collective decisions on the other hand. We establish …
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When providing public goods through voluntary contributions, a donor may introduce unilateral matching in order to … reduce underprovision of the public good and thus inefficiency. By itself, however, matching benefits the donor but harms the …
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In this paper, we assess the impact of firms introducing part-time work schemes for gradual labour market exit of elderly workers on their employees’ labour market outcomes. The analysis is based on unique linked employer-employee data that combine high-quality survey and administrative data....
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