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Active courts and menu contracts
Anderlini, Luca (contributor); Felli, Leonardo (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003456217
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Information markets, elections and contracts
Gersbach, Hans; Müller, Markus - 2011
Politicians may pander to public opinion and may renounce undertaking beneficial long-term projects. To alleviate this problem, we introduce a triple mechanism involving political information markets, reelection threshold contracts, and democratic elections. An information market is used to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009663
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A game-theoretic foundation for the Wilson equilibrium in competitive insurance markets with adverse selection
Mimra, Wanda; Wambach, Achim - 2011
can be withdrawn after observation of competitors' contract offers. We show that an equilibrium always exists where … consumers obtain their respective Wilson-Miyazaki-Spence (WMS) contract. Jointly profit-making contracts can also be sustained … entry. -- casymmetric information ; competitive insurance market ; contract withdrawal …
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News sources and media bias
Garcia-Pires, Armando J.; Kind, Hans Jarle; Sørgard, Lars - 2012
relationship as an informal contract based on trust and punishment, where a news source decides if and how much information to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580771
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United but (un)equal : human capital, probability of divorce and the marriage contract
Cremer, Helmuth; Pestieau, Pierre; Roeder, Kerstin - 2012
) use of marriage is affected by the possibility of divorce. -- post-marital education ; marriage contract ; divorce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683129
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General training by firms, apprentice contracts, and public policy
Malcomson, James M.; Maw, James W.; McCormick, Barry - 2002
Workers will not pay for general on-the-job training if contracts are not enforceable. Firms may if there are mobility frictions. Private information about worker productivities, however, prevents workers who quit receiving their marginal products elsewhere. Their new employers then receive...
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Business groups in emerging markets : financial control and sequential investment
Hainz, Christa (contributor) - 2006
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Tenant riskiness, contract length, and the term structure of commercial leases
Brueckner, Jan K.; Rosenthal, Stuart S. - 2022
contracts. Theory shows that the possibility of default on a long-term lease generates a risk/lease-length connection. The …
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Observable strategies, commitments, and contracts
Wärneryd, Karl Erik - 2014
We consider rules (strategies, commitments, contracts, or computer programs) that make behavior contingent on an opponent's rule. The set of perfectly observable rules is not well defined. Previous contributions avoid this problem by restricting the rules deemed admissible. We instead limit the...
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Labor market pooling, outsourcing and labor contracts
Picard, Pierre M.; Wildasin, David E. - 2009
Economic regions, such as urban agglomerations, face external demand and price shocks that produce income risk. Workers in large and diversified agglomerations may benefit from reduced wage volatility, while firms may outsource the production of intermediate goods and realize benefits from...
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