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This paper analyzes the optimal contract for a consumer to procure a credence good from an expert when (i) the expert might misrepresent his private information about the consumer’s need, (ii) the expert might not choose the requested service since his choice of treatment is non-observable,...
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We show how sanctioning is more effective in increasing cooperation between groups than within groups. We study this using a trust game among ethnically diverse subjects in Afghanistan. In the experiment, we manipulate i) sanctioning and ii) ethnic identity. We find that sanctioning increases...
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with career-concerns, where institutional owners increase managerial incentives to innovate by reducing the career risk of … substitution effect between institutional ownership and product market competition (and managerial entrenchment generally), the …
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assistance. As an alternative, we analyze a reform proposal which reduces financial incentives for marginal employment not … modest positive labor supply effects, a relatively large number of households would suffer income losses. -- work incentives …
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incentives for lower income classes and to increase durations of unemployment. Standard studies measure work incentives based on … annual income concepts. This paper analyzes how work incentives inherent in the German tax-benefit system evolve when … incentives increased even more than short-term work incentives. Particularly for middle-income individuals, this is largely …
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A personal bankruptcy law that allows for a "fresh start" after bankruptcy reduces the individual risk involved in entrepreneurial activity. On the other hand, as risk shifts to creditors who recover less of their credit after a debtor's bankruptcy, lenders may charge higher interest rates or...
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