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Delegation to a group
Fehrler, Sebastian; Janas, Moritz - 2021
case of delegation. On the other hand, any acquired information is better aggregated in case of delegation, where experts …
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Income tax flattening : does it help to reduce the shadow economy?
Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2009
This paper examines the effect of global transition to simpler, flatter income tax systems on the size of the shadow economy. By offering a new estimation framework, the paper revives the traditional electricity consumption approach to measuring the shadow economy. It overcomes the limitations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860712
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The effect of communication channels on promise-making and promise-keeping
Conrads, Julian; Reggiani, Tommaso - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of different communication channels on promise-making and promise-keeping in a … helping situation. Four treatments differ with respect to the communication channel employed to solicit unincentivized … cooperation, i.e., face-to-face, phone call and two different sorts of computer-mediated communication. The less anonymous (face …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010414338
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003392741
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An optimal split of school classes
Stark, Oded - 2021
In many countries, schools have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by splitting up classes. While the purpose of dividing classes is clearly health-related, the process of doing so poses an interesting question: what is the best way to divide a class so as to maximize the incentive for students...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012549719
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On the optimal size of a joint savings association
Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor; Jakubek, Marcin; … - 2022
We develop a formula for the optimal size of a joint savings association between individuals who share the same financial goal and who can save towards that goal at the same rate. Our motivating example and the core of our analysis is a Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA). We measure...
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Good and bad institutions : is the debate over? ; cross-country firm-level evidence from the textile industry
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza - 2011
Using firm-level data from nine developing countries we demonstrate that (a) certain institutions like restrictive labour market regulations that are considered to be bad for economic growth might be beneficial for production efficiency, whereas (b) good business environment which is considered...
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Turning relative deprivation into a performance incentive device
Stark, Oded; Kosiorowski, Grzegorz - 2021
The inclination of individuals to improve their performance when it lags behind that of others with whom they naturally compare themselves can be harnessed to optimize the individuals' effort in work and study. In a given set of individuals, we characterize each individual by his relative...
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Welfare effect and elite capture in agricultural cooperatives intervention : evidence from Ethiopian villages
Gelo, Dambala; Muchapondwa, Edwin; Shimeles, Abebe; … - 2019
This paper evaluates the impact of the Purchase 4 Progress (P4P) intervention implemented by World Food Program in Ethiopia on per capita income as well as across sub-social groups. The intervention is intended to improve the market power of smallholder farmers through cooperatives that has the...
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The subjective inflation expectations of households and firms : measurement, determinants, and implications
Weber, Michael; D'Acunto, Francesco; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; … - 2022
Households' and firms' subjective inflation expectations play a central role in macroeconomic and intertemporal microeconomic models. We discuss how subjective inflation expectations are measured, the patterns they display, their determinants, and how they shape households' and firms' economic...
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