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Risk taking and performance in multistage tournaments: evidence from weightlifting competitions
Genakos, Christos; Pagliero, Mario - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
We analyze the impact of interim ranking on the risk taking and performance behaviour of professional athletes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071349
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Does hospital competition save lives? Evidence from the English NHS patient choice reforms
Cooper, Zack; Gibbons, Stephen; Jones, Simon; McGuire, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Recent substantive reforms to the English National Health Service expanded patient choice and encouraged hospitals to compete within a market with fixed prices. This study investigates whether these reforms led to improvements in hospital quality. We use a difference-in-difference-style...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126074
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Does hospital competition save lives?: evidence from the English NHS patient choice reforms
Cooper, Zack; Gibbons, Stephen; Jones, Simon; McGuire, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
the central aims of this policy was to create financial incentives for providers to improve their clinical performance … incentive to improve performance in order to attract more patients. We use a modified difference-in-difference estimator to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884675
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The impact of private ownership, incentives and local development objectives on university technology transfer performance
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together … pay than public ones, but ownership does not affect licensing performance conditional on the use of incentive pay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744928
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Harnessing success: determinants of university technology licensing performance
Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together … pay than public ones, but ownership does not affect licensing performance conditional on the use of incentive pay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746044