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Rational Choice and Voter Turnout : Evidence from Union Representation Elections

Farber, Henry S. - 2010

The standard theoretical solution to the observation of substantial turnout in large elections is that individuals receive utility from the act of voting. However, this leaves open the question of whether or not there is a significant margin on which individuals consider the effect of their vote...

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Identifying Conditions to Implement Strategic Knowledge Management in Brazilian Corporations - SKM Math Model Application

Miranda, Roberto - 2010

This is a step forward in researching about Strategic Knowledge Management - SKM. Firstly, an overview of SKM is presented and indicating the three integrative models: conceptual model, mathematical model and systemic model. After that, the SKM math model is deeply described in order to...

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Effort and Comparison Income : Experimental and Survey Evidence

Clark, Andrew - 2010

The authors test the hypothesis that individual effort on the job depends both on one's own income and on the …

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Prior Audits and Taxpayer Compliance : Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Earned Versus Endowed Income

Boylan, Scott J. - 2010

This paper provides evidence from a laboratory experiment designed to investigate the effect of prior audits on taxpayer compliance. The experiment provides evidence that when taxable income requires comparatively little time and effort to generate (endowed income), taxpayer compliance increases...

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The Monotonicity Puzzle : An Experimental Investigation of Incentive Structures

Brosig-Koch, Jeannette - 2010

Non-monotone incentive structures, which - according to theory - are able to induce optimal behavior, are often regarded as empirically less relevant for labor relationships. We compare the performance of a theoretically optimal non-monotone contract with a monotone one under controlled...

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X-Centric Preferences

Mollett, B. - 2010

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Is the Welfare State Sustainable? Experimental Evidence on Citizens' Preferences for Redistribution

Neustadt, Ilja - 2010

The sustainability of the welfare state ultimately depends on citizens' preferences for income redistribution. They are elicited through a Discrete Choice Experiment performed in 2008 in Switzerland. Attributes are redistribution as GDP share, its uses (the unemployed, old-age pensioners, people...

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Field Experiments in Labor Economics

List, John A. - 2010

We overview the use of field experiments in labor economics. We showcase studies that highlight the central advantages … the potential for field experiments to inform issues in labor economics, we organize our discussion around the individual … life cycle. We therefore consider field experiments related to the accumulation of human capital, the demand and supply of …

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Retributive, Restorative and Ritualistic Justice

Brownlee, Kimberley - 2010

Few defences of retribution in criminal justice make a plausible case for the view that punishment plays a necessary role in restoring relations between offenders, victims and the community. Even fewer defences of retribution make a plausible appeal to the interpersonal practice of apologizing...

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Demand Cross Elasticity Without Substitutability : Evidence from an Experiment

Luini, Luigi - 2010

implication for the delineation of an antitrust market. Due to fairness concerns, in the markets that we consider products which …

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