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Nobody Likes a Rat: On the Willingness and Consequences of Reporting Lies

Reuben, Ernesto; Stephenson, Matthew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We investigate the intrinsic motivation of individuals to report, and thereby sanction, fellow group members who lie for personal gain. We further explore the changes in lying and reporting behavior that result from giving individuals a say in who joins their group. We find that enough...

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Endogenous Indoctrination: Occupational Choice, the Evolution of Beliefs, and the Political Economy of Reform

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Much of the political economy analysis of reform focuses on the conflict of interest between groups that stand to gain or lose from the competing policy proposals. In reality, there is also a lot of disagreement about the working of the policy: in addition to conflicting interests, conflicting...

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The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal

Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...

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What Drives Taxi Drivers? A Field Experiment on Fraud in a Market for Credence Goods

Balafoutas, Loukas; Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

measure different types of fraud and to examine the influence of passengers' presumed information and income on the extent of … fraud. Results reveal that taxi drivers cheat passengers in systematic ways: Passengers with inferior information about …. Higher income seems to lead to more fraud. …

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Age, Cohort and Co-Authorship

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

The previously documented trend toward more co- and multi-authored research in economics is partly (perhaps 20 percent) due to different research styles of scholars in different birth cohorts (of different ages). Most of the trend reflects profession-wide changes in research style. Older...

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The Value of Peripatetic Economists: A Sesqui-Difference Evaluation of Bob Gregory

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

I ask generally whether a country can benefit from the temporary importation of human capital, and specifically whether a program that attracts large groups of academic visitors to a distant country benefits it by generating additional scholarly research on local issues. Using the list of...

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How Should Peer-Review Panels Behave?

Sgroi, Daniel; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Many governments wish to assess the quality of their universities. A prominent example is the UK's new Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. In the REF, peer-review panels will be provided with information on publications and citations. This paper suggests a way in which panels could choose...

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