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Do Polls create Momentum in Political Competition?
Denter, Philipp; Sisak, Dana - 2013
popular candidate invests more in the campaign and thereby increases her lead in expectation: polls create momentum. When …We explore how public opinion polls affect candidates' campaign spending in political competition. Generally, polls … and overtakes his opponent. Regardless of the type of equilibrium, polls have a tendency to decrease expected total …
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Do polls create momentum in political competition?
Denter, Philipp; Sisak, Dana - 2013 - This version: October 2013
popular candidate invests more in the campaign and thereby increases her lead in expectation: polls create momentum. When …We explore how public opinion polls affect candidates' campaign spending in political competition. Generally, polls … and overtakes his opponent. Regardless of the type of equilibrium, polls have a tendency to decrease expected total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224792
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Do Polls Create Momentum in Political Campaigns?
Denter, Philipp; Sisak, Dana - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2013
popular candidate invests more in the campaign and thereby increases her lead in expectation: polls create momentum. When …We explore how public opinion polls affect candidates' campaign spending in political competition. Generally, polls … and overtakes his opponent. Regardless of the type of equilibrium, polls have a tendency to decrease expected total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010699651
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Do polls create momentum in political competition?
Denter, Philipp; Sisak, Dana - In: Journal of public economics 130 (2015), pp. 1-14
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Do polls create momentum in political campaigns?
Denter, Philipp; Sisak, Dana - 2013
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The Limitations of Corporate Governance Best Practices
Turnbull, Shann - 2012
This chapter identifies the limitations of what may commonly be accepted as “Best Practices” in Corporate Governance. Directors commonly obtain funds from venture capitalists and bankers by transferring to them some or all of their absolute powers that can corrupt themselves and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013114945
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Do Polls Create Momentum in Political Competition?
Denter, Philipp - 2013
popular candidate invests more in the campaign and thereby increases her lead in expectation: polls create momentum. When …We explore how public opinion polls affect candidates' campaign spending in political competition. Generally, polls … and overtakes his opponent. Regardless of the type of equilibrium, polls have a tendency to decrease expected total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074497
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Do Polls Create Momentum in Political Competition?
Denter, Philipp; Sisak, Dana - 2013
candidate invests more in the campaign and thereby increases his lead in expectation: polls create momentum. When campaigning is …We explore how public opinion polls affect candidates' campaign spending in political competition. Generally, polls … overtakes his opponent. Regardless of the type of equilibrium, polls have a tendency to decrease expected total campaigning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160541
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How success breeds success
Descamps, Ambroise; Ke, Changxia; Page, Lionel - In: Quantitative Economics 13 (2022) 1, pp. 355-385
We investigate if, and why, an initial success can trigger a string of successes. Using random variations in success in a real-effort laboratory experiment, we cleanly identify the causal effect of an early success in a competition. We confirm that an early success indeed leads to increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014536928
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How success breeds success
Descamps, Ambroise; Ke, Changxia; Page, Lionel - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 1, pp. 355-385
We investigate if, and why, an initial success can trigger a string of successes. Using random variations in success in a real‐effort laboratory experiment, we cleanly identify the causal effect of an early success in a competition. We confirm that an early success indeed leads to increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807751