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Costs and quality of life in multiple sclerosis : a cross-sectional observational study in the UK
Kobelt, Gisela; Lindgren, Peter; Parkin, David; … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We performed a cross-sectional, "bottom-up" observational study of resource consumption and quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United Kingdom. Three centers participated in the study. Patients received a questionnaire either by mail or during a clinic visit, and a...
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Costs and quality of life in multiple sclerosis : a cross-sectional observational study in Germany
Kobelt, Gisela; Lindgren, Peter; Smala, Antje; … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We performed a cross-sectional, "bottom-up" observational study of resource consumption and quality of life of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Germany. Six centers participated in the study. Patients were asked to complete a questionnaire, and a total of 737 patients returned the...
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Jon Elster und das Problem lokaler Gerechtigkeit
Pies, Ingo; Viebranz, Jörg - 2007
Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Arbeiten von Jon Elster zum Problem lokaler Gerechtigkeit. Das Thema dieser Arbeiten sind Rationierungsentscheidungen. Es geht um die Allokation und Distribution knapper Zuteilungsgüter, also etwa um die Vergabe von Kindergarten- oder Studienplätzen, die Zuweisung...
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Works councils and performance appraisals
Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk; Titz, Krystina - 2019
Drawing on two large German representative data sets, we analyze the role of works councils for the use of performance appraisals (PA). We distinguish between the incidence of performance appraisal systems as intended by the firm and their actual implementation on the level of the individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121631
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Ceding control : an experimental analysis of participatory management
Mellizo, Philip; Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2017
We use an experiment to evaluate the effects of participatory management on firm performance. Participants are randomly assigned roles as managers or workers in firms that generate output via real effort. To identify the causal effect of participation on effort, workers are exogenously assigned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613160
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The consequences of trade union power erosion : declining union power would not be an overwhelming cause for concern if not for rising wage inequality and the loss of worker voice
Addison, John T. - 2020
The micro- and macroeconomic effects of the declining power of trade unions have been hotly debated by economists and policymakers. Nevertheless, the empirical evidence shows that the impact of the decline on economic aggregates and firm performance is not an overwhelming cause for concern....
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A strategic approach to social accountability in Pakistan
Kirk, Tom - 2017
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Regulatory implications of FMS for voice services in Turkey : analysis of recent regulatory acts on deregulation and margin squeeze
Ünver, Mehmet Bilal; Göktaylar, Yavuz; Tezel, Fatih - 2015
FMS (fixed-to-mobile substitution) has increasingly been echoed within the regulatory agenda of the global and domestic policy actors as the usage of mobile telephony has rapidly exceeded that of the fixed telephony in the last decade. In this line of thinking and upon the drastic changes in...
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Consumer complaint behavior in telecommunications : the case of mobile phone users in Spain
Garín-Muñoz, Teresa; Gijón, Covadonga; Pérez … - 2014
This work analyzes the post-purchase behavior of mobile phone users once they have experienced a service failure. Taking into account the existing literature on Consumer Complaint Behavior (CCB), a survey for 4249 individuals in Spain is used for specifying econometric equations explaining the...
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Voice effects on attitudes towards an impartial decision maker : experimental evidence
Kleine, Marco; Langenbach, Pascal; Zhurakhovska, Lilia - 2013
The opportunity to voice one's opinion about a decision is a fundamental aspect of procedural fairness and applies to a … large variety of economic interactions. Voice may influence decision makers, but at the same time it shapes behavior of … those who can voice their opinion. We study the latter effect in a laboratory experiment. More precisely, we analyze the …
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