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Overcoming the Common Pool Problem Through Voluntary Cooperation : The Rise and Fall of a Fishery Cooperative
Deacon, Robert - 2010
overall catch quota to a voluntary cooperative, with the remainder exploited as a commons by those choosing to fish …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013138469
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Cooperatives vs. Outside Ownership
Hart, Oliver; Moore, John - 2021
case of perfect competition, an outside owner achieves the first-best; a cooperative typically does not because the rent …'s preferences may not reflect average preferences. Second, in the case where the members of a cooperative have common preference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219182
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Organizational Economics and Physician Practices
Rebitzer, James B. - 2011
Economists seeking to improve the efficiency of health care delivery frequently emphasize two issues: the fragmented structure of physician practices and poorly designed physician incentives. This paper analyzes these issues from the perspective of organizational economics. We begin with a brief...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119335
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Inertia and Incentives : Bridging Organizational Economics and Organizational Theory
Henderson, Rebecca M. - 2009
organizational economics and on cognition in organizational theory, we build a framework for the analysis of incentives that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012767471
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Organizations and Trade
Antras, Pol - 2008
We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modelling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate workings of the world economy. In reviewing the literature, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012770584
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The Demand for Coordination
Dessein, Wouter; Santos, Tano - 2021
This paper endogenizes coordination problems in organizations by allowing for both ex ante coordination of activities, using rules and task guidelines, and ex post coordination, using communication and broad job assignments. It shows that: (i) Task specialization and the division of labor is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013310259
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Why are Worker Cooperatives so Rare?
Kremer, Michael - 2021
distorts incentives. I assume that employment contracts are incomplete. In the model cooperative members pay in a capital … function of output. If the median member has less than average ability, the cooperative will vote for a redistributive schedule …, cooperative members will be reluctant to leave, since this entails forfeiting the dividends on their capital contribution. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212352
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Nation-Building, Nationalism and Wars
Alesina, Alberto F. - 2017
The increase in army size observed in early modern times changed the way states conducted wars. Starting in the late 18th century, states switched from mercenaries to a mass army by conscription. In order for the population to accept to fight and endure war, the government elites began to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955943
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Motivated Errors
Exley, Christine L - 2019
In three sets of experiments involving over 4,200 subjects, we show that agents motivated to be selfish make systematic decision errors of the kind generally attributed to cognitive limitations or behavioral biases. We show that these decision errors are eliminated (or dramatically reduced) when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857671
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Tax Morale
Luttmer, Erzo F. P. - 2014
Standard economic models of tax compliance have focused on enforcement-driven compliance. Notably, tax administrators also tend to place a great deal of emphasis on the importance of improving "tax morale" by encouraging voluntary compliance, creating a culture of compliance, and changing social...
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