Mathematics and Spanish test scores. To be able to test the theory, I develop a novel nonlinear difference-in-differences model …

countries with less secure property rights. The theory suggests that adjusted net saving estimates calculated by the World Bank …

We show that team formation can serve as an implicit commitment device to overcome problems of self-control. In a … harder is credible because the team breaks up after an agent has not kept this promise – which leads to individual (under …, the performance of a team of present-biased agents can actually be better than the performance of a team of time …

We study the role of information exchange, leadership and coordination in team or partnership structures. For this … purpose, we view individuals jointly engaging in productive processes — a ‘team' — as endowed with individual and privately … held information on the joint production process. Once individual information is shared, team members decide individually …