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We document an increase in the scoring probability from penalties in soccer, which separates the time period before 1974 significantly from that after 1976: the scoring probability increased by 11%. We explain this finding by arguing that the institution of penalty-shooting before 1974 is best...
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This paper investigates - in a large heterogeneous sample - the relationship between social preferences on the one hand, and socioeconomic factors and political preferences on the other hand. Socioeconomic factors correlate with social preferences, and social preferences robustly shape political...
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Trust is a concept that has attracted significant attention in economic theory and research within the last two decades: it has been applied in a number of contexts and has been investigated both as an explanatory and as a dependent variable. In this paper, we explore the questions of what...
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Trust is a concept that has attracted - significant attention in economic theory and research within the last two decades: it has been applied in a number of contexts and has been investigated both as an explanatory and as a dependent variable. In this paper, we explore the questions of what...
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Confidence is often seen as the key to success. Empirical evidence about how such beliefs about one's abilities … confidence about one's own ability on two central choices made by workers in the labor market: choosing between jobs with … confidence leads to an increase in subjects' propensity to choose payment schemes that depend heavily on ability. This is …
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Overcoming long-term unemployment is a challenging task in which trust of the long-term unemployed in their caseworkers is a key issue. However, research about drivers of this trust is a white spot in the literature. The paper closes this gap. Embedded in a theoretical model at the...
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In der Empirie zeichnet sich ein Trend zu häufigerem Wechsel der Arbeitgeber und Projektarbeit ab. Gleichzeitig wird in der Literatur die Überlegenheit von Strategischen, Dynamischen oder Virtuellen Netzwerken postuliert. Endpunkt ist eine Welt, die nur aus Projekten besteht. Im Bedarfsfall...
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