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Foros, Øystein - 2010

In this paper we compare the profitability of a merger to the profitability of a partial ownership arrangement and find that partial ownership arrangements can be more profitable for the acquiring and acquired firm because they can result in a greater dampening of competition. We also derive...

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Free-Riding or Internalizing? An Opportunistic View on Decentralization versus Centralization

Fiorillo, Fabio - 2011

comparing decentralized and centralized system. As in the recent Second Generation Theory (SGT) of fiscal federalism (Seabright … rent-seeking behaviour. Moreover, modelling interregional externalities as a mechanism contributing to lowering the … production cost of the public good in each region, a different trade-off - from the traditional and new theory of fiscal …

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Of Donor Coordination, Free-Riding, Darlings, and Orphans : The Dependence of Bilateral Aid on Other Bilateral Giving

Davies, Ronald B. - 2013

Using data from 1988 to 2007, we examine to what extent bilateral aid flows of an individual donor to a country depend on aid flows from all other bilateral and multilateral donors to that country. We thereby want to assess to what extent donor coordination, free-riding, selectivity,...

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Call My Rep! How Unions Overcame the Free-Rider Problem

Murphy, Richard - 2017

This paper proposes an explanation of why union membership has been increasing in some occupations, despite the opportunity to freeride on traditional union benefits. I model membership as legal insurance whose demand increases with the perceived risk of allegations. Using media reports on...

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Forging a Global Environmental Agreement Through Trade Sanctions on Free Riders?

Eichner, Thomas - 2015

This paper studies the formation of self-enforcing global environmental agreements in a world economy with international trade and two groups of countries that differ with respect to fuel demand and environmental damage. It investigates whether the signatories' threat to embargo (potential) free...

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The Power of a Bad Example - A Field Experiment in Household Garbage Disposal

Dur, Robert; Vollaard, Ben - 2021

Field-experimental studies have shown that people litter more in more littered environments. Inspired by these findings, many cities around the world have adopted policies to quickly remove litter. While such policies may prevent people from following the bad example of litterers, they may also...

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Minimum Participation Rules for the Provision of Public Goods

Gerber, Anke; Neitzel, Jakob; Wichardt, Philipp C. - 2021

This paper considers the endogenous formation of an institution to provide a public good. If the institution governs only its members, players have an incentive to free ride on the institution formation of others and the social dilemma is simply shifted to a higher level. Addressing this...

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Existence, Uniqueness, and Algorithm for Identifying Free Riders in Multiple Public Good Games : Replacement Function Approach

Suzuki, Ken-ichi - 2018

using graph theory. This sufficient condition allows us to use the replacement function approach of Cornes and Hartley (2007 …

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Social Capital and the Status Externality

Itaya, Jun-ichi - 2018

This paper investigates how the presence of social capital affects the externality arising from status-seeking preference as a parable for inefficient antagonistic behavior. It is assumed that the stock of social capital is accumulating through joint social interaction between rational...

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Divided Government Versus Incumbency Externality Effect - Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Multiple Voting Decisions

Ade, Florian - 2012

the findings can be related to an incumbency externality effect and to the theory of voter preferences for divided …

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