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Good Rankings are Bad : Why Reliable Rankings Can Hurt Consumers
Bouton, Laurent - 2015
unbiased informative ranking. The existence of the ranking might affect the welfare of all consumers negatively. With rigid … prices, the ranking induced change in demand can be detrimental to all consumers in markets featuring rationing or … consumption externalities. With perfectly flexible prices, the ranking might increase firms' market power, and hence lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024517
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Impact Evaluation in Matching Markets with General Tie-Breaking
Abdulkadiroglu, Atila - 2018
Many centralized matching schemes incorporate a mix of random lottery and non-lottery tie-breaking. A leading example is the New York City public school district, which uses criteria like test scores and interviews to generate applicant rankings for some schools, combined with lottery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930855
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Ranking, Unemployment Duration, and Wages
Blanchard, Olivier J.; Diamond, Peter A. - 2021
unemployment, called ranking. With the filling of vacancies unaffected by the selection rule, both equilibria have the same … being a worker with zero unemployment duration, the wage with ranking is much more sensitive to changes in the tightness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210544
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Ranking, Unemployment Duration, and Wages
Blanchard, Olivier Jean - 1990
unemployment, called ranking. With the filling of vacancies unaffected by the selection rule, both equilibria have the same … being a worker with zero unemployment duration, the wage with ranking is much more sensitive to changes in the tightness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475646
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Impact Evaluation in Matching Markets with General Tie-Breaking
Abdulkadiroglu, Atila - 2017
Many centralized matching schemes incorporate a mix of random lottery and non-lottery tie-breaking. A leading example is the New York City public school district, which uses criteria like test scores and interviews to generate applicant rankings for some schools, combined with lottery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453541
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Good Rankings Are Bad : Why Reliable Rankings Can Hurt Consumers
Bouton, Laurent - 2015
unbiased informative ranking. The existence of the ranking might affect the welfare of all consumers negatively. With rigid … prices, the ranking induced change in demand can be detrimental to all consumers in markets featuring rationing or … consumption externalities. With perfectly flexible prices, the ranking might increase firms' market power, and hence lead to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457583
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When Does Funding Research by Smaller Firms Bear Fruit? : Evidence from the SBIR Program
Gans, Joshua S. - 2000
This paper evaluates whether the relative concentration of funding for small, research-oriented firms in a small number of high-tech industries is related to the differences across industries in the level of appropriability or capital constraints facing small firms. To do so, we exploit a novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470860
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When Does Funding Research by Smaller Firms Bear Fruit? : Evidence from the Sbir Program
Gans, Joshua S.; Stern, Scott - 2022
This paper evaluates whether the relative concentration of funding for small, research-oriented firms in a small number of high-tech industries is related to the differences across industries in the level of appropriability or capital constraints facing small firms. To do so, we exploit a novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013293706
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Company Stock Reactions to the 2016 Election Shock : Trump, Taxes and Trade
Wagner, Alexander F. - 2017
The election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America on 11/8/2016 came as a surprise. Markets responded swiftly and decisively. This note investigates both the initial stock market reaction to the election, and the longer-term reaction through the end of 2016. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012963175
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Skill Dispersion and Trade Flows
Bombardini, Matilde - 2009
Is skill dispersion a source of comparative advantage? While it is established that a country's aggregate endowment of human capital is an important determinant of comparative advantage, this paper investigates whether the distribution of skills in the labor force can play a role in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158695