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Control rights in public-private partnerships

Francesconi, Marco (contributor); … - 2006

This paper develops a theory of the allocation of authority between two parties that produce impure public goods. We show that the optimal allocation depends on technological factors, the parties' valuations of the goods produced, and the degree of impurity of these goods. When the degree of...

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Tax-benefit systems in Europe and the US : between equity and efficiency

Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - 2011

Whether observed differences in redistributive policies across countries are the result of differences in social preferences or efficiency constraints is an important question that paves the debate about the optimality of welfare regimes. To shed new light on this question, we estimate labor...

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Racial discrimination in local public services : a field experiment in the US

Giulietti, Corrado; Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2015

Discrimination in access to public services can act as a major obstacle towards addressing racial inequality. We examine whether racial discrimination exists in access to a wide spectrum of public services in the US. We carry out an email correspondence study in which we pose simple queries to...

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Overtime working and contract efficiency

Hart, Robert A.; Ma, Yue - 2013

We present a wage-hours contract designed to minimize costly job turnover given investments in on the job training …

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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 …

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Measuring ratchet effects within a firm : evidence from a field experiment varying contractual commitment

Bellemare, Charles; Shearer, Bruce S. - 2014

We present results from a field experiment designed to measure the importance of managerial commitment to a contract … below that observed on a similar (control) terrain on which the firm had committed to the contract. Our results suggest that …

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Construction contracts (or : "how to get the right building at the right price?")

Chakravarty, Surajeet (contributor); … - 2006

example of how markets, as opposed to private negotiations, can be used to determine efficient contract terms. -- law and …

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Leader networks and transaction costs : a Chinese experiment in interjurisdictional contracting

Chau, Nancy H.; Qin, Yu; Zhang, Weiwen - 2016

Do leader networks promote efficient intergovernmental contracts? We examine a groundbreaking policy in China where subprovincial governments freely traded land conversion quotas, and investigate the role of leader networks on the boundary between jurisdictions that embrace trade versus autarky....

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Zero hours contracts and their growth

Farina, Egidio; Green, Colin; McVicar, Duncan - 2019

This paper studies the prevalence and nature of zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) in the UK labour market. The headline count of ZHC workers based on the Labour Force Survey has long underestimated and continues to underestimate the number of workers in ZHC or ZHC-like jobs. ZHC jobs and workers are...

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Incentivizing learning-by-doing : the role of compensation schemes

Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Kahn, Lisa B.; Neidell, Matthew - 2019

extra one-time bonus tied to output. Under the bonus contract, we observe bunching of performance just above the bonus … workers gain experience. At the same time, the bonus contract induces considerable learning-by-doing for workers throughout … bunching. In contrast, under the standard piece rate contract, we find minimal evidence of bunching and only small performance …

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