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Individual Responsibility and the Funding ofCollective Goods
Lévy-Garboua, Louis; Montmarquette, Claude; Villeval, … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
When a deficit occurs in the funding of collective goods, it is usually covered by raising theamount of taxes or by rationing the supply of the goods. This article compares the efficiencyof these institutions. We report the results of a 2x2 experiment based on a game in the firststage of which...
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Electoral Accountability and Corruption inLocal Governments: Evidence from Audit Reports
Ferraz, Claudio; Finan, Frederico - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Political corruption is a concern of many modern democracies. It weakens democraticinstitutions, restricts public services, and lowers productivity undermining economicdevelopment. Yet despite its importance, our understanding of what determines corruption islimited. This paper uses a novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862786
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Zur Organisation vonVerantwortung im Dialog vonWissenschaft und Politik
Kreibich, Rolf - Institut für Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung … - 2004
In meiner Arbeit zur „Wissenschaftsgesellschaft – Von Galileo zur High-Revolution“(Kreibich 1986) habe ich dargelegt, dass ‚Wissenschaft und Technologie’ die zentraleProduktiv- und Innovationskraft der Industriegesellschaft ist. Mit der Entwicklung dermodernen...
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Fair Ranking of Teachers
Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin - Universität <Wuppertal> / Fachbereich … - 2006
Economic theory suggests that it is optimal to reward teachers depending on therelative performance of their students. We develop an econometric approach, based onstochastic frontier analysis, to construct a fair ranking that accounts for the socio-economicbackground of students and schools and...
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Shared Responsibilityfor Sustainable Consumption - The Case of German Food Companies
Belz, Frank-Martin; Pobisch, Jasmin - Technische Universität <München> / Professur für … - 2005
Diese geteilte Verantwortung von Lebensmittelunternehmen für nachhaltigen Konsum istGegenstand der vorliegenden … Verantwortung wahrnehmen,[...] …The present study analyses the shared responsibility of food companies for sustainable con‐sumption. The results of a …
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On the Notion of Responsibility in Organizations
Sliwka, Dirk - 2002
A theory of responsibility is provided in a simple model where agents care for their career prospects. First, two … occur. One in which no agent is responsible for the task and no effort is contributed and two sole responsibility equilibria …
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Corporate Responsibility - Ein Business Case für die akademische Ausbildung von Managern?
Schwerk, Anja - 2008
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Unternehmensgründer als ehrbare Kaufleute
Witt, Peter - 2006
Unternehmensgründer sind speziellen ethischen Herausforderungen ausgesetzt, vor allembei der Formulierung von Geschäftsideen, bei der Befolgung der rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen,beim Verfassen von Businessplänen, beim Verhandeln mit Geschäftspartnernund beim Markteintritt. Sie verhalten sich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005858174
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Ordo-Responsibility - Conceptual Reflectionstowards a Semantic Innovation
Beckmann, Markus; Pies, Ingo - Universität <Halle, Saale> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2006
Based on economic ethics, this paper reflects on and aims to improve the semantics of responsibility. The traditional … concept of responsibility is threatened with erosion when responsibility is attributed to an actor who is unable to exercise … ordo-responsibility is helpful in identifying a suitable approach for the attribution and acceptance of responsibility. The …
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