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作者：Sarsons, Heather; Gerxhani, Klarita; Reuben, Ernesto; Schram, Arthur
作者单位：University of Chicago; European University Institute; New York University; New York University Abu Dhabi; University of Amsterdam
摘要：We study whether gender influences credit attribution for group work using observational data and two experiments. We use data from academic economists to test whether coauthorship matters differently for tenure for men and women. We find that, conditional on quality and other observables, men are tenured similarly regardless of whether they coauthor or solo author. Women, however, are less likely to receive tenure the more they coauthor. We then conduct two experiments that demonstrate that b...
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作者：Amberg, Niklas; Jacobson, Tor; von Schedvin, Erik; Townsend, Robert
作者单位：Sveriges Riksbank; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
摘要：Using data on liquidity shortfalls generated by the fraud and failure of a cash-in-transit firm, we demonstrate effects on firms' trade credit usage. We find that firms manage liquidity shortages by increasing the amount of credit drawn from suppliers and decreasing the amount issued to customers. The compounded trade credit adjustments are on average of similar magnitude as corresponding adjustments in cash holdings, suggesting that trade credit positions are economically important sources of...
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作者：Kinsler, Josh; Pavan, Ronni
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Rochester
摘要：Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class of 1999, we show that parental beliefs about a child's cognitive skill relative to children of the same age are distorted by a child's cognitive skill relative to children in the same school. Parents of children attending schools with low (high) average skills tend to believe their child is higher (lower) in the overall skill distribution than they actually are. Teacher evaluations of child skill also exhibit local disto...
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作者：Kong, Yunmi
作者单位：Rice University
摘要：This paper performs a structural analysis of sequential auctions with both synergy and affiliation across auctions. I propose a flexible yet tractable sequential auction model under the private value paradigm and establish its nonparametric identification, demonstrating an intuitive and general method for disentangling synergy from affiliation. After developing an estimation procedure closely tied to the identification steps, I apply it to data on adjacent oil and gas leases that are auctioned...
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作者：Gollin, Douglas; Udry, Christopher
作者单位：University of Oxford; Northwestern University
摘要：Standard measures of productivity display enormous dispersion across farms in Africa. Crop yields and input intensities appear to vary greatly, seemingly in conflict with a model of efficient allocation across farms. In this paper, we present a theoretical framework for distinguishing between measurement error, unobserved heterogeneity, and potential misallocation. Using rich panel data from farms in Tanzania and Uganda, we estimate our model using a flexible specification in which we allow fo...
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作者：Hoffman, Mitchell; Tadelis, Steven
作者单位：University of Toronto; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut
摘要：How much do a manager's interpersonal skills with subordinates, which we call people management skills, affect employee outcomes? Are managers rewarded for having such skills? Using personnel data from a large high-tech firm, we show that survey-measured people management skills have a strong negative relation to employee turnover. A causal interpretation is reinforced by several research designs, including those exploiting new workers joining the firm and workers switching managers. However, ...
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作者：Bergman, Peter
作者单位：Columbia University
摘要：This paper studies information frictions between parents and children and their effect on human capital investments. I provide biweekly information to a random sample of parents about their child's missed assignments. Parents have upwardly biased beliefs about their child's effort. Providing information attenuates this bias and improves student achievement. Using data from the experiment, I estimate a persuasion game between parents and their children that shows that the treatment effect is du...
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作者：Miklos-Thal, Jeanine; Shaffer, Greg
作者单位：University of Rochester
摘要：Weyl and Fabinger (2013) analyze the social incidence of competition and the output and welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination by considering the hypothetical entrance of exogenous quantity into a market. The formulas they use for this purpose, however, are correct only for marginal changes in exogenous quantity starting at zero or if demand functions are linear. We show how using the correct formulas changes Weyl and Fabinger's analyses and leads to new results on the social inc...
