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Schmutzler, Armin; Holger, Herz; André, Volk - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

We study the economic consequences of opportunities for dishonesty in an environment where efficiency relevant behaviour is not contractible, but rather incentivized by informal agreements in an ongoing relationship. We document the repeated interaction between a principal and an agent who,...

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Outsourcing Potentials and International Tradability of Jobs. Evidence from German Micro-Level Data

Koch, Andreas; Brändle, Tobias - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013

We analyze the offshorability of jobs using the German Qualifications and Career Survey. The paper differentiates between outsourcing potential and international tradability and systematically uses a large set of potential determinants of organizational and spatial relocation derived from the...

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Governance, Firm Size and Innovative Capacity: Regional Empirical Evidence for Germany

Jahn, Vera; Berlemann, Michael - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

Successful innovation is a precondition for economic prosperity. While various potential determinants of innovative activity have been considered, little empirical evidence is yet available for the influence of firm governance issues. This paper aims at filling this gap in the literature by...

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Globalization and Vertical Structure: An Empirical Investigation

Bühler, Stefan; Burghardt, Dirk - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

This paper studies the effect of trade facilitation on vertical firm structure using plant-level data from Switzerland. Based on the Business Census and the Input-Output table, we first calculate a binary measure of vertical integration for all plants registered in Switzerland. We then estimate...

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Organizational Decisions in Multistage Production Processes

Nowak, Verena - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

To explain organizational decisions in multistage production processes we assume a production process with one producer and two suppliers of which one is the firm's direct supplier and the other one is the supplier of the supplier. The firm decides only on the organizational form of her direct...

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Multitasking and the Benefits of Objective Performance Measurement - Evidence from a Field Experiment

Sliwka, Dirk; Manthei, Kathrin - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013

We examine the benefits of objective performance measurement in a field experiment conducted in a retail bank. At the outset objective performance measures of pro fits in each branch were only available on the branch level and managers allocated bonuses to their employees based on subjective...

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Trade, Technologies and the Talent Organization

Schymik, Jan - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013

provision of financial incentives inside firms varies within and across industries. Variation in the value of outside options … triggers owners to choose different levels of firm organization and financial incentives. While incentive compensation and … incentives. Trade integrations may lead firms to endogenously choose organizations with powerful managers and consequently …

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Demand uncertainty in skill-based competition

Artinger, Sabrina - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2013

How does demand uncertainty affect entry into skill-based competition? I investigate this question in a market entry experiment with skill-based payoffs by systematically varying two key elements of the market environment: demand risk and expected market size. Results show that people's...

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Institutions, Shared Guilt, and Moral Transgression

Szech, Nora; Rothenhäusler, Dominik; Schweizer, Nikolaus - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

This paper studies the influence of shared guilt and diffused responsibility in institutions that may require the support of several actors to realize specific outcomes. Decision makers weigh supporting an immoral yet egoistically advantageous action to the detriment of a third party against...

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A Pareto Efficiency Rationale for the Welfare State

Napel, Stefan - Verein für Socialpolitik - VfS - 2014

and insurance markets affect incentives to invest in human capital? If so, should the state provide transfers to the poor …

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