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. Interestingly, we find that the required degree of production complementarity for positive sorting is increasing in the number of …We investigate the effect of search frictions on labor market sorting by constructing a model which is in line with … derive the necessary and sufficient conditions for sorting in applications as well as matches. We show that positive sorting …
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asymmetry and complementarity in members' efforts, and analyze how each group's internal conflict in-fluences its chance of … (common) collective action technology exhibits a high degree of complementarity. Furthermore, depending on the degree of … complementarity, the stronger player's relative contribution to external conflict may be higher in a more asymmetric group and, as a …
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This paper investigates how heterogeneity in contestants' investment costs affects the competition intensity in a …
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subsequent contest if the degree of heterogeneity in the current (subsequent) contest is sufficiently large (small). We confirm … are (i) less likely to be fielded when the heterogeneity in the current match increases and (ii) more likely to receive a … fifth yellow card in the current match when the heterogeneity in the next match increases or when the heterogeneity in the …
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This paper considers the effects of an interim performance evaluation on the decision of a principal to delegate authority to a potentially biased but better informed agent. Assuming the agents’ outside option to be determined by market beliefs about their type, interim evaluations (a) provide...
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We develop a general framework to study contests, containing the well-known models of Tullock (1980) and Lazear & Rosen (1981) as special cases. The contest outcome depends on players' effort and skill, the latter being subject to symmetric uncertainty. The model is tractable, because a...
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In an RDD study of the incumbency effect, observations somewhat away from the threshold separating winners and losers in an election are necessarily employed. We consider how incorporating the vote volatility of elections into a preferred index of electoral competitiveness or closeness, in...
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heterogeneity has two important effects on trust. First, disappointment with the policy rule enacted by the government breeds …
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In this paper we perform an empirical analysis to investigate the impact of socio-economic heterogeneity on electoral … results suggest that increased ethnic heterogeneity and reduced social pressure tend to depress turnout. …
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, some variables have different statistical significance (or lack of it), and sometimes different signs. This heterogeneity …
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