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Who benefits from progress?

Tabarrok, Alexander - In: Kyklos : international review for social sciences 51 (1998) 3, pp. 379-397

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Consumer preferences, citizen preferences, and the provision of public goods

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Consumer Preferences, Citizen Preferences, and the Provision of Public Goods

Lewinsohn-Zamir, Daphna - 2015

to explain this phenomenon. One theory claims that individuals hold different preferences in their consumer role than in … accepted theory assumes that individuals' most favored preference is to free ride whenever possible. Thus, a Prisoner's Dilemma … and other explanations, as well as their normative implications, and proposes an alternative theory. It rejects the claim …

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You don't always get what you pay for

Schnedler, Wendelin - 2007

Consider a principal-agent relationship in which more effort by the agent raises the likelihood of success. Does rewarding success, i.e., paying a bonus, increase effort in this case? I find that bonuses have not only an incentive but also an income effect. Overall, bonuses paid for success may...