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Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Dürsch, Peter - 2010

Chapter IWe use a large-scale internet experiment to explore how subjects learn to play against computers that are … experiment, we separate the demand for punishment in general from a possible demand to conduct punishment personally. Subjects …? In our experiment we observe that the subjects almost never use punishment. Consistently, the data shows no increase in …

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Intertemporale Allokationen in einer stochastischen Umwelt -Experimentelle Studien-

Anderhub, Vital - 1999

Die Arbeit basiert auf fünf Aufsätzen. In diesen wird über vier Experimentserien berichtet, die das individuelle Entscheidungsverhalten von Versuchspersonen in ähnlichen, aber verschieden komplexen Situationen erheben. Es wird ein experimentelles Szenario vorgestellt, mit dessen Hilfe...

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Online consumer-to-consumer communication networks : an economic exploration of their formation and value

Harmsen-van Hout, Maria [Marjolein] Juliëtte Wilhelmina - 2009

Online Consumer-to-Consumer Communication Networks are characterized by informational and social benefits as well as time and effort costs for participants. Therefore, this dissertation takes an economic perspective on the network formation process as a determinant of value for consumers and...

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Labor Market Institutions and Firm Policy - Theoretical and Experimental Insights

Paul, Christian - 2009

In this thesis, we theoretically and experimentally analyze three aspects of labor markets. We first ask whether the introduction of a minimum wage not only increases the wages of workers who previously earned less than this minimum wage, but also of those who earned considerably more already....

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HRD Strategies Making a Difference in Regional Australia: Implications for Local Action in a Global Context

Hyland, Paul; Becker, Karen L.; Acutt, Bruce - 2005

Effective Human Resource Development (HRD) has long been recognised as a critical element in overall organisational strategy, and in turn is important to the ongoing sustainability of organisations. In this paper, the importance of effective HRD strategies and interventions are considered,...

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On inequality tax evasion and progressive taxes

Lahiri, Radhika; Phoon, Mark - 2010

This paper proposes a simple variation of the Allingham and Sandmo (1972) construct and integrates it to a dynamic general equilibrium framework with heterogeneous agents. We study an overlapping generations framework i n which agents must initially decide whether to evade taxes or not. In the...

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Industry Partnerships and Targeted Amnesties at Ingrained Evasion - A New Approach to an Old Tax Problem?

Sawyer, Adrian - 2006

The New Zealand Government proposed in August 2004 a ‘radically’ new approach to address evasion in industries which is perceived to be ingrained, namely targeted amnesties. With a general election and other ‘more pressing’ issues, the proposal has not been significantly advanced. This...

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Determinants of the Informal Economy: The Importance of Regional Factors

Krakowski, Michael - 2005

This paper analyses the determinants of the size of the informal economy using cross-country regressions. Two sets of global data using indirect estimation techniques and the perception of business leaders for 109 countries as well as a regional set for Latin America based on direct data are...

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Tax Evasion and Trust

Wintrobe, Ronald - 2001

Tax evasion has been a huge problem in Russia. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union there has been a steady decline in the share of Gross Domestic Product collected in revenue by the State at all levels, although in the last couple of years the problem has improved somewhat. The standard view...

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Tax Evasion, Investment, and Firm Activity

Friehe, Tim; Baumann, Florian - 2010

This paper establishes within an intertemporal framework that firm activity is influenced by tax evasion if firms can invest in their long-term competitiveness. Higher investment raises the firm's survival probability, which in turn reduces tax-evasion payoffs, since evaded taxes may also be...

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