Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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Helsinki GSE Discussion Papers

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  • Skill-Related Differences in Reference-Dependent Stopping

    Marco Lambrecht

    This paper examines reference-dependent stopping in repeated risky decisionmaking and its relation to skill dependence and individual ability. Using field data from online heads-up poker tournaments, …

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  • Markets, Contracts, or Firms? A Simple Model of Governance

    Tore Ellingsen and Topi Miettinen

    We build a simple formal model of governance. Investments and control rights over assets and labor are fully contractible, but final production decisions are ex ante uncontractible, and ex post …

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  • Parental Education and Invention: The Finnish Enigma

    Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen, and Otto Toivanen

    Why is invention strongly positively correlated with parental income not only in the US but also in Finland which displays low income inequality and high social mobility? Using data on 1.45M Finnish …

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