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The Next Wave of Energy Innovation : Which Technologies? Which Skills?
Popp, David; Vona, Francesco; Gregoire-Zawilski, Myriam; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The costs of low-carbon energy fell dramatically over the past decade, leading to rapid growth in its deployment. However, many challenges remain to deploy low-carbon energy at a scale necessary to meet net zero carbon emission targets. If net zero goals are to be met, developing complementary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013361997
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Bad Politicians
Caselli, Francesco - 2001
We present a simple theory of the quality (competence and honesty) of elected officials. Our theory offers four main … than those of high-quality citizens (competence), and/or because they reap higher returns from holding office (honesty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470186
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A Corporate Beauty Contest
Graham, John R. - 2010
that executive compensation is linked to these perceived "competence" ratings. Our analysis explores these findings in more …-facedness" of the CEO. That is, more mature looking CEOs are assigned higher "competence" scores. This finding is potentially …. Essentially, the "look" of competence says very little about effective competence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462745
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The Efficacy of Parochial Politics : Caste, Commitment, and Competence in Indian Local Governments
Munshi, Kaivan - 2008
with superior observed characteristics and with greater public good provision. This improvement in leadership competence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464313
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Hierarchies, Specialization, and the Utilization of Knowledge : Theory and Evidence from the Legal Services Industry
Garicano, Luis - 2004
What role do hierarchies play with respect to the organization of production and what determines their structure? We develop an equilibrium model of hierarchical organization, then provide empirical evidence using confidential data on thousands of law offices from the 1992 Census of Services....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468261
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Why Did Putin Invade Ukraine? A Theory of Degenerate Autocracy
Egorov, Georgij V.; Sonin, Konstantin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
incumbent; with higher stakes, the incumbent puts more emphasis on loyalty than competence. Our theory sheds light on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250204
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Trust in State and Non-State Actors : Evidence from Dispute Resolution in Pakistan
Acemoglu, Daron - 2018
Lack of trust in state institutions, often due to poor service provision, is a pervasive problem in many developing countries. If this increases reliance on non-state actors for crucial services, the resulting self-reinforcing cycle can further weaken the state. This paper examines whether such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453107
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Organization of Disaster Aid Delivery : Spending Your Donations
Henderson, J. Vernon - 2011
willingness to share aid delivery with other NGOs in a village, and differential promotion of public good objectives and … quantified in the literature. Some well known international NGOs delivered housing with relatively low rates of reported faults …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460950
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Managing to Learn
Beg, Sabrin; Fitzpatrick, Anne E.; Lucas, Adrienne M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
To improve public services, public sector managers must encourage reticent civil servants to enact effective reforms. We show through a randomized controlled trial that school principals, i.e., school mangers, can act as leaders to improve Instructional Management (0.3SD) and student learning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014421182
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Mentoring and Diversity
Athey, Susan - 1998
This paper studies the forces which determine how diversity at a firm evolves over time. We consider a dynamic model o a single firm with two levels of employees, the entry level and the upper level. In each period, the firm selects a subset of the entry-level workers for promotion to the upper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472306