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Team Structure and the Effectiveness of Collective Performance Pay

Vergé, Thibaud; Tominey, Emma; Ratto, Marisa - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

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Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency

Ratto, Marisa; Tominey, Emma; Propper, Carol; Burgess, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot scheme of incentives in a major government agency. The incentive scheme was based on teams and covered quantity and quality targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We...

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Smarter Task Assignment or Greater Effort: the impact of incentives on team performance

Propper, Carol; von Hinke Kessler Scholder, Stephanie; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

We use an experiment to study the impact of team-based incentives, exploiting rich data from personnel records and management information systems. Using a triple difference design, we show that the incentive scheme had an impact on team performance, even with quite large teams. We examine...

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Dynamic Adverse Selection and Debt

Faure-Grimaud, Antoine; Chemla, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2001

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Cognitive and behavioral bias of CEOs in the merger and acquisition process: an overview of existing theory

Barabel, Michel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2001

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Merger paradox : the strategic role of minority in integration process

Meier, Olivier; Barabel, Michel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006

This article examines the link between the integration processes at work in acquired companies and the results of acquisition. New questions are raised concerning the underlying mechanisms of the integration process, in which it is essential to identify those factors that lend value to the...

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Ownership, control and market liquidity

Hamon, Jacques; Ginglinger, Edith - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

We examine how ownership concentration and the separation of ownership and control affect market liquidity in France. We find that firms with a large insider blockholder exhibit significantly lower liquidity. Different methods of concentrating control affect liquidity in different ways. Pyramid...

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Hold-Up, Stakeholders and Takeover Threats

Chemla, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2005

We analyze the impact of takeover threats on long term relationships between the target owners and other stakeholders …’ incentive to invest. The threat of a takeover that would transfer value from the stakeholders reduces their ex ante investment …. However, the stakeholders may appropriate ex post some value created by a takeover. This can prevent some value …

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La répartition des droits de vote, leur exercice et l’efficacité économique

Hamon, Jacques - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2001

This paper surveys research on corporate governance, with special attention to the importance of legal protection of investors and of ownership concentration in corporate governance systems in Europe. One share-one vote encourages the selection of an efficient management team. Families are the...

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Privatization and governance regulation in frontier emerging markets: The case of Romania

Pop, Diana; Pop, Adrian; Chemla, Gilles - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010

takeover bids; and (iii) the stock liquidity is low. …

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