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Intertemporal effort provision in sequential tournaments : conference paper

Klein, Arnd Heinrich; Schmutzler, Armin - 2013

This paper analyzes intertemporal effort provision in two-stage tournaments. A principal with a fixed budget for prizes faces two risk-neutral agents. He observes noisy signals of effort in both periods. His goal is to maximize either total efforts (perfect substitutes) or the product of first-...

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"Making it count" : evidence from a field experiment on assessment rules, study incentives and student performance ; conference paper

Chevalier, Arnaud; Dolton, Peter J.; Luehrmann, Melanie - 2013

non-financial incentives and test their effect on effort and performance of students. Our identification strategy exploits … cross-cohort experimental variation in assessment rules and within course variation in incentives to determine their impact … on the performance in exams. We find these incentives to result in an increase in grades of 2.4 marks or about 4%. The …

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The life and times of a senior scholar : an interview with Arthur Bedeian

Moore, Karl; Bedeian, Arthur G. - In: Journal of management history : JMH 20 (2014) 4, pp. 347-351

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The life and times of a senior scholar : an interview with Lyman Porter

Porter, Lyman W.; Moore, Karl - In: Journal of management history : JMH 21 (2015) 1, pp. 8-14

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'Love of wealth' and economic growth : conference paper

Rehme, Günther - 2014

This paper complements research on how love of wealth bears on key variables in a Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans growth framework. It is shown that for an optimum the social planner cannot have an excessive love of wealth. If the planner has the 'right' love of wealth an optimum exists and implies higher...

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New challenges in central banking : monetary policy governance and macroprudential issues

Gnan, Ernest; Masciandaro, Donato; Cerutti, Eugenio M.; … - New Challenges in Central Banking: Monetary Policy and …; … - 2017

Which are the new frontiers in central banking? Which things have changed in the aftermath of the financial, economic and sovereign debt crisis? These are questions raised frequently by central bankers, academics and interested observers alike. There are quite a few areas to cover in answering...

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Evolution of cooperation in social dilemmas : signaling internalized norms ; conference paper

Müller, Stephan; Wangenheim, Georg von - 2014

Economists have a long tradition in identifying the evolution of cooperation in large, unstructured societies as a …

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Incentives for overbidding in minimum-revenue core-selecting auctions : conference paper

Beck, Marissa; Ott, Marion - 2013 - This draft: January 16, 2013

We find new equilibria of minimum-revenue core-selecting (MRCS) auctions that, in contrast to previously identified equilibria, involve overbidding - bidding more than one's true value for some packages of goods. With full information, every MRCS auction in every possible setting has equilibria...

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Flexibility in Europe's power sector : an additional requirement or an automatic complement? ; conference paper

Bertsch, Joachim; Growitsch, Christian; Lorenczik, Stefan; … - 2013

al (2011) argue that with increasing volatility, incentives to invest in flexible resources should be implemented in … incentives of achievable full load hours does not need additional incentives for flexibility. …

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Institutions, shared guilt, and moral transgression : conference paper

Rothenhäusler, Dominik; Schweizer, Nikolaus; Szech, Nora - 2014

This paper studies the influence of shared guilt and diffused responsibility in institutions that may require the support of several actors to realize specific outcomes. Decision makers weigh supporting an immoral yet egoistically advantageous action to the detriment of a third party against...

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