Search results for "incentives"
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La théorie des tournois appliquée aux joueurs de tennis professionnels : peut-on encore parler d’incitations à la performance ?
2011
L’objet de cet article est d’appliquer la theorie des tournois aux joueurs du tennis professionnel masculin. Deux nouveaux indicateurs de mesure de la performance des joueurs sont introduits, afin de prendre en compte le niveau de l’opposition. Les estimations econometriques sont effectuees, par la methode des Moindres Carres Ordinaires, sur l’ensemble des tournois disputes par les 30 meilleurs joueurs classes a l’ATP au cours de l’annee 2007. Les resultats obtenus valident bien, conformement a une des predictions de la theorie des tournois, l’existence d’un effet incitatif associe a la performance, a savoir qu’une structure de prix inegalitaire entre les tours du tournoi augmente la perfor…
A critical perspective on Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) applied in a Norwegian public hospital project
2020
Does the IPD concept deliver as required and expected, and if not, how can that be explained? This paper is a critical realist inspired methodology based on a combination of the inductive and deductive approaches used in case study research. IPD is based on relational contracting between multiple parties, in this case between the Owner, Contractor, MEP subcontractors and a group of Consulting engineers who share control of the project. At the core of the concept is shared risk and opportunities among the parties in the IPD contract. Our theoretical perspectives are based mainly on the Principal-Agent theory (PA), Transaction Cost theory (TC), and its related incentives. This paper reports o…
Tūristu ceļošanas motivācijas un to ietekmējošie faktori.
2018
Bakalaura darba tēma „Tūristu ceļošanas motivācijas un to ietekmējošie faktori”. Bakalaura darba mērķis - pamatojoties uz teorētiskām atziņām un iedzīvotāju aptaujas rezultātiem, izpētīt tūrisma ceļošanas motivācijas un to ietekmējošos faktorus, atklāt nepilnības un sniegt priekšlikumus tūristu piesaistes veicināšanai. Darbs sastāv no 3 nodaļām. Pirmajā nodaļā autore sniedz ar ceļošanas motivāciju saistītu teorētisko aspektu raksturojumu. Otrajā nodaļā tiek sniegta Latvijas iedzīvotāju ceļošanas motivāciju analīze. Trešajā nodaļā autore apkopo Latvijas tūristu ceļošanas iemeslus. Darbs sastāv no 76 lapapusēm, tajā ir iekļautas 17 tabulas, 22 attēli kā arī darbs papildināts ar 2 pielikumiwm.
Tax incentives to encourage corporate investment in Latvia
2020
During 2006‐2017, Latvia has applied a rather generous accelerated depreciation (AD) policy to stimulate firm investment. The AD policy included: (1) the general AD scheme, (2) incentives to acquire new technological equipment, and (3) Investment incentives in the specially assisted areas. This paper analyses the effect of accelerated depreciation policy on firm investment using administrative firm‐level data for 2007–14. Lacking data for a natural experiment (AD began before our sample period), we use difference‐in-differences methodology with identification based on variation either across time (the crisis period serving as quasi‐counterfactual) or by firm size (with large firms unlikely …
Commercial Biogas Plants: Lessons for Ukraine
2020
Ukraine has enough biomass resources for biogas production. However, this energy potential is not used sufficiently. This research is aimed at examining the current experience of commercial biogas systems in the Europe Union and its adaptation for Ukraine. Special attention was paid to economic indicators, such as specific investment costs, production costs (biogas, biomethane, and electricity), and incentives. Using statistical data for the European Union and Ukraine, the biogas potential for Ukraine (based on European experience) was determined. The economic competitiveness of biogas production was evaluated compared to alternatives, such as photovoltaic, wind power, biomass, conventional…
Current economic downturn and supply chain: The significance of demand and inventory smoothing
2014
The aim of this article is to analyse and quantify the effects of demand and inventory smoothing into supply-chain performance, facing the extreme volatility and impetuous alteration of the market produced by the current economic recession. To do so, we model a traditional serial three-stage supply chain and we test five settings of order smoothing under two shocks in the market demand, and we measure effects in terms of internal process benefits and customer service level of all supply chain partners. Results show that the implementation of this inventory strategy should be based on reward schemes; in fact a higher level of smoothing can generally improve the performance of the upstream st…
How is the spread of the Electric Vehicles?
2015
Many automotive manufacturers are investing heavily in Electric Vehicle (EV) design and manufacturing. Governments and other public sector bodies are making significant investments in the development of EVs and introducing various tax credits, incentives and subsidies. In addition, energy companies and other industries have set their sights on electric vehicles. In particular, EV development is being strongly fueled by consumer demand stemming from economic and environmental factors. The scope of this work is to present a representation of the spread of EVs in some European countries, in order to address an integration of green energy with recharge of EVs with particular attention for Italy…
Goals and guesses as reference points: a field experiment on student performance
2022
In this paper, we study overconfidence and goal-setting in academic performance, with and without monetary incentives. Students enrolled in a microeconomics course were offered the possibility of setting their own target grade before taking part in the final exam. They were also asked to guess their grade immediately after they had taken the exam (“post-diction”). In general, students overestimated their performance, both at the goal-setting and at the post-diction stages. Controlling for several sources of this bias (cognitive abilities, academic record and self-reported academic confidence), we find that the use of monetary rewards mitigates the overestimation of potential achievements an…
Selection bias and incentives to firms in development programs: an ex-post evaluation of an aid scheme for Sicily
2014
This paper focuses on the evaluation of an aid scheme included in a larger local development program framework implemented in Italy during the 2000-2006 cycle of EU Structural Funds. It follows a previous analysis (Cusimano & Mazzola, 2014) on the ex-post evaluation of the effectiveness of the resources allocated to aid schemes included in the Italian territorial integrated projects (TIPs) and aims at identifying the possible presence of selection bias in measuring the effectiveness of the policy. Previous results showed a partial effectiveness of the program, at least with reference to employment and sales. The objective of this work is to investigate the role of the selection process in i…
Incentives, Service Quality, and Regulation: An Application to the Airline Industry
2012
El sector aéreo presenta interesantes retos para el investigador. Se trata de un sector complicado debido, entre otras características, a las siguientes: escasos márgenes de beneficios, elevadas barreras de entrada y salida, alta sensibilidad a ciclos económicos, y la regulación y competencia. Desde los años 90, Europa ha vivido un proceso de desregulación en el tráfico aéreo. Ello ha supuesto una reorganización de las redes desde rutas completamente conectadas (fully-connected) hacia redes con aeropuertos base (hub-and-spoke). No debemos olvidar que sobreviven mercados que están regulados de acuerdo con la calificación de “obligación de servicio público” – en España tenemos el caso de las …