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Equal split in the informal market for group train travel
Waichman, Israel; Korzhenevych, Artem; Requate, Till - 2010
is used by individual proposers who search for co-travelers to share the ride with shortly before the train departure …. The bargaining behavior resembles the Ultimatum game to the extent that proposers request a fixed price for a shared ride … positions of the bargaining parties are hardly symmetric and the formation of the full group is not guaranteed. Using a simple …
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What determines the gender pay gap in academia?
Masso, Jaan; Meriküll, Jaanika; Roosaar, Liis; … - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015057059
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Equal split in the informal market for group train travel
Waichman, Israel; Korzhenevych, Artem; Requate, Tilman - 2010
is used by individual proposers who search for co-travelers to share the ride with shortly before the train departure …. The bargaining behavior resembles the Ultimatum game to the extent that proposers request a fixed price for a shared ride … positions of the bargaining parties are hardly symmetric and the formation of the full group is not guaranteed. Using a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983147
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Optimistic, but not in control: Life-orientation and the theory of mixed control
Urbig, Diemo; Monsen, Erik - 2009
Why are some people more optimistic about their life than others? Literature on locus of control suggests that optimism is associated with the belief that one's life outcomes are controlled by internal factors, such as ability, instead of external factors, such as powerful others or chance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266644
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Market liberalization : price dispersion, price discrimination and consumer search in the German electricity markets
Gugler, Klaus; Heim, Sven; Janssen, Maarten C. W.; … - 2018
We study how consumer search affects pricing in markets with incumbents and entrants using panel data on German … electricity retail markets. Consumers observe the baseline price of the incumbent and decide whether or not to search. Incumbent … baseline rate while entrants decrease their tariffs if consumer search increases. Moreover, the incumbent price discriminates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916675
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Determinants of in-court settlements empirical evidence from a German trial court
Berlemann, Michael; Christmann, Robin - 2014
Because verdicts are typically the more costly resolution of legal disputes, most governments are interested in high settlement rates. In this paper, we use a unique dataset of 860 case records from a German trial court to explore which factors have a significant impact on the decision to settle...
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Moral entitlements and aspiration formation in asymmetric bargaining : experimental evidence from Germany and China
Hennig-Schmidt, Heike; Walkowitz, Gari - In: Games 8 (2017) 4, pp. 1-25
Using a unique experimental data set, we investigate how asymmetric legal rights shape bargainers’ aspiration levels through moral entitlements derived from equity norms and number prominence. Aspiration formation is typically hard to observe in real life. Our study involves 15 negotiations...
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Determinants of in-court settlements : empirical evidence from a German trial court
Berlemann, Michael; Christmann, Robin - 2014
Because verdicts are typically the more costly resolution of legal disputes, most governments are interested in high settlement rates. In this paper, we use a unique dataset of 860 case records from a German trial court to explore which factors have a significant impact on the decision to settle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010489252
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Bank bailouts, interventions, and moral hazard
Dam, Lammertjan; Koetter, Michael - 2011
To test if safety nets create moral hazard in the banking industry, we develop a simultaneous structural two-equations model that specifies the probability of a bailout and banks' risk taking.We identify the effect of expected bailout probabilities on risk taking using exclusion restrictions...
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Implementing quotas in university admissions: An experimental analysis
Braun, Sebastian; Dwenger, Nadja; Kübler, Dorothea; … - 2012
Quotas for special groups of students often apply in school or university admission procedures. This paper studies the performance of two mechanisms to implement such quotas in a lab experiment. The first mechanism is a simplified version of the mechanism currently employed by the German central...
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