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use a hand-collected data set of 88 campaigns with over 64,000 investments and 742 updates from a well-established and … a university degree and a higher number of business-related updates are associated with a lower risk of failure, which … is in line with recent research on offering success. The number of updates on external certification, promotions, and the …
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Some labor markets have recently developed formal signalling mechanisms, e.g. the signalling for interviews in the job market for new Ph.D. economists. We evaluate the effect of such mechanisms on two-sided matching markets by considering a game of incomplete information between firms and...
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information, have to rely on the observed behavior of their adult parent to infer the norm. We show that this causes a signaling … distortion in adult behavior. Compared to the benchmark case of no signaling, parents have a higher propensity to adopt attitudes … of interest between sender and receiver in standard signaling games. The norm-signaling bias is self-reinforcing and …
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theoretically in a Diamond-Dybvig setup that without this signaling option multiple equilibria are possible, while signaling makes … indeed when signaling is available, bank runs are less likely to arise and signaling is extensively used. …
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Building on the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce, recent advances in biosemiotics haveresulted into a concise framework for the analysis of signs in living systems. This paper exploresthe potential for economics and shows how biosemiotics can integrate two differentresearch agendas, each of...
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information, have to rely on the observed behavior of their adult parent to infer the norm. We show that this causes a signaling … distortion in adult behavior. Compared to the benchmark case of no signaling, parents have a higher propensity to adopt attitudes … of interest between sender and receiver in standard signaling games. The norm-signaling bias is self-reinforcing and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224768
theoretically in a Diamond-Dybvig setup that without this signaling option multiple equilibria are possible, while signaling makes … indeed when signaling is available, bank runs are less likely to arise and signaling is extensively used. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450033
I propose a model in which credentials, such as diplomas, are intrinsically valuable; a situation described as credentialism. The model overcomes an important criticism of signalling models by mechanically tying a worker’s wages to their productivity. A worker’s productivity is influenced by...
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This paper offers a first ever theoretical study of a unique financing instrument associated with prominent emerging equity markets in South Asia. The instrument known as badla, in local parlance, has two interesting aspects, which have been ignored thus far. Firstly, it may serve as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999189
Some labor markets have recently developed formal signalling mechanisms, e.g. the signalling for interviews in the job market for new Ph.D. economists. We evaluate the effect of such mechanisms on two-sided matching markets by considering a game of incomplete information between firms and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674340