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To examine the impact of globalization on managerial compensation, we consider a matching model where a number of firms … compete both in the product market and in the managerial market. We show that globalization, i.e. the simultaneous integration …, while the most able managers obtain a wage increase, less able managers are faced with a reduction in wages. Hence our model …
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We specify an empirical model of US inflation which has the dynamics of wage and price setting at its core. In the dynamic wage equation an equilibrium-correction term connects the wage level to industrial prosperity indicators. In that way, the role of wage setting in the dynamics of the...
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We explore why authority within firms helps trading parties immediately settle ex post adaptation problems despite the possibility of a subordinate's disobedience to the orders of his boss. By employing three crucial behavioral assumptions (reference-dependent preference, self-serving bias, and...
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Focusing on the timing and geographical scope of import and export activities of Belgian small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), the paper analyzes the importance, structural features and performance implications of firms that recently started to export following the geographical...
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, and Malaysian managers. While German students play Nash, we reject the hypothesis that both Malaysian students and … managers select the Nash quantity. Moreover, Malaysian managers perform significantly less competitively than Malaysian …
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experiments, using both students and managers as subjects. Communication is implemented by two different devices, a 'standardized … triopoly. Moreover, managers behave in a similar way under the two communication devices, while students are more influenced by … the free-communication than by the standardized-communication device. In addition, managers select lower aggregate …
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