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Employee performance and mental well-being : the mitigating effects of transformational leadership during crisis

Czura, Kristina; Englmaier, Florian; Ho, Hoa; Spantig, Lisa - 2023

The positive role of transformational leadership on productivity and mental well-being has long been established. Transformational leadership behavior may be particularly suited to navigate times of crisis which are characterized by high levels of complexity and uncertainty. We exploit...

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Business strategy and firm reorganization under changing market conditions

Ghosal, Vivek - 2009

This study is framed against the increasingly stringent environmental demands on the pulp and paper industry since the late-1980s to reduce water and air pollution, and the global economic slowdown of the early-1990s. The primary focus of this paper is an observation-based analysis conducted by...

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Making sense of non-binding retail-price recommendations

Bühler, Stefan; Gärtner, Dennis L. - 2010

We model non-binding retail-price recommendations (RPRs) as a communication device facilitating coordination in vertical supply relations. Assuming both repeated vertical trade and asymmetric information about production costs, we show that RPRs may be part of a relational contract,...

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The lure of authority : motivation and incentive effects of power

Fehr, Ernst; Herz, Holger; Wilkening, Tom - 2012

Authority and power permeate political, social, and economic life, but empirical knowledge about the motivational origins and consequences of authority is limited. We study the motivation and incentive effects of authority experimentally in an authority-delegation game. Individuals often retain...

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Behavioral aspects of communication in organizations

Casoria, Fortuna; Riedl, Arno; Werner, Peter - 2020

This paper reviews experimental studies that investigate the effects of communication on be-havior in organizational settings. Two main classes of studies are identified: (a) studies on coordination and competition, which include experimental research that tests whether com-munication can help...

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What should fiscal councils do?

Calmfors, Lars; Wren-Lewis, Simon - 2011

The paper analyses theoretically what role fiscal councils could play and surveys empirically the activities of existing councils. Case studies of the Swedish Fiscal Policy Council and the UK Office for Budget Responsibility are done. It is concluded that fiscal councils should be advisory,...

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Proprietary public finance : on its emergence and evolution out of anarchy

Skaperdas, Stergios - 2011

useful ideal type that describes many of the states that have ever existed. The study of proprietary rule and its public … finance, however, is comparatively scarce. I argue that proprietary rule emerges out of anarchy and its main alternative … inefficient because all the savings that come out of the public provision of security are dissipated into contests for power among …

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The impact of changes in second pension pillars on public finances in central and Eastern Europe

Égert, Balázs - 2012

and an increase in the share of minimum pensions leads to higher pension system deficits and eventually more public debt … rates in the defined-benefit first pension pillar. Finally, results show that the Estonian move will increase public debt … only very moderately in the long run, even though this result is sensitive to the effective interest rate on public debt …

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The Swedish fiscal policy council : watchdog with a broad remit

Calmfors, Lars - 2012

The Swedish Fiscal Policy Council (FPC) set up in 2007 is one example of the recent international trend to create independent fiscal watchdogs. The FPC has established itself as an important participant in the Swedish economic policy discussion. The FPC has small resources and a broad remit...

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Aging, social security design, and capital accumulation

Dedry, Antoine; Onder, Harun; Pestieau, Pierre - 2015

This paper analyzes the impact of aging on capital accumulation and welfare in a country with a sizable unfunded social security system. Using a two-period overlapping generation model with potentially endogenous retirement decisions, the paper shows that the type of aging, i.e. declining...

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