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Moral Hazard and the Composition of Transfers: Theory With an Application to Foreign Aid

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1996

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Jun 2007

J. Atsu Amegashie, Bazoumana Ouattara and Eric Strobl

University of Guelph - Department of Economics, University of Wales and École Polytechnique, Paris - Department of Economic Sciences

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Economics, Gratitude, and Warm Glow

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 03 Jan 2006

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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American Idol: Should it Be a Singing Contest or a Popularity Contest?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2171

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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A Nested Contest: Tullock Meets the All-Pay Auction

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A Nested Contest: Tullock Meets the All-Pay Auction

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3976

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Nov 2012

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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A Nested Contest: Tullock Meets the All-Pay Auction

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2012

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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The Paradoxes of Revenge in Conflicts

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2261

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 25 Mar 2008

J. Atsu Amegashie and Marco Runkel

University of Guelph - Department of Economics and University of Munich - Department of Economics

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On the Preferred Creditor Status of Multilateral Development Banks

CESifo Working Paper No. 10521

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 06 Jul 2023

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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A Contest Success Function with a Tractable Noise Parameter

University of Guelph Discussion Paper No. 2003-5

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Jun 2004

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Incomplete Property Rights and Overinvestment

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Incomplete Property Rights and Overinvestment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2711

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Jul 2009

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Incomplete Property Rights and Overinvestment

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2010

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Burning Out in Sequential Elimination Contests

University of Guelph Working Paper No. 2002-8

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jun 2003

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Public Goods, Signaling, and Norms of Conscientious Leadership

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Public Goods, Signaling, and Norms of Conscientious Leadership

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2016

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Public Goods, Signaling, and Norms of Conscientious Leadership

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6247

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Jan 2017

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Sabotage in Contests: An Overview

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4422

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Oct 2013

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Rematches in Boxing and Other Sporting Events

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Mar 2004

Edward Kutsoati and J. Atsu Amegashie

Tufts University - Department of Economics and University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Competitive Burnout: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Aug 2005

J. Atsu Amegashie, Charles Bram Cadsby and Yang Song

University of Guelph - Department of Economics, University of Guelph - Department of Economics and Finance and University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Intentions and Social Interactions

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1757

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Jul 2006

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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The Debt-to-GDP Ratio as a Tool for Debt Management: Not Good for LICs

CESifo Working Paper No. 10273

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 Feb 2023

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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A Psychological Game with Interdependent Preference Types

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1824

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 26 Oct 2006

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Regime Spoiler or Regime Pawn: The Military and Distributional Conflict in Non-Democracies

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4770

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 May 2014

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Intentions, Insincerity, and Prosocial Behavior

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 May 2007

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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(Non)Intervention in Intra-State Conflicts

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Feb 2005

J. Atsu Amegashie and Edward Kutsoati

University of Guelph - Department of Economics and Tufts University - Department of Economics

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Adverse Selection in Competing All-Pay Auctions

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 05 Aug 2005

J. Atsu Amegashie and Ximing Wu

University of Guelph - Department of Economics and Texas A&M University - Department of Agricultural Economics

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Sabotaging Potential Rivals

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1500

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Oct 2004

J. Atsu Amegashie and Marco Runkel

University of Guelph - Department of Economics and University of Munich - Department of Economics

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Quantity-Cum-Quality Contests

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Quantity-Cum-Quality Contests

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 13 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2018

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Quantity-cum-Quality Contests

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7110

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Aug 2018

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Consumers' Complaints, the Nature of Corruption, and Social Welfare

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Consumers' Complaints, the Nature of Corruption, and Social Welfare

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4295

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Jun 2013

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Consumers' Complaints, the Nature of Corruption, and Social Welfare

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2014

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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The Political Economy of Too-Big-To-Fail

CESifo Working Paper No. 7403

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Feb 2019

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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An Empirical Inquiry into the Nature of Welfarism

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3318

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Feb 2011

J. Atsu Amegashie and Bazoumana Ouattara

University of Guelph - Department of Economics and University of Wales

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The Political Economy of Too-Big-To-Fail

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Dec 2018

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Wider Boundaries: The Welfare State and International Remittances

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5456

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Aug 2015

J. Atsu Amegashie and Michael Batu

University of Guelph - Department of Economics and University of Windsor

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Citations and Incentives in Academic Contests

CESifo Working Paper No. 7890

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 23 Oct 2019

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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The Importance of Social Status in a Rent-Seeking Society

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The Importance of Social Status in a Rent-Seeking Society

CESifo Working Paper No. 10894

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Jan 2024

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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The Importance of Social Status in a Rent-Seeking Society

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 May 2024

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Advantageous Smallness in Contests

CESifo Working Paper No. 9419

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Nov 2021

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Market Segregation in the Presence of Customer Discrimination

CESifo Working Paper No. 10453

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Jun 2023

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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The Challenges of Service Delivery by Charities in Ghana: The Case of Rotary

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 11477

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Dec 2024

Janet Serwah Gollo and J. Atsu Amegashie

Becton Dickinson & Company and University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Rules, Discretion, Corruption, and Efficient Sole-Sourcing in Procurement

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 11489

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Dec 2024

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Asymmetric Information, Taxation, and Fiscal Accountability

Posted: 06 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2013

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Productive Versus Destructive Efforts in Contests

European Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming

Posted: 11 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2012

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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Asymmetric Information and Third-Party Intervention in Civil Wars

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2013

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

J. Atsu Amegashie

University of Guelph - Department of Economics

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CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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