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Hidden action, identification, and organization design

Schnedler, Wendelin - 2010

. What restricts implementability? When does re-organization help to overcome this restriction? This paper shows that any … moral hazard models yields insights into optimal organization design, uncovers the reason why certain organization designs …-tasking problem. -- moral hazard ; hidden action ; implementation ; multi-tasking ; identification by organization design …

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Directed generosity and network formation : network dimension matters

D'Exelle, Ben; Riedl, Arno - 2010

We explore network effects on generosity for different network dimensions. To this end we elicit multiple network dimensions (friendship, social support, economic exchange, etc.) in a rural village in the Southern hemisphere and measure generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in...

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Clean money in a dirty system : relationship networks and land rezoning in Queensland

Murray, Cameron K.; Frijters, Paul - 2015

We use a unique regulatory event that occurred in Queensland, Australia, from 2007- 2012, to examine the predictive power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State authority, the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA),...

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Crime and networks: 10 policy lessons

Lindquist, Matthew J.; Zenou, Yves - 2019

Social network analysis can help us understand more about the root causes of delinquent behavior and crime and provide practical guidance for the design of crime prevention policies. To illustrate these points, we first present a selective review of several key studies and findings from the...

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The value of business networks in emerging economies : an analysis of firms' external financing opportunities

Owolabi, Oluwarotimi; Pal, Sarmistha - 2011

The paper argues that networked firms are likely to have an advantage in securing external finance in countries with weak legal and judicial institutions since it helps financial institutions to minimize the underlying agency costs of lending. An analysis of recent BEEPS data from fifteen...

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Compliance behavior in networks : evidence from a field experiment

Drago, Francesco; Mengel, Friederike; Traxler, Christian - 2015

This paper studies the spread of compliance behavior in neighborhood networks involving over 500,000 households in Austria. We exploit random variation from a field experiment which varied the content of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. Our data reveal a strong treatment...

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The role of social networks in cultural assimilation

Verdier, Thierry; Zenou, Yves - 2015

We develop a model where, in the first stage, minority individuals have to decide whether or not they want to assimilate to the majority culture while, in the second stage, all individuals (both from the majority and the minority group) embedded in a network have to decide how much effort they...

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Social ties in academia : a friend is a treasure

Colussi, Tommaso - 2015

This paper employs a unique dataset on articles, authors and editors of the top general interest journals in economics to investigate the role of social connections in the publication process. Ties between editors and authors are identified based on their academic histories. Results show that an...

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Determinants and policy simulation of firms cooperation in innovation

Heshmati, Almas; Lenz-Cesar, Flávio - 2013

This research introduces an agent-based simulation model representing the dynamic processes of cooperative R&D in the manufacturing sector of South Korea. Firms' behavior is defined according to empirical findings on the Korean Innovation Survey 2005 and captured in a multivariate probit...

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A note on height and surnames : the role of networks

Hassink, Wolter H. J.; Leeuwen, Bas van - 2013

Many studies indicate that human height is determined largely by childhood circumstances, which in turn influences an adult's labor market opportunities. The aim of this note is to test this thesis by examining the correlation between childhood circumstances and labor market outcomes on the one...

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