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You Owe Me
Malmendier, Ulrike; Schmidt, Klaus - 2017
In business and politics, gifts are often aimed at influencing the recipient at the expense of third parties. In an experimental study, which removes informational and incentive confounds, subjects strongly respond to small gifts even though they understand the gift giver's intention. Our...
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Turkish Voter Response to Government Incompetence and Corruption Related to the 1999 Earthquakes
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - 2012
, and exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations, as a factor magnifying the … on the other hand, were responsible for the incompetence shown in providing relief, for involvement in corruption related … responsible for different types of corruption and mismanagement provided us with a unique data to differentiate between voter …
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(Dis)honesty and the Value of Transparency for Campaign Promises
Lang, Matthias; Schudy, Simeon - 2023
Promise competition is prevalent in many economic environments, but promise keeping is often difficult to observe. We study the value of transparency for promise competition and ask whether promises still offer an opportunity to honor future obligations when outcomes do not allow for observing...
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Speeding up Bureaucrats by Greasing Them- An Experimental Study
Gonzalez, Luis; Güth, Werner; Levati, Maria Vittoria - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2002
In the experiment two bureaucrats independently can grant a permitwith the profit of the private party depending on when the permit is given.Whereas one bureaucrat can only veto the project, the second one hasadditional discretion in granting the permit earlier or later. We speakof greasing when...
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Commitment Requests Do Not Affect Truth-Telling in Laboratory and Online Experiments
Cagala, Tobias; Glogowsky, Ulrich; Rincke, Johannes; … - 2023
Using a standard cheating game, we investigate whether the request to sign a no-cheating declaration affects truth-telling. Our design varies the content of a no-cheating declaration (reference to ethical behavior vs. reference to possible sanctions) and the type of experiment (online vs....
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Fungibility, Labels, and Consumption
Abeler, Johannes; Marklein, Felix - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Fungibility of money is a central principle in economics. It implies that any unit of money is substitutable for another and that the composition of income is irrelevant for consumption. We find in a field experiment that even in a simple, incentivized setup many subjects do not treat money as...
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Türkiye’'de Yolsuzluğun Nedenleri-Ekonometrik Bir Inceleme
Bayar, Guzin - 2007
Corruption is seen in nearly every society since ancient times. However, economic and social costs it caused attracted … more attention especially in the last decade. It is widely agreed upon that, corruption affects economic growth and … development negatively. In the literature, there is almost a consensus about that corruption of the public officers discourages …
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The Effects Of Fiscal And Monetary Discipline On Budgetary Outcomes
Neyapti, Bilin - 2003
This paper extends the game-theoretic model of Von Hagen and Harden (1995) that analyzes the impact of fiscal discipline on budgetary outcomes.It analyzes the effects on budgetary outcomes of both fiscal and monetary discipline, which are evaluated with respect to the relevant institutional...
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Dynamic capabilities of the public sector: Towards a new synthesis
Kattel, Rainer - 2022
Covid-19 pandemic has shown how important are public sector capacities and capabilities to react to crises and re-configure existing policies and implementation practices. Prior to the pandemic, policymakers were increasingly turning their attention to challenge-driven innovation policies in...
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Management and Performance in the Public Sector: Evidence from German Municipalities
Englmaier, Florian; Muehlheusser, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; … - 2023
We study management practices and performance in a representative sample of German municipalities, which provide the bulk of direct administrative services for citizens and firms in Germany. Surveyed municipalities differ substantially in their use of structured management practices, and this...
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