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provides evidence that the distribution parameter of the extended CES utility function measures the preference for equality or … selfishness. However, we do not find any positive evidence that the substitution parameter measures the preference for efficiency. …
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account the importance of this issue in the efficiency of doing business. The results showed that trust is vital in sharing … knowledge and essential in achieving a high-performance efficiency level. The ninth article presents the impact of social media …
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women additionally exhibit social preferences that reflect an increased concern for equality. Our results for women imply …
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economic efficiency and social equality, a view neatly summarized in the title of Okun's famous book, Equality and Efficiency …-national empirical studies and by theoretical advances. Recent research seems to suggest that there is no efficiency-equity trade-off and … that social policy and greater equality may actually contribute to higher productivity growth. Richard Harris surveys two …
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(public schools) in which the foreground value is educational efficiency but reverses direction in a controversial domain … (affirmative action) in which the foreground value is demographic equality; (3) managers who discover employees have subverted …
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original objective of the DEA methodology from measuring efficiency to include the evaluation of various aspects of … effectiveness and equality considerations. The model is formulated as a linear program that can be solved by means of a Dantzig …
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We devise a new experimental game by nesting a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a 2x2 design, subjects either vote on or exogenously...
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We devise a new experimental game by nesting a voluntary contributions mechanism in a broader spectrum of incentive schemes. With it, we study tensions between egalitarianism, equity concerns, self-interest, and the need for incentives. In a 2x2 design, subjects either vote on or exogenously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676887