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We study the role of whistleblowing in the following inspectiongame. Two agents who compete for a prize can either behave legallyor illegally. After the competition, a controller investigates the agents’behavior. This inspection game has a unique Bayesian equilibriumin mixed strategies. We...
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Our article integrates the manager’s care in the literature on auditor’s liability. With unobservable efforts, we face … a double moral hazard setting. It is well-known that efficient liability rules without punitive damages do not exist … under these circumstances. However, we show that the problem can be solved through strict liability, con-tingent auditing …
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Die Ereignisse vom 11. September haben eine lebhafte Diskussion über die Versicherung vonTerrorrisiken ausgelöst. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Frage, ob von staatlicher Seite dafürgesorgt werden sollte, dass hinreichende Deckung für solche Risiken zur Verfügung steht. Ihrwird auch in diesem...
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Institutions that rely on joint liability to facilitate lending to the poor have a long historyand are now a common … feature of many developing countries. Economists have proposedseveral theories of joint-liability lending that stress various … highlight how joint liability works in practice.[...] …
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Dieser Beitrag untersucht, welche Anreize von asymmetrischer Besteuerung einerseits undvon Haftungsbeschränkungen andererseits für die optimale Risikowahl eines Unternehmensausgehen. Wir betrachten dabei eine risikobehaftete Investition, deren Risikogradwertrelevant verändert werden kann, so...
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A large body of literature has shown that small firms experience difficulties in accessing the credit market due to informational asymmetries. Banks can overcome these asymmetries through relationship lending, or at least mitigate their effects by asking for collateral. Small firms, especially...
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Improving accountability in public services has been a central ob-jective of many public sector reforms in recent years. Chief amongthese have been efforts to generate observable performance measuresas a basis for monitoring performance. This paper examines a nat-ural experiment in regimes...
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Konzeption werden ordonomische Überlegungenentwickelt, wie man Haftung und Innovation für nachhaltiges Wachstumdurch geeignete … concept takes a very radical position against limited liability, whichis based on mistakes. Against this background, this … arrangementsand their incentive effects can foster limited liability as well as innovationand thus support sustainable growth. …
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Walter Eucken hat die Institution der Haftungsbeschränkung radikal abgelehnt. Ausseiner Sicht war nur das Prinzip der Vollhaftung marktkonform. Diese Auffassung istkorrekturbedürftig, wie unter Rückgriff auf die moderne Mikroökonomik der Risikoallokationgezeigt wird: Zum einen kann es...
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Mass media can play a key role in enabling citizens to monitor the actions of incumbents and to use this information in their voting decisions. Thiscan lead to government which is more accountable and responsive to itscitizens’ needs. In spite of the intuitive plausibility of the proposition,...
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