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The choice of institutions to solve cooperation problems: A survey of experimental research
Dannenberg, Astrid; Gallier, Carlo - 2019
A growing experimental literature studies the endogenous choice of institutions to solve cooperation problems arising in prisoners' dilemmas, public goods games, and common pool resource games. Participants in these experiments have the opportunity to influence the rules of the game before they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012011030
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Voting in international environmental agreements: Experimental evidence from the lab
Dannenberg, Astrid - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
different voting schemes to determine the terms of the agreement. To this end, unanimity, qualified majority voting, and simple … majority voting are compared with respect to the resulting pollution abatement level and social welfare. At first sight in line … with theoretical predictions, the experiment shows that the change of the voting scheme implemented in an IEA does not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694111
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Mixed motives: an empirical analysis of ILO roll-call votes
Boockmann, Bernhard - 2002
In this empirical paper, we look at individual voting behaviour of government delegates to the International Labour … Organization (ILO). We distinguish between the instrumental motive for voting, which consists in the chance that one´s vote may … from 1977 to 1995. The hypothesis that voting is only instrumental is clearly rejected by the data. …
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Jobs, crime, and votes: A short-run evaluation of the refugee crisis in Germany
Gehrsitz, Markus; Ungerer, Martin - 2018
. Yet, little is known about the impact of this inflow on labor markets, crime, and voting behavior. This article uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872758
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Democracy and compliance in public goods games
Gallier, Carlo - 2017
voting. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735628
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Mixed motives: an empirical analysis of ILO roll-call votes
Boockmann, Bernhard - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2002
In this empirical paper, we look at individual voting behaviour of government delegates to the International Labour … Organization (ILO). We distinguish between the instrumental motive for voting, which consists in the chance that one´s vote may … from 1977 to 1995. The hypothesis that voting is only instrumental is clearly rejected by the data. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097496
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Generationen- oder Parteienkonflikt? Eine empirische Analyse der deutschen Hochschulausgaben
Oberndorfer, Ulrich; Steiner, Viktor - 2006
In diesem Beitrag wird auf der Basis von Paneldaten für die westdeutschen Bundesländer untersucht, ob und in welchem Maße der demographische Wandel sowie die unterschiedlichen politischen Parteienkonstellationen die Hochschulausgaben auf Länderebene beeinflussen. Wir finden empirische...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297823
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Generationen- oder Parteienkonflikt? Eine empirische Analyse der deutschen Hochschulausgaben
Oberndorfer, Ulrich; Steiner, Viktor - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2006
In diesem Beitrag wird auf der Basis von Paneldaten für die westdeutschen Bundesländer untersucht, ob und in welchem Maße der demographische Wandel sowie die unterschiedlichen politischen Parteienkonstellationen die Hochschulausgaben auf Länderebene beeinflussen. Wir finden empirische...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097917
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The Kyoto Protocol: A Review and Perspectives
Böhringer, Christoph - 2003
International concern about climate change has led to the Kyoto Protocol, negotiated in 1997, which contains legally binding emission targets for industrialized countries to be achieved during the commitment period 2008-2012. While proponents of the Protocol celebrate it as a breakthrough in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297311
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Agglomeration, Population Size, and the Cost of Providing Public Services: An Empirical Analysis for German States
Stegarescu, Dan; Schwager, Robert; Büttner, Thiess - 2004
This paper is concerned with the question as to what extent population size and density affect the cost of providing public services at the subnational level. Empirical estimates of cost functions are obtained from an analysis of the expenditures of German states disaggregated into about 40...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297357