We explore network effects on generosity for different network dimensions. To this end we elicit multiple network … matters for friendship ties but that structural network variables are important in all network dimensions. Importantly, these … effects are not invariant across different network dimensions. We also find that individual characteristics are unrelated with …

In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …

Business and politician interaction is pervasive but has mostly been analysed with a binary approach. Yet the network … our analysis is to identify how location in a network, including extent of ties and centrality, are correlated with firm … scale and performance. In a binary approach such network characteristics are omitted and the scale and economic impact of …

interprovincial trade, focusing on trade volume and network formation. The results point to positive spillover effects of immigration … find evidence for increased trade volume and network expansion through new trade linkages. …

the members of a network who are linked with each other by direct social connections. To model the comparisons, we compose … ratio: the network's aggregate level of relative deprivation divided by the aggregate level of the relative deprivation of a … hypothetical network in which one member of the network receives all the income, and it is with this member that the other members …

compensated ex ante by a higher wage when agreeing to a long term contract. Using data from the German "Bundesliga", our model … contract theory ; long-term contracts ; breach of contract ; sports economics …

Contract law and the economics of contract have, for the most part, developed independently of each other. In this … essay, we briefly review the notion of a contract from the perspective of lawyer, and then use this framework to organize … the economics literature on contract. The title, Contracts between Legal Persons, limits the review to that part of …

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

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 …

two economically equivalent contracts - a fixed-term renewable and an open-ended at-will contract. Each contract provides … partners with full flexibility regarding the length and termination of their interaction. When only one contract type is … contract type. However, when both contracts are available offering a fixed-term instead of an open-ended contract is perceived …