MM Mobius, P Niehaus… - 2005 - nber.org
Abstract We conduct a field experiment with the student population at a large private
university to measure the channels through which social learning affects consumer demand,
and to compare them to traditional advertising channels. We find strong social learning ...
P Niehaus… - … for Research and Economic Analysis of …, 2009 - dartmouth.edu
Abstract Theoretical work on disciplining corrupt agents has emphasized the role of
promised future rents (eg efficiency wages) but not of illicit future rents. Yet when
opportunities for future rent extraction increase, agents should extract less rent today in ...
MM Mobius,
M Niederle, P Niehaus… - 2011 - nber.org
Evidence from social psychology suggests that agents process information about their own
ability in a biased manner. This evidence has motivated exciting research in behavioral
economics, but has also garnered critics who point out that it is potentially consistent with ...
PR Niehaus - U. Chi. Legal F., 1996 - HeinOnline
Page 1. Cyberlibel: Workable Liability Standards? Paul R. Niehausf For centuries,
the common law torts of slander and libel allowed individuals to sue for the broadcast
and publication of false and injurious words.1 Like other ...
M Faye… - 2010 - dss.ucsd.edu
Abstract Researchers have scrutinized foreign aid's effects on poverty and growth, but
anecdotal evidence suggests that donors often use aid for other ends. We test whether
donors use bilateral aid to influence elections in developing countries. We find that ...
MM Möbius,
M Niederle, P Niehaus… - 2007 - trosenblat.nber.org
... 1 / 50 Gender Differences in Incorporating Performance Feedback Markus M. M¨obius Harvard
University and NBER Muriel Niederle Stanford University and NBER Paul Niehaus Harvard
University Tanya Rosenblat Wesleyan University February 20, 2007 Page 2. ...
P Niehaus - Journal of Political Economy, 2011 - JSTOR
Knowledge sharing is economically important but also typically incomplete: we “filter” our
communication. This paper analyzes the consequences of filtering. In the model,
homogeneous agents share knowledge with their peers whenever the private benefits ...
[CITATION] Self-confidence management: theory and experimental evidence
MM Mobius, M Niederle, P Niehaus… - Work. Pap., Stanford Univ, 2011
[CITATION] Targeting with Agents: Theory and Evidence for India's Below Poverty Line Cards
A Atanassova, M Bertrand, S Mullainathan… - UC San Diego. Processed, 2010
P Niehaus - Department of Economics, Harvard University ( …, 2008 - dss.ucsd.edu
Abstract I study the social transmission of “know-how”: for example, how to plant a new seed
variety. Such knowledge transmission is economically important but also typically
incomplete. In my model homogenous agents choose endogenously what to tell each ...
P Niehaus - Organization Trends, 2003 - capitalresearch.org
Just how big are the stakes? Despite the economic downturn, individuals gave $184 billion to
charity last year. All charity contributions, including foundation and corporate contributions and
bequests, totaled $241 billion in total. That's sub- stantial – 2.3 percent of GDP. If the new ...
P Niehaus… - 2011 - econ.iastate.edu
Abstract The marginal benefits of public spending are a key determinant of optimal fiscal
policy. In developing countries public funds are often stolen by corrupt officials, so optimal
policy should reflect marginal corruption. We study marginal corruption in India's largest ...
A Atanassova, M Bertrand, S Mullainathan… - 2009 - ase.tufts.edu
Abstract Targeting economic assistance to the poor is a central problem in development. We
present a theoretical framework for analyzing targeting performance in settings where the
agents who implement targeting policy are imperfectly disciplined. We then test the ...
P Niehaus… - 2010 - mitsloan.mit.edu
Abstract A basic principal of optimal public finance is that the marginal benefits of public
spending should equal the marginal social cost of funds. In developing countries, however,
public spending often “leaks” before reaching its intended use. In such settings optimal ...
The Department of Economics was founded in 1964, the same year that UC San Diego
admitted its first undergraduates. The Department admitted its first Ph. D. students in 1965
and graduated its first bachelor degree students in 1968.
P Niehaus - 2011 - cob.calpoly.edu
Abstract Education may generate knowledge spillovers through two distinct mechanisms: by
increasing what others can learn from us, or by increasing what we can learn from others.
This paper formalizes these views and contrasts their implications for education policy and ...
P Niehaus - 2011 - dss.ucsd.edu
4/23 q Continuous time tq Measure 1 of agents who die and are replaced at rate λ q One
(wlog) discrete skill: s (i, t)∈{0, 1} q Constant-returns education technology available (wlog)
to newborn agents, cost cq Bilateral social interactions at rate φ≥ 0 q Probability ρ∈[0, 1] ...
PF Niehaus - 2010 - gradworks.umi.com
UMI, ProQuest ® Dissertations & Theses. The world's most comprehensive collection of
dissertations and theses. Learn more... ProQuest, Essays on economic development. by Niehaus,
Paul Frederick, Ph.D., HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 2009, 135 pages; 3365373. Abstract: ...
P Niehaus - 2003 - capitalresearch.org
“Rachel” 1 is a single mother, twenty years old, living in an inner suburb of Boston. Not long
ago, she and her daughter were living with her boyfriend in his apartment. Rachel wanted
desperately to leave, but she depended on her abusive boyfriend for a roof over her head. ...
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