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Money, fame and the allocation of talent: Brain drain and the institution of science

Jeon, Doh-Shin; Menicucci, Domenico - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2005

sector, a good institution of science can mitigate the brain drain. We also find that providing extra monetary incentives … through the market might undermine the incentives provided by the institution and thereby worsen the brain drain. Finally, we … study the optimal balance between monetary and non-monetary incentives in science. …

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Demand for pharmaceutical drugs: A choice modelling experiment

Merino, Anna - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2003

Despite the importance of supplier inducement and brand loyalty in the drug purchasing process, little empirical evidence is to be found with regard to the influence that these factors exert on patients’ decisions. Under the new scenario of easier access to information, patients are becoming...

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On the external validity of social-preference games: A systematic lab-field study

Galizzi, Matteo M.; Martinez, Daniel Navarro - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2015

We present a lab-field experiment designed to assess systematically the external validity of social preferences …

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The role of incidental variables of time in mood assessment

Hogarth, Robin; Portell, Mariona; Cuxart, Anna - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2010

Determining what influences mood is important for theories of emotion and research on subjective well-being. We consider three sets of factors: activities in which people are engaged; individual differences; and incidental variables that capture when mood is measured, e.g., time-of-day. These...

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Promoting rule compliance in daily-life: Evidence from a randomized field experiment in the public libraries of Barcelona

Apesteguia, Jose; Funk, Patricia; Iriberri, Nagore - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2010

We study how to promote compliance with rules in everyday situations. Having access to unique data on the universe of users of all public libraries in Barcelona, we test the effect of sending email messages with dierent contents. We find that users return their items earlier if asked to do so in...

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Una modelización de los años de vida ajustados por la calidad como utilidades esperadas

Abellán, José M.; Pinto, José L. - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1997

En el presente trabajo, los a\~nos de vida ajustados por la calidad (AVAC), son caracterizados como funciones de utilidad von Newman--Morgenstern. Esta caracterizaci\'on se efect\'ua para dos problemas de elecci\'on: la elecci\'on entre loter{\'\i}as definidas sobre estados de salud cr\'onicos y...

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Eliciting consumers preferences using stated preference discrete choice models: Contingent ranking versus choice experiment

Merino, Anna - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2003

uses a first-choice rule in which individuals must select the most preferred option from a choice set (choice experiment …

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What risks do people perceive in everyday life? A perspective gained from the experience sampling method (ESM)

Hogarth, Robin; Portell, Mariona; Cuxart, Anna - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2007

The experiential sampling method (ESM) was used to collect data from 74 parttime students who described and assessed the risks involved in their current activities when interrupted at random moments by text messages. The major categories of perceived risk were short-term in nature and involved...

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When are layoffs acceptable? Evidence from a quasi-experiment

Charness, Gary; Levine, David I. - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1999

Many authors have discussed a decline in internal labor markets and an apparent shift to a new employment contract, characterized by less commitment between employer and employee and more portable skills. These discussions occur without much evidence on what employment contract employees...

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Eliciting consumers preferences using stated preference discrete choice models: Contingent ranking versus choice experiment

Merino, Anna - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2003

uses a first-choice rule in which individuals must select the most preferred option from a choice set (choice experiment …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772561