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Awards in economics : towards a new field of inquiry
Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2009
. First steps towards integrating awards into economic theory are undertaken. -- Awards ; non-monetary incentives ; economics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806044
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Academics appreciate awards : a new aspect of incentives in research
Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2009
economic literature on incentives, and discusses their relationship to monetary compensation. Awards are better suited than … complement, or even substitute for, monetary incentives. While we discuss awards in the context of academia, our conclusions … apply to other principal-agent settings as well. -- Awards ; money ; incentives ; academia ; research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003807766
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Surviving the Titanic disaster : economic, natural and social determinants
Frey, Bruno S.; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2009
The sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 took the lives of 68 percent of the people aboard. Who survived? It was women and children who had a higher probability of being saved, not men. Likewise, people traveling in first class had a better chance of survival than those in second and third...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808139
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Inequality aversion and performance in and on the field
Torgler, Benno; Schaffner, Markus; Frey, Bruno S.; … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880610
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The cost of price incentives : an empirical analysis of motivation crowding-out
Frey, Bruno S.; Oberholzer-Gee, Felix - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003895447
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The life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation
Frey, Bruno S.; Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009
In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improve environmental quality and thus individuals' well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representing a new non-market valuation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003897543
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A multiplicity of approaches to institutional analysis : applications to the government and the arts
Frey, Bruno S. - 2009
Four types of economicsʺ relevant for institutional analysis are distinguished: Standard Neoclassical Economics; Socio-Economics or Social Economics; New Institutional Economics; and Psychological Economics (often misleadingly called Behavioural Economics). The paper argues that an extension of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872188
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The life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation
Frey, Bruno S.; Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009
In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improve environmental quality and thus individuals' well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representing a new non-market valuation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903197
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Should national happiness be maximized?
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - In: Happiness, economics and politics : towards a …, (pp. 301-323). 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905540
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Calculating tradedy : assessing the costs of terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - In: Journal of economic surveys 21 (2007) 1, pp. 1-24
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003412274