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Monetary valuation of aircraft noise
Dekkers, Jasper; Straaten, J. Willemijn van der - 2008
In densely-populated countries and in particular in large metropolitan areas, the presence of so much human activity causes all sorts of negative externalities, for example traffic noise disturbance. These externalities call for corrective measures by the government. Economists have developed a...
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The effect of noise in a performance measure on work motivation
Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam van - 2008
expectancy theory; noisier performance measures do not lower work motivation. … than in the stable environment. This finding is in line with standard agency theory and contrasts a distinct element of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376648
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Non-competitive wage-setting as a cause of unfriendly and inefficient leadership
Dur, Robert A. J.; Kvaløy, Ola; Schöttner, Anja - 2018 - This draft: November 2018
This paper develops a simple economic model to examine how leadership styles in organizations depend on the prevailing wage-setting conditions for workers. In particular, we examine a leader who can - in addition to the use of monetary incentives - motivate a worker by adopting leadership styles...
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Paid to quit
Dur, Robert A. J.; Schmittdiel, Heiner - 2013
the principal can neither observe agents’ commitment to the job nor their intrinsic motivation. A steep wage …
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Contracting out, an empirical study on motives
Wassenaar, Mattheus C.; Groot, Thomas L.; Gradus, Raymond - 2010
both public choice and transaction costs theory - have not yet provided a fully comprehensive explanation for municipal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382498
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The self-perception theory vs. a dynamic learning model
Swank, Otto H. - 2006
motivation may undermine intrinsic motivation. The self-perception (SP) theory developed by Bem (1972) explains this finding. The … crux of this theory is that people remember their past decisions and the extrinsic rewards they received, but they do not … recall their intrinsic motives. In this paper I show that the SP theory can be modeled as a variant of a conventional dynamic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011349711
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Managerial talent, motivation, and self-selection into public management
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2008
ability and in public service motivation. We find that, if demand for public sector output is not too high, the equilibrium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377112
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The price of a price : on the crowding out of social norms
Janssen, Maarten C. W.; Mendys-Kamphorst, Ewa - 2001
There is increasing empirical and experimental evidence thatproviding financial incentives to agents to performcertain socially desirable actions may permanently reduce other typesof motivations to undertake these actions.We study the impact of financial incentives on the desire for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317463
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From public monopsony to competitive market : more efficiency but higher prices
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2002
-minimizing public firm. Workers in the economy are heterogeneous in their intrinsic motivation to work in the sector. In line with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327829
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Incentives and workers' motivation in the public sector
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2006
motivation, and characterise optimal incentive contracts for public sector workers under different informational assumptions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335183