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Centralised Labour Market Negotiations
Müller, Julia - 2013
This paper contributes to the analysis of central vs. decentral (firm-level) labour market negotiations. We argue that … during negotiations on a central scale employers and employees plausibly take output market effects into account, while they … behave competitively during firm-level negotiations. Assuming that in both cases the labour market conflict is settled …
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Auctions vs. Negotiations : The Case of Favoritism
Gretschko, Vitali - 2013
We compare two commonly used mechanisms in procurement: auctions and negotiations. The execution of the procurement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089156
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Bargaining with Two-Person-Groups - On the Insignificance of the Patient Partner
Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2013
Although many real bargaining situations involve more than two people, much of the theoretical and experimental research concentrates on the two player situation. We study the simplest possible extension: four people (two two-person groups) of different patience bargain with each other....
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Corporate Philanthropy and Productivity: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - CESifo - 2014
Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Philanthropy or other Corporate Social Responsibility policies. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form...
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Resource Rents, Democracy and Corruption : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Arezki, Rabah - 2013
We examine the effect of the interaction between resource rents and democracy on corruption for a panel of 29 Sub-Saharan countries during the period from 1985 to 2007. We find that higher resource rents lead to more corruption and that the effect is significantly stronger in less democratic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092386
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Corruption and Political Stability : Does the Youth Bulge Matter?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2016
This study shows that the relative size of the youth bulge matters for how corruption affects the internal stability of a political system. We argue that corruption cannot buy political stability (e.g., the greasing hypothesis) in countries with a relatively large youth population. Using panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989563
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Resource Rents, Democracy and Corruption: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Arezki, Rabah; Gylfason, Thorvaldur - CESifo - 2011
We examine the effect of the interaction between resource rents and democracy on corruption for a panel of 29 Sub-Saharan countries during the period from 1985 to 2007. We find that higher resource rents lead to more corruption and that the effect is significantly stronger in less democratic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294093
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Demographic Transition and Political Stability : Does Corruption Matter?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2015
A demographic transition resulting from an increase in the size of the young working age population can be a blessing or a curse for economic performance. We focus on the political stability effects of a larger youth population and hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030326
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Demographic Transition and Political Stability: Does Corruption Matter?
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Witthuhn, Stefan - CESifo - 2014
A demographic transition resulting from an increase in the size of the young working age population can be a blessing or a curse for economic performance. We focus on the political stability effects of a larger youth population and hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103400
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Ethnic Divisions and Production in Firms
Hjort, Jonas - 2013
A body of literature suggests that ethnic heterogeneity limits economic growth. This paper provides microeconometric evidence on the direct effect of ethnic divisions on productivity. In team production at a plant in Kenya, an upstream worker supplies and distributes flowers to two downstream...
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