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This paper examines the impact of the Dutch R&D fiscal incentive program, known as WBSO, on R&D capital formation. Taking a factor-demand approach we measure the elasticity of firm R&D capital accumulation to its user cost. An econometric model is estimated using a rich unbalanced panel covering...
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The goals of this study were to extend and to verify the generalizability of Deci et al.'s (1989) results, and to test the validity of a preliminary quality of worklife model in which feelings of self-determination play a key mediational role. This model states that informational and controlling...
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We alter who gets the last word on the outcome in three different types of trust games: the first mover, the second mover, or, a committee comprised of first and second movers. The committee functions in a manner similar to a peer review process, in which experienced subjects pass judgment on...
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predicting their decisions? To answer these questions, I design and conduct an experiment to investigate whether forecasting and …
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In this paper, we provide an analysis of the water sector in France. Together with a description of the specificities of water delivery and the collection and treatment of waste waters, we highlight three crucial points to understand "the French water school"": the organization of the sector,...
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This study examines the links between antecedents and consequences of Gabonese teachers' work motivation (N= 152). The … generalizability for the MMJB and SDT. Cette étude examine la nature des liens entre des antécédents et conséquences de la motivation …'attachement, plus la motivation des employés sera autodéterminée. Plus la motivation sera autodéterminée, meilleure sera la satisfaction …
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, customers' loyalty, etc.). Although motivation was proposed as an emotional labour predictor, measurement issues of this concept … (n = 223) a scale measuring motivation to regulate emotions at work. Confirmatory Factor Analyses supported globally the … presence of the different types of motivation postulated by the Self-determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985). Moreover, deep …
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In a public-good experiment with heterogeneous endowments, we investigate if and how the contribution level as well as …
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We compare voluntary contributions to a public good in a symmetric setting to those in a weakly and a strongly asymmetric setting, where the players have different, randomly allocated endowments. We observe that the group-contribution levels are not significantly different between the symmetric...
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Subjects submitted strategies for playing a public good game. The strategies interacted with each other in a computer simulation. They could be revised and resubmitted for a second and a third simulation round. The strategies' average contribution to the public good increased from one simulation...
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