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Efficiency of European Universities : A Comparison of Peers
Herberholz, Lars - 2020
efficiency of 450 European universities between 2011 and 2014. The novelty of our approach lies in its extended coverage of …. Exploring potential efficiency drivers, we uncover considerable effect heterogeneity between subject clusters, which is … seek external funding are largely identified to be primary efficiency drivers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842974
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Migrating football players, transfer fees and migration controls
Verbon, Harrie A. A. - 2007
restoring efficiency, and perform worse than transfer fee systems. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264134
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The penalty-duel and institutional design: is there a Neeskens-effect?
Leininger, Wolfgang; Ockenfels, Axel - 2008
No abstract available
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264282
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Après Nous le Déluge? Direct Democracy and Intergenerational Conflicts in Ageing Societies
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Maennig, Wolfgang; Steenbeck, Malte - 2016
To assess the likely effects of population ageing on the outcomes of direct democracy, we analyze the effect of age on voting decisions in public referenda. To this end, we provide the first quantitative review of the literature and a case study of the Stuttgart 21 referendum on one of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451394
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Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - 2013
. However, these vary between the genders and across sports. Specifically, the results suggest that team sports contribute most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328809
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Awareness Reduces Racial Bias
Pope, Devin G.; Price, Joseph; Wolfers, Justin - 2014
Can raising awareness of racial bias subsequently reduce that bias? We address this question by exploiting the widespread media attention highlighting racial bias among professional basketball referees that occurred in May 2007 following the release of an academic study. Using new data, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333376
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Labor Market Effects of Sports and Exercise: Evidence from Canadian Panel Data
Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - 2014
Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity information. Exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333440
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Explaining the favorite-longshot bias: Is it risk-love or misperceptions?
Snowberg, Erik; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
The favorite-longshot bias describes the longstanding empirical regularity that betting odds provide biased estimates of the probability of a horse winning - longshots are overbet, while favorites are underbet. Neoclassical explanations of this phenomenon focus on rational gamblers who overbet...
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Induced civic pride and integration
Süssmuth, Bernd; Heyne, Malte; Maennig, Wolfgang - 2009
This paper investigates whether a nation's contingent value of hosting a mega-event depends on past experience with implied public goods benefits for its residents. Applying data from an ex-ante and ex-post query based on contingent valuation methods, we use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural...
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Expectations as reference points: Field evidence from experienced subjects in a competitive, high-stakes environment
Bartling, Björn; Brandes, Leif; Schunk, Daniel - 2012
the game, measured by the referee's assignment of cards, with a significantly higher probability if his team is behind the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282066