Martin Kolmar

University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)

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CH-9000 St. Gallen

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CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Munich, DE-81679

Germany

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1.

The State's Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property

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The State's Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2014, Vol. 170 (1), 5-23
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 17 Mar 2014
Kristoffel R. Grechenig and Martin Kolmar
Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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Centralization, Law and Economics, State, Contest Theory, Private Protection

The State’s Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property

MPI Collective Goods Preprint, No. 2011/24
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 May 2014
Kristoffel R. Grechenig and Martin Kolmar
Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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contests, property rights, enforcement, private protection, law

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Do Parachutes Discipline Managers? An Analysis of Takeover Battles

University of Vienna and University of St. Gallen Working Paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Aug 2004 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2012
Oliver Fabel and Martin Kolmar
Chair for International Personnel Management, Institute of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Vienna and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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Takeover battle, contest model, golden parachute

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Self-Correcting Mechanisms in Public Procurement: Why Award and Contract Should Be Separated

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Mar 2001
Dieter Bös and Martin Kolmar
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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Tax Competition with Formula Apportionment: The Interaction between Tax Base and Sharing Mechanism

CESifo Working Paper No. 2097
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Oct 2007
Martin Kolmar and Andreas Wagener
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and Leibniz Universität Hannover - Economics and Business Administration Area
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tax competition, formular apportionment, corporate income tax

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Multi-Prize Contests as Incentive Mechanisms for the Provision of Public Goods with Heterogenous Agents

U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2008-26
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Martin Kolmar and Dana Sisak
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Department of Economics
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Public Goods, Contests

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Anarchy, Efficiency, and Redistribution

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 27 Mar 2001
Dieter Bös and Martin Kolmar
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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Anarchy, constitution, redistribution

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Group Contests with Complementarities in Efforts

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Group Contests with Complementarities in Efforts

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3136
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Jul 2010
Martin Kolmar and Hendrik Rommeswinkel
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and National Taiwan University - Department of Economics
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contests, public goods

Group Contests with Complementarities in Efforts

U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2010-12
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Jul 2010
Martin Kolmar and Hendrik Rommeswinkel
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and National Taiwan University - Department of Economics
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D74, H41

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Contests and the Private Provision of Public Goods

U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2008-27
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Martin Kolmar and Andreas Wagener
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and Leibniz Universität Hannover - Economics and Business Administration Area
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Public Goods, Contests

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Technological Determinants of the Group-Size Paradox

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Technological Determinants of the Group-Size Paradox

U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2011-01
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 28 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 23 May 2011
Martin Kolmar and Hendrik Rommeswinkel
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and National Taiwan University - Department of Economics
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Contests, Public Goods, Group-Size Paradox

Technological Determinants of the Group-Size Paradox

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3362
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Mar 2011
Martin Kolmar and Hendrik Rommeswinkel
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and National Taiwan University - Department of Economics
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contests, public goods, group-size paradox

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Contests with Size Effects

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Dec 2004
Wolfgang Eggert and Martin Kolmar
University of Freiburg - Institute of Public Finance and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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size effects, contests, anarchy, competition

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Redistributive Politics, Corruption and Quality of Public Investment

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Sep 2005
Sugata Marjit, Sugata Marjit, Vivekananda Mukherjee and Martin Kolmar
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, CalcuttaIndian Institute of Foreign Trade, Jadavpur University and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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Redistributive politics, corruption, infrastructure

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Residence-Based Capital Taxation: Why Information is Voluntarily Exchanged and Why it is Not

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Mar 2001
Wolfgang Eggert and Martin Kolmar
University of Freiburg - Institute of Public Finance and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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The Taxation of Financial Capital Under Asymmetric Information and the Tax-Competition Paradox

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Nov 2003
Wolfgang Eggert and Martin Kolmar
University of Freiburg - Institute of Public Finance and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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tax competition, information exchange

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Efficiency Properties of Labor Taxation in a Spatial Model of Restricted Labor Mobility

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Apr 2001
Patrik Guggenberger, Ashok Kaul and Martin Kolmar
Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economic, Saarland University and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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Restricted Labor Mobility, Efficient Allocation of Labor, Labor Taxation

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A Theory of User-Fee Competition

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Apr 2004
Clemens Fuest and Martin Kolmar
ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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public goods, club goods, user fees, fiscal federalism

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Distributional Preferences in Probabilistic and Share Contests

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4184
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 16 Apr 2013
Magnus Hoffmann and Martin Kolmar
Technische Universität Berlin and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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contests, distributional preferences, overdissipation

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Intra-Generational Externalities and Inter-Generational Transfers

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Apr 2005
Martin Kolmar and Volker Meier
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
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pay-as-you-go, externalities, mechanism design, adverse selection

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Inefficient Group Organization as Optimal Adaption to Dominant Environments

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3157
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Aug 2010
Martin Kolmar and Andreas Wagener
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and Leibniz Universität Hannover - Economics and Business Administration Area
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conflict, incentives, group-size paradox

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Intention-Based Fairness Preferences in Two-Player Contests

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4104
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 19 Feb 2013
Magnus Hoffmann and Martin Kolmar
Institute of Microeconomics and University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG)
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contests, intention-based fairness preferences

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Inefficient Group Organization as Optimal Adaptation to Dominant Environments

U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2010-10
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Jul 2010
Martin Kolmar and Andreas Wagener
University of St. Gallen - Institute of Economy and the Environment (IWOe-HSG) and Leibniz Universität Hannover - Economics and Business Administration Area
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Conflict, Incentives, Group-Size Paradox