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change is needed. The rigid system is preferable at early stages of technological development, when (lack of) commitment …
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This paper examines the impact of labour and product market reforms on economic growth in 25 OECD countries between 1985 and 2013, and tests whether this impact is conditioned by the fiscal policy stance, i.e. whether there are fiscal expansions or adjustments. Our local projection results...
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This paper examines the impact of labour and product market reforms on economic growth in 25 OECD countries between 1985 and 2013, and tests whether this impact is conditioned by the fiscal policy stance, i.e. whether there are fiscal expansions or adjustments. Our local projection results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829322
We compare the strategic potential of Corporate Social Responsibility and Customer Orientation as commitments to larger quantities in Cournot competition. In addition to profits, firms can choose to care for the surplus of either all consumers (CSR) or their own customers only (CO), and if so,...
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This paper explores how a principal with time-inconsistent preferences invests optimally in technology or capital. If the current principal prefers her future self to save more, she can increase current investments complementary to future savings and decrease investments in the strategic...
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the role of long-run and short-run price stickiness under discretion and commitment in a straightforward and intuitive way … when a commitment to hold nominal rates at zero for an extended period is optimal. We then introduce government spending …
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-intrusive approach aimed at fostering the commitment to pay taxes. Using a between-subject design in a unique field setting, we … previously compliant taxpayers are more likely to make a promise, the commitment to do so can improve payment behaviour. This …
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-off between policy commitment and discretion affects the optimal intertemporal design of policies to support the deployment of … renewable energy sources. Using a dynamic partial equilibrium model of the power sector, we show that commitment to state …-contingent renewable subsidies outperforms both unconditional commitment and discretion. The choice between the practically more feasible …
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commitment devices. …
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After presenting some casual evidence about the difference between economists and the rest of the population, first the survey and experimental evidence which has been presented on this topic during the last 20 years is discussed. But can these results really be transferred to real world...
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