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An Empirical Survey of the Ramifications of a Green Economy
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The unprecedented deterioration of our global environment has increased the necessity of relying upon Green Economic policies as critical and effective environmental management tools. The current situation has stimulated extensive research and debate among global interest groups. This has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884114
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New Mothers’ Labour Force Participation in Italy: The Role of Job Characteristics
Bratti, Massimiliano; Del Bono, Emilia; Vuri, Daniela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
' participation, while working in the public sector or in a large private firm increases the probability of participation after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763890
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Pulls, Pushes and Entitlement Failures in Labor Markets: Does the State of Development Matter?
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This study adapts a relatively novel model of off-farm labor supply to the changing conditions of Bulgaria during the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233812
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Risk, Delegation, and Project Scope
Roider, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper studies a partial-contracting model where an agent may provide effort to increase a project’s scope before some later decisions have to be taken. Consistent with existing empirical evidence, we find a positive relationship between exogenous risk and delegation. That is, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703275
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Authority and Incentives in Organizations
Kräkel, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
divisions to replace high incentive pay to the division heads by incentives based on private benefits of control. In that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632999
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Social Evolution, Corporate Culture, and Exploitation
Schlicht, Ekkehart - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
It has been claimed that the market fosters selfishness and thereby undermines the moral basis of society. This thesis … has been developed with an emphasis on market exchange. Everyday life is, however, predominantly shaped by interactions in … the workplace rather than by shopping behaviour. This essay places emphasis on firm organisation, rather than market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566784
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Revealed Informal Activity
Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
expenditure surveys. We apply this method to the case of Bulgaria using LSMS income and expenditure surveys before and after a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922973
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The Main Support Mechanisms to Finance Renewable Energy Development
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
a market view policy is applied by the government. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884228
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Producer Protection Legislation and Termination Damages in the Presence of Contracting Frictions
Wu, Steven Y. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This study models producer protection legislation that would grant growers the right to claim damages (PPLD) if their contracts are prematurely terminated. In the absence of contracting frictions that prevent contractors from redesigning contracts to accommodate exogenous policy changes, PPLD...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103260
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Control Rights in Public-Private Partnerships
Francesconi, Marco; Muthoo, Abhinay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper develops a theory of the allocation of authority between two parties that produce impure public goods. We show that the optimal allocation depends on technological factors, the parties’ valuations of the goods produced, and the degree of impurity of these goods. When the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700975