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Optimal Patronage
Drugov, Mikhail - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
and applications include political groups, ethnicities, agents motivated by the work in the public sector and corruption … that patronage may be strictly positive in both of them. We also apply the second setting to the case of corruption. …
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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro Data
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This study is the first to provide a systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of...
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Media Freedom, Bureaucratic Incentives and the Resource Curse
Egorov, Georgy; Guriev, Sergei; Sonin, Konstantin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
How can a non-democratic ruler provide proper incentives for state bureaucracy? In the absence of competitive elections …
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Bureaucracy as a Mechanism to Generate Information
Novaes, Walter; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Paper argues that the thin line between efficient management practices and inefficient bureaucracy is crossed to curb … managerial agency costs in a multi-layer hierarchy. The model predicts that bureaucracy increases with the frequency of … managerial turnover, and it establishes a link between bureaucracy, incentive schemes, and leverage in a cross-section of firms. …
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Preferences for Consistency
Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
strength. We then present three experiments that study main predictions and implications of the model. The first is a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293989
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Similarities and Differences when Building Trust: the Role of Cultures
Bornhorst, Fabian; Ichino, Andrea; Kirchkamp, Oliver; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We run an experiment in which students of different European nationalities are matched in groups of five and repeatedly choose with whom within their group they want to play a trust game. Participants observe of each other age, gender, nationality and number of siblings. The region of origin,...
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Competitive equilibrium in Markets for Votes
Casella, Alessandra; Llorente-Saguer, Aniol; Palfrey, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We develop a competitive equilibrium theory of a market for votes. Before voting on a binary issue, individuals may buy and sell their votes with each other. We define the concept of Ex Ante Vote-Trading Equilibrium, identify weak sufficient conditions for existence, and construct one such...
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Appropriating the Commons - A Theoretical Explanation
Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
pool resource (CPR) experiments. The evidence indicates that in standard CPR games without communication and without …
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Trust and Trustworthiness Among Europeans: South-North Comparison
Bornhorst, Fabian; Ichino, Andrea; Schlag, Karl; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper discovers significant differences between southern and northern Europeans in a dynamic version of the ‘trust game’ played by Ph.D. students from different nationalities at the European University Institute. Our version of the trust game allows subjects to choose the receivers to...
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Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit
Duflo, Esther; Glennerster, Rachel; Kremer, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper is a practical guide (a toolkit) for researchers, students and practitioners wishing to introduce randomization as part of a research design in the field. It first covers the rationale for the use of randomization, as a solution to selection bias and a partial solution to publication...
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