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information sharing. In any case, consumer welfare is reduced. Our model also helps to understand why access to the system is not …-step signalling model with uninformed agents and endogenize competing principals' decisions to acquire information on risk types. We …
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The assumptions that subjects hold beliefs and that the chosen actions are not altered by a proper elicitation of these beliefs are widely used in economics. In this paper I experimentally test whether the second assumption is correct. Especially controlling for different game properties, I nd...
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Optimal voting rules have to be adjusted to the underlying distribution of preferences. However, in practice there usually is no social planner who can perform this task. This paper shows that the introduction of a stage at which agents may themselves choose voting rules according to which they...
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others. This paper presents a controlled experiment showing that this "curse of knowledge" can cause comparative …
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predictions of a model by combining the real auction environment (eBay auction platform and eBay traders) with the techniques of … prices below those expected in second price auctions. Our proposed extension of the model results not only in a better fit of … according to this information in the direction predicted by the model. They increase their BIN price when facing a population of …
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welfare-enhancing effect of compulsory information disclosure. Hence, the EU Transparency and the EU Takeover-Bid Directive … should both be welfare enhancing. …
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laboratory experiment (N = 444) tests behavioral predictions derived from the model. In the experiment, nature randomly … undeliberate kindness and its affect on principals reciprocal behavior. To this end, we firstly introduce a theoretical model …
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Motivated by trying to better understand the norms that govern pedestrian traffic, I study symmetric two-player coordination games with independent private values. The strategies of "always pass on the left" and "always pass on the right" are always equilibria of this game. Some such games,...
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in the form of cash or in kind? In an occupational choice model, we show (a) every competitive equilib- rium is interim …
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We exploit a policy change in Sweden to estimate the effect of copayments on the demand for children's and adolescents' usage of medical care. To this end, we use population-wide registry data including detailed characteristics of individuals and their medical visits. We examine whether the...
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