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Type Working Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title Awards as Signals
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Bruno Frey
  • Susanne Neckermann
Language
  • English
Institution University of Zurich
Series Name Working paper series / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics
Number No. 513
ISSN 1424-0459
Date 2010
Abstract Text Awards are widespread in all countries and are prevalent both in the public sphere and in the private sector. This paper argues, and empirically supports, that awards serve public functions and economists should take them seriously. Using a unique cross-country data set, we suggest that awards serve as signals. Awards are more prevalent the more difficult the position and status of an individual is to observe due to an anonymous and globalized setting.
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