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contact with their former colleagues. This implies that the positive feedback (social network effects) that has been found by …
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This paper reports the results of a laboratory experiment on network formation among heterogeneous agents. The … experimental design extends the basic Bala-Goyal (2000) model of network formation with decay and two-way flow of benefits by … network has a star structure. We find that with homogeneous agents, equilibrium predictions fail completely. In contrast, with …
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network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics approach is capable of reproducing most observed networks, it does …
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There is a well-established high quality literature on the role of networks, particularly ethnic networks, in international trade. Ethnic networks are a way of overcoming informal barriers (information costs, risk and uncertainty) to trade by building trust and substituting for the difficulty of...
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Workers are embedded within a network of social relationships and can communicate through word-of-mouth. They can find …. We show that, when the network size increases, on average, the unemployed workers hear about more vacancies through their … social network but, at the same time, it is more likely that multiple vacancies reach the same unemployed worker. Above a …
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We provide some of the first rigorous evidence on performance spillovers and social network in the workplace. The data … network. Specifically rural low-ability weavers are found to improve their performance as their high-ability teammates (who …
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contact with their former colleagues. This implies that the positive feedback ("social network effects") that has been found …
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Political corruption is a concern of many modern democracies. It weakens democratic institutions, restricts public services, and lowers productivity undermining economic development. Yet despite its importance, our understanding of what determines corruption is limited. This paper uses a novel...
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Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the quality of politicians for good government and consequently economic performance. But if the quality of leadership matters, then understanding what motivates individuals to become politicians and perform competently in office becomes a central...
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This paper analyzes the determinants of local institutions and distribution of political power within a constant 'macro-institutional' setting. We show that characteristics of Brazilian municipalities related to institutional quality and distribution of political power are partly inherited from...
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