In der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschung wird seit langem diskutiert, wie Karriereüberlegungen die Leistung am Arbeitsplatz beeinflussen. Ist eine leistungsorientierte Bezahlung, zum Beispiel in Form von Boni, überhaupt notwendig, um junge Arbeitnehmer zu motivieren? Diese könnten...

Reference prices constitute a main determinant of patient health care reimbursement in many countries. We study the effects of a change from an external (based on a basket of prices in other countries) to an internal (based on comparable domestic products) reference price system. We find that...

This paper develops a theory of contests based on perceived abilities, and provides evidence for the predictions of this theory using panel data from professional soccer. We examine how soccer players perform in club matches during the informal)nomination contests for national teams prior to an...

We analyze the expected effects of building a rail tunnel between Lyon and Turin on i) the market shares of the established and the new suppliers, and ii) consumer surplus. The prospective project consists of a 53km rail tunnel providing freight shippers with a new alpine path. We calibrate an...

We investigate the sensitivity of consumer surplus estimates to parametric assumptions on individual preference heterogeneity in a discrete choice framework. We compare results from a parametric random coefficients logit model and a recently proposed nonparametric sieve estimator. In particular,...

In der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Forschung wird seit langem diskutiert, wie Karriereüberlegungen die Leistung am Arbeitsplatz beeinflussen. Ist eine leistungsorientierte Bezahlung, zum Beispiel in Form von Boni, überhaupt notwendig, um junge Arbeitnehmer zu motivieren? Diese könnten...

Reference prices constitute a main determinant of patient health care reimbursement in many countries. We study the effects of a change from an "external" (based on a basket of prices in other countries) to an "internal" (based on comparable domestic products) reference price system. We find...