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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system

Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016

also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …

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Gender differences in output quality and quantity under competition and time constraints: evidence from a pilot study

Shurchkov, Olga - 2009 - Current version: February 2009

Gender gaps in income and level of position in the workplace are widespread. One explanation for this inequality is … significant gender gap in competitive tasks that are perceived to favor men. In this paper, we use a verbal task that is perceived … to favor women and find no gender difference under competition per se. We also reject the hypothesis that a .stereotype …

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The Power of a Bad Example - A Field Experiment in Household Garbage Disposal

Dur, Robert; Vollaard, Ben - 2012

Field-experimental studies have shown that people litter more in more littered environments.Inspired by these findings, many cities around the world have adopted policies to quickly remove litter. While such policies may avoid that people follow the bad example of litterers,they may also invite...

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The Economics of Altruistic Punishment and the Demise of Cooperation

Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - 2005

Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this...

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Deal or No Deal? Decision-making under Risk in a Large-payoff Game Show

Post, Thierry; Baltussen, Guido; van den Assem, Martijn - 2006

We examine the risky choices of contestants in the popular TV game show “Deal or No Deal” and related classroom experiments. Contrary to the traditional view of expected utility theory, the choices can be explained in large part by previous outcomes experienced during the game. Risk aversion...

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Consumer resistance against regulation : the case of health care

Zweifel, Peter (contributor); Telser, Harry (contributor); … - 2005

Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed-Care type restrictions in the provision of health care. It...

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Do rewards work? : evidence from the randomization of public works

Carrillo, Paul E.; Castro, Edgar; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2017

This paper evaluates the effect of positive inducements on tax behavior by exploiting a natural experiment in which a municipality of Argentina randomly selected 400 individuals among more than 72,000 taxpayers who had complied with payment of their property tax. These individuals were publicly...

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Compliance spillovers across taxes : the role of penalties and detection

López-Luzuriaga, Andrea; Scartascini, Carlos G. - 2018

What happens when the tax authority increases enforcement in one tax with compliance in other taxes? The very little evidence available is not conclusive. This paper presents a very simple analytical model that shows the conditions under which spillovers could be positive or negative in the...

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The Power of a Bad Example -- A Field Experiment in Household Garbage Disposal

Dur, Robert; Vollaard, Ben - 2012

Field-experimental studies have shown that people litter more in more littered environments. Inspired by these findings, many cities around the world have adopted policies to quickly remove litter. While such policies may avoid that people follow the bad example of litterers, they may also...

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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework

Douhan, Robin; van Praag, Mirjam - 2009

We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...

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