Employee recruiting and the Lake Wobegon effect
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The selection of the most qualified candidate, is the problem faced by many organizations and institutions. The phenomenon known as the Lake Wobegon is included, which refers to the tendency towards overstatement. Also, a two stage recruiting procedure is adopted, to select an eligible candidate for a position.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0167-2681
Year: 2003
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Moral hazard, insurance, and some collusion
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Collusions exists between the consumers and the providers, in the context of health and disability insurance. As some providers are collusive and some are honest, the equilibrium insurance-payment contracts are characterized.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0167-2681
Year: 2003
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An ordering experiment
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Several sorting algorithms provide a brief survey of computational complexity. A more efficient linear algorithm would be implemented, if humans are capable of assigning each item an ordinal utility value.
Publication Name: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0167-2681
Year: 2003
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