作者：Ham, John C.; Swenson, Charles; Imrohoroglu, Ayse; Song, Heonjae
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Southern California
摘要：Federal and state governments spend well over a billion dollars a year on programs that encourage employment development in disadvantaged labor markets through the use of subsidies and tax credits. In this paper we use an estimation approach that is valid under relatively weak assumptions to measure the impact of State Enterprise Zones (ENTZs), Federal Empowerment Zones (EMPZs), and Federal Enterprise Community (ENTC) programs on local labor markets. We find that all three programs have positi...
作者：Carpenter, Jeffrey; Holmes, Jessica; Matthews, Peter Hans
作者单位：Middlebury College
摘要：Despite its popularity as a fundraiser for charities, very little research has been done on the bidding and revenue properties of the silent auction. This paper examines the consequences of two behaviors common in silent auctions, jump-bidding and sniping, in laboratory experiments with endogenous participation. Our results suggest that deliberative jumping, the result of impatient bidders attempting to telescope time, tends to increase revenue, while deliberative sniping by experienced bidder...
