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Directed Generosity and Network Formation : Network Dimension Matters
D'Exelle, Ben - 2010
We explore network effects on generosity for different network dimensions. To this end we elicit multiple network … matters for friendship ties but that structural network variables are important in all network dimensions. Importantly, these … effects are not invariant across different network dimensions. We also find that individual characteristics are unrelated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134886
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Two-Sided Markets and Electronic Intermediaries
Jullien, Bruno - CESifo - 2004
The object of this paper is to discuss on-line intermediation from the perspective of two-sided markets. It builds a simple model of the intermediation activity when trading partners are involved in a commercial relationship and uses it to illustrate some of the results that emerge in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181364
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A Look Upstream: Electricity Market Restructuring, Risk, Procurement Contracts and Efficiency
Maria, Corrado Di; Lange, Ian A.; Lazarova, Emiliya - CESifo - 2014
investigate the impact this change in procurement contracts has on efficiency. Focusing on coal mines, we find that those selling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099762
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Measuring the Integration of Staple Food Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa : Heterogeneous Infrastructure and Cross Border Trade in the East African Community
Ihle, Rico - 2015
This analysis employs cointegration methods and semiparametric regression in order to assess the integration of maize markets and the factors determining national and cross-national transmission of price signals in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use a rich dataset of 16 series of wholesale maize prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038042
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Measuring the Integration of Staple Food Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Heterogeneous Infrastructure and Cross Border Trade in the East African Community
Ihle, Rico; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von; Zorya, Sergiy - CESifo - 2011
This analysis employs cointegration methods and semiparametric regression in order to assess the integration of maize markets and the factors determining national and cross-national transmission of price signals in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use a rich dataset of 16 series of wholesale maize prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914284
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Formal Contracts, Relational Contracts, and the Threat-Point Effect
Itoh, Hideshi - 2011
Can formal contracts help resolving the holdup problem? We address this important question by studying the holdup problem in repeated transactions between a seller and a buyer in which the seller can make relation-specific investments in each period. In contrast to previous findings, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121866
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A Market for Connections
Miettinen, Topi - 2012
Government or company decisions on whom to hire are mostly delegated to politicians, public sector officials or human resources and procurement managers. Due to anti-corruption laws, agents cannot sell contracts or positions that they are delegated to decide upon. Even if bribing is ruled out,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106547
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The Optimal Duration of Contracts
Poutvaara, Panu - 2018
We study the optimal duration of contracts in a principal-agent framework with both moral hazard and adverse selection. Agents decide on a contract-specific and non-verifiable investment. Incentive compatibility requires that initial contracts, which serve to screen the ability of newly hired...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927192
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High-Skilled Migration and Agglomeration
Kerr, Sari Pekkala - 2017
This paper reviews recent research regarding high-skilled migration. We adopt a data-driven perspective, bringing together and describing several ongoing research streams that range from the construction of global migration databases, to the legal codification of national policies regarding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964619
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Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
Kerr, William - 2019
Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902445