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Casella, Alessandra; Friedman, Evan; Perez Archila, Manuel - 2022

the theory in a lab experiment where two subjects negotiate how to share a resource; in case of conflict, the subjects … they translate into significant increases in conflict …

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The Political Economy of Heterogeneity and Conflict

Spolaore, Enrico - 2017

We present a conceptual framework linking cultural heterogeneity to inter-group conflict. When conflict is about … control of public goods, more heterogeneous groups are expected to fight more with each other. In contrast, when conflict is …

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The Economics of Conflicts of Interest in Financial Institutions

Mehran, Hamid - 2010

A conflict of interest exists when a party to a transaction could potentially make a gain from taking actions that are …

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Labor Unrest and the Quality of Production : Evidence from the Construction Equipment Resale Market

Mas, Alexandre - 2007

This paper examines the construction equipment resale market to assess whether equipment produced by the world's largest manufacturer of construction machinery, Caterpillar, experienced lower product quality in facilities that underwent contract disputes during the 1990's. Analysis of auction...

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When Harry Fired Sally : The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct

Egan, Mark L. - 2017

We examine gender differences in misconduct punishment in the financial advisory industry. We find evidence of a "gender punishment gap": following an incident of misconduct, female advisers are 20% more likely to lose their jobs and 30% less likely to find new jobs relative to male advisers....

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Worker Empowerment and Subjective Evaluation : On Building an Effective Conflict Culture

MacLeod, William Bentley; Valle Lara, Victoria; … - 2022

whether and under what conditions an efficiency-enhancing conflict culture can emerge. Using a principal-worker setup with … subjective performance evaluation, we show that establishing a functional conflict culture is a delicate matter. If conflicts are … encouraged in a careless, hands-off manner, the destructive side of conflicts is likely to dominate. To be successful a conflict …

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Conflicts and Common Interests in Committees

Hao, Li; Rosen, Sherwin; Suen, Wing-chuen - 2021

Committees improve decisions by pooling independent information of members, but promote manipulation, obfuscation, and exaggeration of private evidence when members have conflicting preferences. We study how self-interest mediates these conflicting forces. When members' preferences differ, no...

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Threats Without Binding Commitment

Shavell, Steven; Spier, Kathryn E. - 2021

This paper explores the power of threats in the absence of binding commitment. The threatener cannot commit to carrying out the threat if the victim refuses payment, and cannot commit to not carrying out the threat if payment is made. If exercising the threat is costly to the threatener, then...

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Disclosure by Politicians

Djankov, Simeon; La Porta, Rafael; López-de-Silanes, … - 2021

We collect data on the rules and practices of financial and conflict disclosure by politicians in 175 countries …

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Fiduciary Duties and Equity-Debtholder Conflicts

Becker, Bo - 2011

We use an important legal event as a natural experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity-debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy ruling changed the nature of corporate directors' fiduciary duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change limited managers'...

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