Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Subject "L14"

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Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Subject "L14"

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    Title: Curbing Cream-Skimming: Evidence on Enrolment Incentives  Author(s): COURTY, Pascal; KIM, Do Han; MARSCHKE, Gerald Date: 2009 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: 2009/03 Abstract: Using data from a large, U.S. federal job training program, we investigate whether enrolment incentives that exogenously vary the ‘shadow prices’ for serving different demographic subgroups of clients influence case workers’ ...
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    Title: Network Games  Author(s): GALEOTTI, Andrea; GOYAL, Sanjeev; JACKSON, Matthew O.; VEGA-REDONDO, Fernando; YARIV, Leeat Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: In a variety of contexts - ranging from public goods provision to information collection - a player's well-being depends on own action as well as on the actions taken by his or her neighbors. We provide a framework to ...
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    Title: On the Signaling and Feedback Effects of Umbrella Branding  Author(s): THAL, Jeanine Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: I consider an adverse selection model of product quality to analyze a firm's incentives to sell different products under an umbrella brand. My main result is that umbrella branding can signal positive quality correlation ...
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    Title: Exclusionary Pricing and Rebates When Scale Matters  Author(s): KARLINGER, Liliane; MOTTA, Massimo Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We consider an incumbent firm and a more effcient entrant, both offering a network good to several asymmetric buyers. The incumbent disposes of an installed base, while the entrant has a network of size zero at the ...