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This paper develops a multi-period model, in which workers are matched with jobs according to imperfect educational signals and in which their subsequent productivities depend on both their inherent ability and on the quality of the job match. It outlines a sequential process, in which underpaid...
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) industry. I present an empirical discrete-choice model of limited information on the part of consumers, where advertising …
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experimental lab in three different informational settings, and study the role of information in individual decision making. Our … truthful preference revelation. In addition, we find that information has an important effect on truthful behavior and … stability. Nevertheless, regarding efficiency, the Gale-Shapley mechanism is less sensitive to the amount of information …
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This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on … employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through … off. Moreover, in both pay schemes information feedback reduces the quality of the low performers' work. …
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During the Corona pandemic, access to reliable information is particularly relevant in order to be able to take … protective measures. However, migrants and refugees in transit and residence countries often lack such access to information …. This opens the opportunity for alternative sources of raising awareness and information. Corona Songs about COVID-19 and …
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have better information about the state of the world than voters. Three types of institutions are compared: direct …
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This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … productivity. Information on the opponent is a promising nudge to raise individuals' awareness towards the complexity of the …
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discuss what changes in reimbursement, delivery of services, competition of physicians, and availability of information for …
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by public communication with the flexibility provided by private communication and transmit more information to the …
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information about their costs. We show that cheap talk between the firms cannot transmit any information. However, if the firms …
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