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The Diffusion of Policy Innovations. An Experimental Investigation
Tyran, Jean-Robert; Sausgruber, Rupert - 2012
discriminates between experimentation, experience, and emulation as determinants of policy adoption. The policy innovation we study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076889
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The diffusion of policy innovations -an experimental investigation
Tyran, Jean-Robert; Sausgruber, Rupert - In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics 15 (2005) 4, pp. 423-442
discriminates between experimentation, experience, and emulation as determinants of policy adoption. The policy innovation we study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005396150
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Experimenting with Contests for Experimentation
Deck, Cary A. - 2016
We report an experimental test of alternative rules in innovation contests when success may not be feasible and … innovation, given that innovation is feasible. Under some parameters the designer will prefer a WTA-Public contest; while, under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992465
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Energy Security, Green Job Creation, and Youth Innovation
Burleson, Elizabeth - 2013
water-efficient farming methods as drip irrigation. Youth innovation can play a powerful role in achieving sustainable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012753535
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From Coase to Collaborative Property Decision-Making : Green Economy Innovation
Burleson, Elizabeth - 2014
sound energy innovation. RGGI, natural gas, and climate change represent sustainability challenges. Optimizing cooperative … transboundary green innovation can facilitate inclusive decision-making just as public participation by civil society can help …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043092
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On the incentives to experiment in federations
Kotsogiannis, Christos; Schwager, Robert - 2005
Conventional wisdom has it that policy innovation is better promoted in a federal rather than in a unitary system … - due to the existence of a horizontal information externality - by under-provision of policy innovation. This paper … the innovative policies in order to signal ability to the electorate. In the equilibrium analyzed policy innovation may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261363
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Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision
Gallier, Carlo; Goeschl, Timo; Kesternich, Martin; … - 2017
Many public goods can be provided at different spatial levels. Evidence from social identity theory and in-group favoritism raises the possibility that where higher-level provision is more efficient, subjects' narrow concern for local outcomes (parochialism) could harm efficiency. Building on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611161
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Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision
Gallier, Carlo; Göschl, Timo; Kesternich, Martin; … - 2017
Many public goods can be provided at different spatial levels. Evidence from social identity theory and in-group favoritism raises the possibility that where higher-level provision is more efficient, subjects’ narrow concern for local outcomes (parochialism) could harm efficiency. Building on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688296
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Inter-charity competition under spatial differentiation: Sorting, crowding, and spillovers
Gallier, Carlo; Goeschl, Timo; Kesternich, Martin; … - 2019
We study spatially differentiated competition between charities by partnering with two foodbanks in two neighboring cities to conduct a field experiment with roughly 350 donation appeals. We induce spatial differentiation by varying the observability of charities' location such that each donor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105659
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Five open questions about prediction markets
Wolfers, Justin; Zitzewitz, Eric - 2006
Interest in prediction markets has increased in the last decade, driven in part by the hope that these markets will prove to be valuable tools in forecasting, decision-making and risk management - in both the public and private sectors. This paper outlines five open questions in the literature,...
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