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The Dictator’s Dilemma: to Punish or to Assist? Plan Failures and Interventions under Stalin [PDF]
A dictator issues an order, but the order is not carried out. The dictator does not know whether the order failed because the agent behaved opportunistically, or because his order contained some mistake. Imperfect information creates his dilemma: whether
Andrei Markevich
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Both dissociations need to be considered: A response to Majerus et al.
Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Tobias Bormann
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Compliance in Regulatory Gray Areas: The Case of the Organic Seed Standard
Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adaptive regulations, designed to balance flexibility with accountability, can embed provisions that unintentionally leave room for firms to shirk on their responsibilities by exploiting flexibility. We call these provisions “regulatory gray areas,” and ask: how should we understand (non‐)compliance in adaptive regulatory settings?
Liza Wood +3 more
wiley +1 more source
How often should you open the door? Optimal monitoring to screen heterogeneous agents [PDF]
This paper shows that monitoring too much a partner in the initial phase of a relationship may not be optimal if the goal is to determine his loyalty to the match and if the cost of ending the relationship increases over time. The intuition is simple: by
Andrea Ichino, Gerd Muehlheusser
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Bureaucrats in Campaigns: Elections Increase Dysfunctional Behaviors Among Civil Servants
Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Elections are essential for democracy, but the turbulence and uncertainty they bring can disrupt the functioning of public organizations. This study investigates how elections may trigger dysfunctional interpersonal dynamics and behaviors among civil servants.
Gustavo M. Tavares +2 more
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STUDI KOMPARASI PEMIKIRAN ABUL A’LA MAUDUDI DENGAN MUHAMMAD NATSIR TENTANG KONSEP NEGARA ISLAM
Wardah, 2015 This paper discusses Abul A'la Maududi comparative thoughts with Muhammad Natsir about the concept of the Islamic State, both in terms of state ideology and form of government. Despite his two live in different social settings, but his political thinking,
Ainur Ropik
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The current state of citizen science as a tool for ecological research and public engagement
, 2012 J. Dickinson +7 more
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Democratic backsliding raises new challenges for bureaucracies as politicians undermine democratic institutions and the rule of law. Although bureaucracies can play a central safeguarding role, little is known about the organizational conditions that foster resistance to undemocratic pressure.
Mariana Costa Silveira +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Unemployment Insurance and the Evolution of Worker-Employer\n Cooperation: Experiments with Real and Artificial Agents [PDF]
This paper reports the results of human subject and computational experiments designed to examine how the level of the "inactivity payments" to workers and to employers affects the evolution of cooperation among workers and employers. The related impacts
Mark Pingle and Leigh Tesfatsion
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