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Do Permit Allocations Matter?
Verbon, Harrie A. A. - 2010
of the system, under various institutional arrangements, through the initial allocation of permits …
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Partial Coercion, Conditional Cooperation, and Self-Commitment in Voluntary Contributions to Public Goods
Cettolin, Elena - 2011
In this paper we experimentally investigate whether partial coercion can in combination with conditional cooperation increase contributions to a public good. We are especially interested in the behavior of the non-coerced populations. The main finding is that in our setting conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120907
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Testing the Pareto Efficiency of Household Resource Allocations
Apps, Patricia F. - 2008
inefficiency of a household resource allocation does not however refute the hypothesis that it chooses this resource allocation as … necessary to show that the observed allocation does not represent a second best optimum. For this it will be necessary to show … the allocation does not hold …
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Emissions Trading with Offset Markets and Free Quota Allocations
Rosendahl, Knut Einar - 2014
allocation between policy bloc and fringe are both inefficient. When firms buy offsets directly from the fringe and all quotas …. The former (latter) case occurs when free allocation of quotas is not (very) generous, and the offset market is large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059018
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Finance, Talent Allocation, and Growth
D'Acunto, Francesco - 2018
The growing finance wage premium is related to a modest net reallocation of skilled workers from non-finance sectors into finance in a broad sample of 24 countries over 35 years. The reallocation is higher when the finance wage premium grows faster than the contribution of the financial sector...
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On the Private Provision of Contentious Public Characteristics
Cornes, Richard C.; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G. - 2021
We extend the standard public good provision model to allow players to either like or dislike the public characteristic. Those who dislike it are able to take actions to reduce its level. We present conditions under which the existence of a unique non-cooperative equilibrium is retained, and...
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Mobility and Conflict
Bhattacharya, Sourav; Deb, Joyee; Kundu, Tapas - 2021
right to allocate society's resources, and we allow for costly inter-group mobility. The winning group offers an allocation …
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International Trade and Retailing
Eckel, Carsten - 2021
The New Trade Theory predicts that international trade lowers prices for consumers and expands the choices available to … them. This study shows that both predictions may no longer hold once adjustments in the retail sector are taken into … shocks. The results demonstrate that retail assortments may remain constant if consumers have a low preference for diversity …
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Do Slotting Allowances Harm Retail Competition?
Foros, Øystein; Kind, Hans Jarle - 2021
caused by inadequate assumptions of how the retail market is structured and organized. Using a formal model, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317427
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Salience in Retailing : Vertical Restraints on Internet Sales
Helfrich, Magdalena - 2017
We provide an explanation for a frequently observed vertical restraint in ecommerce, namely that brand manufacturers partially or completely prohibit that retailers distribute their high-quality products over the internet. Our analysis is based on the assumption that a consumer's purchasing...
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