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an essential part to bring the country on the path of economic growth, and competition within the sector is crucial to … achieve this goal. In this paper we analyze the effect of competition in public works tenders in the DRC. Using a unique and … performance of the sector. -- construction ; competition ; tenders ; public works …
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an essential part to bring the country on the path of economic growth, and competition within the sector is crucial to … achieve this goal. In this paper we analyze the effect of competition in public works tenders in the DRC. Using a unique and …
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-to-head competition with Germany; iii) low non-price competitiveness of French export goods; iv) offshoring of entire production processes …
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We study the impacts of public investment, notably in construction and in R&D on economic growth and of crowding-out effects on private investment. For this purpose, we use Panel Vector Autoregression (PVAR) models and the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) approach for 40 advanced and emerging...
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This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
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Using data from the US automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation … interesting market to examine the link between competition and innovation. We use firm-level time-series data over a long horizon … relationship is reasonably non-linear; (2) higher market-wide competition results in an increase in patenting, and the relationship …
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This study experimentally investigates gender quotas in light of peer review. We investigate competitions with and without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging...
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Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can create externalities among workers, since their utility upon accepting a contract depends on their team's performance and therefore on their colleagues' productivity. We study the...
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of winning and losing in a competition on the willingness to seek further challenges. Participants in a lab experiment … compete in two-person tournaments and are then informed of their score and the outcome of the competition. Conditional on the …
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