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An institution theory approach to the relationship between organization and society

Gebhardt, Christian - 2011

results of an extensive ethnographic field study of the 2006 to 2008 Siemens corruption scandal. We find that this event did … corporate corruption with regard to its regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive dimensions. It is therefore particularly … perspective we reconstruct the development of the institutional context of the phenomenon corruption as well as its effects on the …

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The Political Determinants of the Depth of Banking Crises

Winkler, Nicolas - 2006

Seit dem Ende der Bretton-Woods Ära haben zahlreiche Bankenkrisen Volkswirtschaften immense Kosten auferlegt. Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit den politökonomischen Einflussfaktoren auf die Tiefe dieser Bankenkrisen. Es wird argumentiert, dass nur schnelle und tiefgreifende...

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Corruption and Central Banks

Schinke, Michael - 2005

welfare through their decisions. Yet, cases of central bank corruption abound. The dissertation provides examples of ?pure …? corruption in central banks. Only a few studies address corruption and similar, but not necessarily criminal, behavior of central … bank employees and governors, even though corruption in the central bank is obviously possible. By the very nature of their …

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Three Essays on Anti-Corruption Legislation and Reform

Nell, Mathias - 2007

in and that put their clout for the fight against corruption in question. Against this background, three novel anti-corruption …. What is more, legislation can also take advantage of these chinks to fight corruption effectively.In Section II it is … United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) are used as benchmarks. In addition, the respective legal provisions …

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Second-Price Proxy Auctions in Bidder-Seller Networks

Ott, Marion - 2009

We analyze a model of Internet auctions. Sellers each offer one item of a heterogeneous good to bidders who have unit-demand preferences. Items are sold in second-price proxy auctions. We derive a perfect Bayesian (epsilon-) equilibrium. Our experimental findings support the theoretical results....

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Coordination in Service Value Networks - A Mechanism Design Approach

Blau, Benjamin Sebastian - 2009

The fundamental paradigm shift from traditional value chains to agile service value networks (SVN) implies new economic and organizational challenges. This work provides an auction-based coordination mechanism that enables the allocation and pricing of service compositions in SVNs. The mechanism...

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First and second Price Independent Values Sealed bid Procurement Auctions: Some Scalar Equilibrium Results

Skitmore, Martin - 2007

A great body of knowledge exists on the theory of auctions and competitive bidding that is of potential relevance to construction contract tendering. Most of this, however, contains assumptions – such as perfect information – that are unlikely to be tenable in practice. The aim, therefore,...

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Evolutionary stability of first price auctions

Louge, Fernando; Riedel, Frank - 2010

This paper studies the evolutionary stability of the unique Nash equilibrium of a first price sealed bid auction. It is shown that the Nash equilibrium is not asymptotically stable under payoff monotonic dynamics for arbitrary initial populations. In contrast, when the initial population...

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Evolutionary learning in auctions

Konrad Richter - 2005

Classical auction theory relies heavily on the assumption of perfectly rational bidders that play according to their Nash Equilibrium Strategies. An alternative model is developed in this Thesis. It develops a framework for analyzing evolutionary learning in repeated auctions - bidders'...

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Flexible Decision-Making in Sequential Auctions

Cai, Gangshu - 2005

Because sequential auctions have permeated society more than ever, it is desirable for participants to have the optimal strategies beforehand. However, finding closed-form solutions to various sequential auction games is challenging. Current literature provides some answers for specific cases...

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