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We analyze cooperative behavior of participants who faced a loss. In particular, we extend the Public Good Game by a fixed loss in the beginning of every period. We show that humans change their behavior compared to corresponding studies with gains only. First, in contrast to literature on...
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available means to save energy. In installations of street lighting, energy consumption can be reduced by reducing the losses in … the conductors, associated with the efficiency of the equipment, allowing better use of the available energy. The losses …
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incentivization of all decisions, including those involving future monetary losses. Our study reveals sign-dependent preferences …
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We employ a representative sample of 80,972 Italian firms to forecast the drop in profits and the equity shortfall triggered by the COVID-19 lockdown. A 3-month lockdown generates an aggregate yearly drop in profits of about 10% of GDP, and 17% of sample firms, which employ 8.8% of the sample's...
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decreases and losses in the earnings during the 2010-2014 period. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is undertaken using … results showed unusually low frequencies of small losses and small declines in earnings and unusually high frequencies of … study presents evidence of possible earnings management activity to avoid reporting losses and earnings decreases during the …
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inflexibility to adjust income-shifting strategies within a tax year in response to losses implies that income-shifting incentives …
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can employ losses as carry-back in the year before the loss or as carry-forward in the year following the loss. The tax … code does not force a particular loss usage but provides tax units with freedom to allocate the losses between carry …
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to operating losses. First, we develop an analytical model that considers how affiliate losses can be adjusted by using … income shifting, multinational firms report lower profits when running profits, and lower losses when running losses … prices and internal capital structure, regardless of making losses. Second, using data on direct transfer payments and …
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The 1990-1991 recession has intensified concerns about the consequences of workers' job losses. To estimate the … magnitude and temporal pattern of displaced workers' earnings losses, we exploit an unusual administrative data set that … separate from distressed firms their long-term losses average 25 percent per year. Further, their losses mount even prior to …
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