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Satisfaction with democracy and the environment in Western Europe: a panel analysis
Wagner, Alexander F.; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006
higher where (1) there exists an energy / CO2 tax, where (2) government expenditures on the environment are higher, where (3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276655
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Satisfaction with Democracy and the Environment in Western Europe: A Panel Analysis
Wagner, Alexander F.; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
higher where (1) there exists an energy / CO2 tax, where (2) government expenditures on the environment are higher, where (3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822312
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Cognitive Ability and Paternalism
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
This paper analyses the welfare effects of price restrictions on private contracting in a world where agents have a limited cognitive ability. People compute the costs and benefits of entering a transaction with an error. The government knows the distribution of true costs and benefits as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262616
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Cognitive Ability and Paternalism
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper analyses the welfare effects of price restrictions on private contracting in a world where agents have a limited cognitive ability. People compute the costs and benefits of entering a transaction with an error. The government knows the distribution of true costs and benefits as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761789
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The economics of credence goods: on the role of liability, verifiability, reputation and competition
Dulleck, Uwe; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - 2009
determinants for efficiency in credence goods markets. While theory predicts that either liability or verifiability yields … efficiency, we find that liability has a crucial, but verifiability only a minor effect. Allowing sellers to build up reputation … higher efficiency as long as liability is violated. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271236
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The Economics of Credence Goods: On the Role of Liability, Verifiability, Reputation and Competition
Dulleck, Uwe; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
determinants for efficiency in credence goods markets. While theory predicts that either liability or verifiability yields … efficiency, we find that liability has a crucial, but verifiability only a minor effect. Allowing sellers to build up reputation … higher efficiency as long as liability is violated. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822832
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Superstar Economists: Coauthorship Networks and Research Output
Hsieh, Chih-Sheng; König, Michael D.; Liu, Xiaodong; … - 2018
We study the impact of research collaborations in coauthorship networks on research output and how optimal funding can maximize it. Through the links in the collaboration network, researchers create spillovers not only to their direct coauthors but also to researchers indirectly linked to them....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984476
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Doing Your Best When Stakes Are High? Theory and Experimental Evidence
Houy, Nicolas; Nicolaï, Jean-Philippe; Villeval, Marie … - 2016
Achieving an ambitious goal frequently requires succeeding in a sequence of intermediary tasks, some being critical for the final outcome, and others not. Individuals are not always able to provide a level of effort sufficient to guarantee success in all the intermediary tasks. The ability to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479284
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Rule of Law, Institutional Quality and Information
Bruno, Randolph Luca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
assets or to invest. The model predicts that high uncertainty and potential sunk costs in a situation of rule of law …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703508
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The Ambiguity Triangle: Uncovering Fundamental Patterns of Behavior Under Uncertainty
Burghart, Daniel R.; Epper, Thomas; Fehr, Ernst - 2015
risk preferences. Here, we develop an analogous tool for choice under uncertainty - the ambiguity triangle - and show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307381