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competition. However after selection, we find no output difference between piece rate and tournament. This is attributable to a …
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and citizens, in which parties play a crucial role in the selection of candidates. Citizens who wish to become politicians … the reward from public offices leads to two opposing effects on the average quality of politicians. First, a selection … information manipulation effect dominates the selection effect when - 1) The cost of manipulating information is low enough; 2 …
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We study selection and labour market outcomes among Ukrainian migrants using unique data from a survey conducted in …
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Empirical examination of whether R&D subsidies crowd out private investments has been hampered by selection problems. A … of selection creates a severe bias. Proposal evaluation grades strongly predict R&D investments and reduce selection bias …
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This article tests for the existence of two types of selection biases in sports markets. First, the better … Uruguayan Soccer League in the 2000 and 2001 seasons, we find evidence of these two types of selection biases. Our estimations …
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We study the incentives to improve ability in a model where heterogeneous firms and workers interact in a labor market characterized by matching frictions and costly screening. When effort in improving ability raises both the mean and the variance of the resulting ability distribution, multiple...
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dispersion forces in the presence of pecuniary externalities through a selection model of monopolistic competition with … `evenness'. Accordingly, the role of firm heterogeneity in selection models of agglomeration can not be fully understood without …
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locational fundamentals, agglomeration economies, the spatial sorting of heterogeneous agents, and selection effects affect the …
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This study investigates hospitals’ dynamic incentives to select patients when hospitals are remunerated according to a prospective payment system of the DRG type. Given that prices typically reflect past average costs, we use a discrete-time dynamic framework. Patients differ in severity...
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next election as an indicator. Self-selection yields welfare optimality as officeholders are encouraged to invest in those …
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