Helmut Bester

Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics

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Signaling versus Auditing

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Signaling versus Auditing

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7183
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Oct 2019
Helmut Bester, Matthias Lang and Li Jianpei
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) and University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)
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signaling, information acquisition, auditing, wage differentials

Signaling versus Auditing

RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 52, No. 4, 2021, pages 859-883, https://doi.org/10.1111/1756-2171.12394
Posted: 20 Mar 2024
Matthias Lang, Helmut Bester and Li Jianpei
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)

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signaling, information acquisition, auditing, wage differentials, wage dispersion

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Easy Targets and the Timing of Conflict

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Easy Targets and the Timing of Conflict

WZB, Markets and Political Economy Working Paper No. SP II 2003-28
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Feb 2004
Helmut Bester and Kai A. Konrad
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
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Timing of conflict, war, easy targets

Easy Targets and the Timing of Conflict

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Feb 2004
Helmut Bester and Kai A. Konrad
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
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Timing of conflict, war, easy targets

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Loan Sales and Screening Incentives

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9084
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Sep 2012
Helmut Bester, Thomas Gehrig and Rune Stenbacka
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics, University of Vienna and Hanken School of Economics
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loan sales, screening, securitization

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Cooperation, Competition, and Welfare in a Matching Market

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Sep 2022
Helmut Bester and Jozsef Sakovics
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Cooperation, Prisoner's Dilemma, Competition, Welfare, Matching, Trust Building

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Delay in Contests

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Apr 2003
Helmut Bester and Kai A. Konrad
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
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Delay, contest, conflict

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Externalities and the Allocation of Decision Rights in the Theory of the Firm

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 18 Apr 2002
Helmut Bester
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics
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Authority, control rights, decision rights, delegation, externalities, incomplete contracts, theory of the firm

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Fairness and Competition in a Bilateral Matching Market

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Jun 2023
Helmut Bester
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics
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fairness, inequity aversion, Ultimatum Game, matching market, search costs, competitive equilibrium

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Externalities, Communication and the Allocation of Decision Rights

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5391
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Mar 2006
Helmut Bester
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics
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Authority, decision rights, externalities, incomplete contracts, imperfect information, theory of the firm

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Wages and Productivity Growth in a Dynamic Monopoly

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Mar 2001
Helmut Bester and Emmanuel Petrakis
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and University of Crete - Department of Economics
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Dynamic programming, innovation, labour productivity, monopoly, wage differentials, wages

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Delegation and Incentives

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6042
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Jun 2007
Helmut Bester and Daniel Krahmer
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and University of Bonn
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Authority, Delegation, Limited liability, Moral hazard, Principal-agent problem

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Investments and the Holdup Problem in a Matching Market

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7332
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Jul 2009
Helmut Bester
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics
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Holdup Problem, Investments, Matching Market

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Credence Goods, Costly Diagnosis, and Subjective Evaluation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10254
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 17 Nov 2014
Helmut Bester and Matthias Dahm
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and University of Leicester - Department of Economics
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credence goods, information acquisition, moral hazard, subjective evaluation

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Strategic Pricing, Signalling and Costly Information Acquisition

CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 2032
Posted: 13 Jan 1999
Klaus Ritzberger and Helmut Bester
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) and Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics

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Wages and Productivity Growth in a Competitive Industry

CEPR Working Paper No. 2031
Posted: 22 Dec 1998
Helmut Bester and Emmanuel Petrakis
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics and University of Crete - Department of Economics

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Quality Uncertainty Mitigates Product Differentiation

Posted: 01 Oct 1998
Helmut Bester
Free University of Berlin (FUB) - Division of Economics

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