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empirical inquiries. Researchers have found that mismanagement is often a consequence of misplaced incentives. This paper tries … incentives. An introduction is given as a short overview of the healthcare sector with its economical specialties. This is … followed by an outline of some well established contract models and their effect on the demander’s incentives. The paper …
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economic phenomena. Standard economic theory did not give much credit to the role of networks until the early 1990s, but since … then the study of the theory of networks has blossomed. At the heart of this research is the idea that the pattern of … move the network in their favor. This idea motivates the second part of the book, which develops a general theory of …
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economics can provide insight into many aspects of sports, including soccer. Beautiful Game Theory is the first book that uses …-Huerta illuminates economics through the world’s most popular sport. He offers unique and often startling insights into game theory and … microeconomics, covering topics such as mixed strategies, discrimination, incentives, and human preferences. He also looks at finance …
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can provide insight into many aspects of sports, including soccer. Beautiful Game Theory is the first book that uses …-Huerta illuminates economics through the world’s most popular sport. He offers unique and often startling insights into game theory and … microeconomics, covering topics such as mixed strategies, discrimination, incentives, and human preferences. He also looks at finance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082771
Reducing public sector deficits and high debt burdens in part will require an increase in net exports – which is only possible if the countries concerned are able to produce goods and services that are 'competitive' on world markets. Policies aimed at enhancing competitiveness may be offset by...
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The leaders of Canada and the United States have announced an ambitious vision for perimeter security and economic competitiveness between the two countries. They have charged a working group with producing a multi-year Action Plan that will turn this vision into reality. The vision is centered...
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The financial crisis of 2007/2008 and the current "Euro crisis" challenge the current global monetary system. They drastically reveal the actual system's weaknesses und show the eminent importance of the international monetary system for the stability of markets and national economies. DIW...
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During the past 30 years, Canada’s share of world foreign direct investment (FDI) has been subject to a secular decline. Further, according to various measures of openness to foreign investments, Canada does not rank favourably against many of its peers. One of the culprits is Canada’s...
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A comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union (EU) is both desirable and possible. For Canada, an agreement with the EU is a strategic opportunity to significantly diversify the market for its high-value-added goods, services and skills, to increase...
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The paper shows that Asia's degree of financial integration, both with the world and within the region remains low by various measures. The paper also provides empirical evidence that greater financial integration can support economic rebalancing in statistically meaningful ways. The implication...
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