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On Social Identity, Subjective Expectations, and the Costs of Control
Riener, Gerhard; Wiederhold, Simon - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
cognitive, that is, belief-related, and a behavioral, that is, performance-related, dimension. We test these theoretical … in performance is less pronounced for in-group agents than for no-group agents. In the case of a negative sensation … amplies the performance-enhancing effect of a positive control surprise and mitigates the detrimental performance effect of a …
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The Impact of Government Procurement Composition on Private R&D Activities
Slavtchev, Viktor; Wiederhold, Simon - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper addresses the question of whether government procurement can work as a de facto innovation policy tool. We develop an endogenous growth model with quality-improving innovation that incorporates industries with heterogeneous innovation sizes. Government demand in high-tech industries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291506
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Government Spending Composition in a Simple Model of Schumpeterian Growth
Wiederhold, Simon - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper investigates the relevance of government purchasing behavior for innovation-based economic growth. We construct a parsimonious Schumpeterian growth model in which demand from the public sphere can effectively alter the economy's rate of technological change. We incorporate results of...
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