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1by Mechtenberg, Lydia Published in The Review of economic studies (2009)“...In this paper, I provide a theoretical explanation for the gender differences in education and on the labour market that are observed empirically in most OECD...”
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2by David Danz Dorothea Kübler Lydia Mechtenberg Julia Schmid Published in Management science (01.08.2015)“...With the help of a simple model, we show that the hindsight bias can lead to inefficient delegation decisions. This prediction is tested experimentally. In an...”
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3by Dittmann, Ingolf Kübler, Dorothea Maug, Ernst Mechtenberg, Lydia Published in Games and economic behavior (01.03.2014)“...We perform an experiment in which subjects bid for participating in a vote. The setting precludes conflicts of interests or direct benefits from voting. The...”
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4“...We model strategic mediation of the communication between an informed expert with a discrete type space and an uninformed decision maker. A strategic mediator...”
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5“...We develop a model to analyze migration of highly talented individuals within and into Europe. First, we show that if transferability of human capital is...”
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6“...We analyze the two goals behind the European Bologna process of increasing student mobility: enabling graduates to develop multi-cultural skills and increasing...”
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7“...Whistle-blowing by employees plays a major role in uncovering corporate fraud. Various recent laws aim at improving protection of whistle-blowers and enhancing...”
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8“...We study communication in social networks prior to a majority vote on two alternative policies. Some agents receive a private imperfect signal about which...”
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10by Lydia Mechtenberg Published in Erkenntnis (01.11.2004)“...In this commentary on Rott's paper "Stability, Strength and Sensitivity: Converting Belief into Knowledge", I discuss two problems of the stability theory of...”
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11“...The efficiency of committee voting and referenda with common-interest issues critically depends on voter motivation, i.e., on voters' willingness to cast an...”
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13by Mechtenberg, Lydia Muehlheusser, Gerd Roider, Andreas Published in European economic review (01.07.2020)“...Whistleblowing by employees plays a major role in uncovering corporate fraud. Recent laws and global policy recommendations aim at facilitating whistleblower...”
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14by Buechel, Berno Mechtenberg, Lydia Petersen, Julia Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.11.2018)“...•Perseverance in a depleting real-effort task is affected by successful peers.•Being observed by peers reduces the tendency of giving up immediately.•Observing...”
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15by Battaglini, Marco Mechtenberg, Lydia Published in Journal of experimental political science (20150000)“...We conduct a laboratory experiment to study the incentives of a privileged group (the “yellows”) to share political power with another group (the “blues”). The...”
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18“...We perform an experiment in which subjects bid for participating in a vote. The setting precludes conflicts of interests or direct benefits from voting. The...”
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