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Fiscal decentralisation, local institutions and public goods provision : evidence from Indonesia
Pal, Sarmistha; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2012
Indonesia on local public spending across communities with different types of local institutions. Our results provide evidence …. -- decentralisation ; democratisation ; mutual co-operation ; social and physical infrastructure ; local public spending ; Indonesia …
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The meaning of failed replications : a review and proposal
Clemens, Michael A. - 2015
The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...
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Business ethics in organizations : an experimental examination of whistleblowing and personality
Bartuli, Jenny; Djawadi, Behnud Mir; Fahr, René - 2016
more likely to refrain from supporting fraud and report wrongdoing. With the foci on research exploring individual and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531925
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Credence goods markets and the informational value of new media : a natural field experiment
Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Neururer, Daniel; Sutter, Matthias - 2019
Credence goods markets are characterized by pronounced informational asymmetries between consumers and expert sellers. As a consequence, consumers are often exploited and market efficiency is threatened. However, in the digital age, it has become easy and cheap for consumers to self-diagnose...
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The Italian job : match rigging, career concerns and media concentration in Serie A
Boeri, Tito (contributor); Severgnini, Battista (contributor) - 2008
This paper contributes to the literature on competition and corruption, by drawing on records from Calciopoli, a judicial inquiry carried out in 2006 on corruption in the Italian soccer league. Unlike previous studies, we can estimate the determinants of match rigging and use this information in...
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Doping and cheating in contest-like situations
Kräkel, Matthias (contributor) - 2006
. -- cheating ; contest ; doping ; fraud in research ; tournament …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377751
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Cheating in the workplace : an experimental study of the impact of bonuses and productivity
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L.; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2012
We use an online real-effort experiment to investigate how bonus-based pay and worker productivity interact with workplace cheating. Firms often use bonus-based compensation plans, such as group bonuses and firm-wide profit sharing, that induce considerable uncertainty in how much workers are...
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What drives taxi drivers? : a field experiment on fraud in a market for credence goods
Balafoutas, Loukas; Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - 2011
measure different types of fraud and to examine the influence of passengers' presumed information and income on the extent of … fraud. Results reveal that taxi drivers cheat passengers in systematic ways: Passengers with inferior information about …. Higher income seems to lead to more fraud. -- credence goods ; expert services ; natural field experiment ; taxi rides …
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Honest on mondays : honesty and the temporal distance between decisions and payoffs
Ruffle, Bradley J.; Tobol, Yossi - 2013
We show that temporally distancing the decision task from the payment of the reward increases honest behavior. Each of 427 Israeli soldiers fulfilling their mandatory military service rolled a six-sided die in private and reported the outcome to the unit's cadet coordinator. For every point...
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Nobody likes a rat : on the willingness and consequences of reporting lies
Reuben, Ernesto; Stephenson, Matt - 2012
We investigate the intrinsic motivation of individuals to report, and thereby sanction, fellow group members who lie for personal gain. We further explore the changes in lying and reporting behavior that result from giving individuals a say in who joins their group. We find that enough...
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