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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 … of institutional choice. Almost all institutions improve cooperation if they are implemented, but they are not always … identified as important determinants of institutional choice. Cooperation tends to be higher under endogenously chosen …

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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence: First evidence from Germany

Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020

This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness ( six weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal protection from five to ten workers. Using administrative data,...

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From participants to citizens? Democratic voting rights and naturalization behavior

Slotwinski, Michaela; Stutzer, Alois; Bevelander, Pieter - 2020

We study the causal effect of the possibility to vote on foreigners propensity to naturalize, a key indicator of successful integration. Based on Swedish administrative data and an institutional setting producing a quasi-random assignment of the eligibility to vote, we find that the overall...

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An iterative deferred acceptance mechanism for decentralized, fast and fair childcare assignment

Reischmann, Tobias; Klein, Thilo; Giegerich, Sven - 2021

We design and implement an iterative, program-proposing deferred acceptance mechanism with ties (IDAT) and apply it to childcare assignment in two German cities. The mechanism can accommodate complementarities in providers' preferences, is fast to terminate even in larger cities, is difficult to...

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In vi(vi)no veritas? Expertise, review accuracy and reputation inflation

Janßen, Rebecca; Ribar, Matthew K. - 2023

Review systems including quantitative measures as well as text-based expression of experiences are omnipresent in today's digital platform economy. This paper studies the existence of reputation inflation, i.e. unjustified increases in ratings, with a special focus of heterogeneity between...

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Democracy and compliance in public goods games

Gallier, Carlo - 2017

I investigate if, how, and why the effect of a contribution rule in a public goods game depends on how it is implemented: endogenously chosen or externally imposed. The rule prescribes full contributions to the public good backed by a nondeterrent sanction for those who do not comply. My...

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Intermediation in peer-to-peer markets: Evidence from auctions for personal loans

Klein, Thilo - 2017

I examine the role of intermediaries on the world's largest peer-to-peer online lending platform. This marketplace as well as other recently opened lending websites allow people to auction microcredit over the internet and are in line with the disintermediation in financial transactions through...

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Climate finance and emission reductions: What do the last twenty years tell us?

Gavard, Claire; Schoch, Niklas - 2021

In the framework of the Paris Agreement implementation, financial transfers remain a major point of negotiation for addressing equity concerns raised by the ambitious climate objectives. In complement to the theoretical, experimental and numerical studies that have examined the role of transfers...

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Individual Determinants of Social Fairness Assessments: The Case of Germany

Hennighausen, Tanja; Heinemann, Friedrich; Bischoff, Ivo - 2008

In this contribution we study the determinants of how individuals assess the social fairness of a given income distribution. We propose an analytical framework distinguishing between potential impact factors related to the following fields: first fairness preferences, second beliefs on the...

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Choosing from the Reform Menu Card: Individual Determinants of Labour Market Policy Preferences

Hennighausen, Tanja; Bischoff, Ivo; Heinemann, Friedrich - 2009

This contribution empirically explores the drivers of labour market reform acceptance for the individual level in Germany. For that purpose we make use of the representative German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). This survey offers data to which extent individuals support benefit cuts, longer...

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