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On the Self-serving Use of Equity Principles in International Climate Negotiations

Lange, Andreas; Löschel, Andreas; Vogt, Carsten; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

fairness concerns and in order to facilitate the negotiations. …

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Employee recognition and performance: A field experiment

Bradler, Christiane; Dur, Robert; Neckermann, Susanne; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

recognition on employee performance. We hired more than 300 employees to work on a three-hour data-entry task. In a random sample … subsequent performance substantially, and particularly so when recognition is exclusively provided to the best performers …. Remarkably, workers who did not receive recognition are mainly responsible for this performance increase. This result is …

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Tax compliance and information provision: A field experiment with small firms

Doerrenberg, Philipp; Schmitz, Jan - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015

We study tax compliance in Slovenia using data generated in a field experiment. Small accounting companies were randomly assigned to an untreated control group and two treatment groups. Companies in the first treatment group received a letter that highlighted the importance of paying taxes and...

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Impatience among preschool children and their mothers

Kosse, Fabian; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012

Using experimental data of children and their mothers, this paper explores the intergenerational relationship of impatience. The child's impatience stems from a delay of gratification experiment. Mother's impatience has been assessed by a choice task where the mothers faced trade-offs between a...

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The demand for climate protection: An empirical assessment for Germany

Löschel, Andreas; Sturm, Bodo; Vogt, Carsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

In this paper, we investigate the real demand for climate protection. For this purpose we conducted a framed field experiment with a sample of the residential population in Mannheim, Germany. Participants were endowed with € 40 and given the opportunity to contribute to climate protection by...

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Choosing your object of benevolence: a field experiment on donation options

Aretz, Bodo; Kube, Sebastian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

In a large natural field experiment, we explore the effect of providing donors with the opportunity to choose the target country for their donations. We find that only a small fraction of donors use the option, which might reflect a reluctance to consider tradeoffs when those concern important,...

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Crowding out Informal Care? Evidence from a Social Experiment in Germany

Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

This paper evaluates the effects of a professionally assisted consumer-directed program (Personal Budgets) compared to the standard home care programs of the German long-term care insurance. The evaluation makes use of a long-run social experiment at seven different sites with a random...

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Workers into Managers: Developing Leadership Competence of Production Unit Managers

Rappe, Christoph; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2005

This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had recently introduced a teamwork structure. Results indicate that the managers have difficulties with their new leadership-related tasks. Higher levels of leadership competence are...

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Soziale Experimente mit dem Pflegebudget (2004-2008): Konzeption des Evaluationsdesigns

Arntz, Melanie; Spermann, Alexander - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2004

In diesem Beitrag wird das Evaluationskonzept zu den geplanten sozialen Experimenten mit dem so genannten personengebundenen Budget (Pflegebudget) vorgestellt. Das Pflegebudget ist eine Geldleistung, die vom Pflegebedürftigen bzw. Pflegeangehörigen zum bedarfsgerechten Einkauf von...

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Reforming Home Care Provision in Germany: Evidence from a Social Experiment

Arntz, Melanie; Thomsen, Stephan L. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative to the home care programs of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). Due to extending the coverage beyond LTCI approved services and agencies, personal budgets may improve care outcomes compared to the...

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