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The sociology of groups and the economics of incentives: theory and evidence on compensation systems
Encinosa, William E.; Gaynor, Martin; Rebitzer, James B. - 2005
When working together, people engage in non-contractual and informal interactions that constitute the sociology of the group. We use behavioral models and a unique survey of medical groups to analyze how group sociology influences physician incentive pay and behavior. We conclude that informal...
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Occupational mismatch and moonlighting among Spanish physicians: do couples matter?
Dolado, Juan José; Felgueroso, Florentino - 2008
physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii …) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the … university graduates, Spanish physicians are the ones most often coupled to partners with the same educational level and/or same …
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Overconfidence and technology adoption in health care
Comin, Diego; Skinner, Jonathan; Staiger, Douglas - 2022
Variation in technology adoption is a key driver of differences in productivity. Previous studies sought to explain variations in technology adoption by heterogeneity in profitability, costs of adoption, or other factors. Less is known about how adoption is affected by bias in the perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480649
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Physician incentives in managed care organizations: Medical practice norms and the quality of care
Cooper, David J.; Rebitzer, James B. - 2002
information asymmetry: physicians perceive the quality of care they offer perfectly and their patients do not perceive it at all. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280361
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The fertility of the Irish in the United States in 1910
Guinnane, Timothy W.; Moehling, Carolyn M.; Ó Gráda, … - 2004
In most western societies, marital fertility began to decline in the nineteenth century. But in Ireland, fertility in marriage remained stubbornly high into the twentieth century. Explanations of this focus on the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in Irish society. These arguments are often...
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Equal size, equal role? Interest rate interdependence between the Euro area and the United States
Ehrmann, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel - 2003
This paper investigates whether the degree and the nature of economic and monetary policy interdependence between the United States and the euro area have changed with the advent of EMU. Using real-time data, it addresses this issue from the perspective of financial markets by analysing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298252
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Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the millennium challenge corporation: Other donors do!
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
It is widely believed that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has grossly fallen short of high expectations raised by the Bush administration in 2002. From the perspective of potential recipient countries, the crucial issue is whether the MCC increased the overall pool of aid resources...
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Sincronización entre los cicles económicos de México y Estados Unidos: Nuevos resultados con base en el análisis de los indices coincidentes regionales de México
Delajara, Marcelo - 2012
In this paper we analyze the synchronization between the business cycles of US and Mexican regions. Regional economic activity in Mexico is measured using regional coincident indexes recently developed at Banco de México, while US aggregate economic activity is measured with the national...
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Secularism or catholicism? The religious composition of the United States to 2043
Skirbekk, Vegard; Goujon, Anne; Kaufmann, Eric - 2008
We project the religious composition of the United States to 2043, considering fertility differences, migration, intergenerational religious transmission and conversion by 11 ethnoreligious groups. If fertility and migration trends continue, Hispanic Catholics will experience rapid growth,...
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How successful are exchange rate communication and interventions? Evidence from time-series and event-study approaches
Fratzscher, Marcel - 2005
The paper analyses whether communication and actual interventions in FX markets are successful in moving exchange rates over the medium- to long-run. It compares empirical evidence based on time-series analysis with that obtained from an eventstudy approach. Both the time-series approach based...
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