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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"lotteries"”.
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Economic Analysis of State Lotteries in the United States
Modern lotteries in the United States are run exclusively by state governments. In many cases, states establish separate lottery agencies to administer and promote the games. One statutory duty of many lottery agencies is to maximize the net revenue of the games, hence, all agencies engage in …
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Essays on public policy and consumer choice : applications to welfare reform and state lotteries
… to government policies, in particular, state lotteries and the welfare "family cap." Despite considerable controversy surrounding the use of state lotteries as a means of public finance, little is known about their consumer consequences. Chapter one investigates two central questions about …
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The demand for gambling: Empirical evidence from state-operated lotteries and football pools in Spain
… on the particular case of state-operated lotteries and football pools in Spain. Specifically, we are interested in examining what aspects drive gamblers' participation in Spanish lottery markets and spending on lotteries, focusing on network externalities in consumer spending on closely …
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Automobile regulations in China examined from a behavioral perspective
… of allocating the scarce license plates: only lotteries, only auctions, and a mix of lotteries and auctions. The main debate is the tradeoff between the efficiency represented by auctions and the equity represented by lotteries. By drawing on two survey results in Beijing and Guangzhou, this …
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Essays in industrial economics
… Balestrieri. In chapter 1 we examine the use of lotteries among horizontal differentiated goods as a mechanism to price discriminate consumers. We use the linear city model to represent a market with two differentiated goods. We show that the optimal selling strategy for a multi product …
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The Jackpot Mentality: The Growth of Government Lotteries and the Suppression of Illegal Numbers Gambling in Rio de Janeiro and New York City
… As policy makers proposed enhanced government lotteries as a solution for the problem of illegal gambling, numerous groups scrambled for position within shifting gambling frameworks. Tens of thousands of persons who had long worked in illegal numbers networks pressed for access to legal …
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Essays on mechanism design
… address these questions by investigating whether lotteries over the basic goods can be profitably used by any of the market participants. We consider lotteries in which the buyers win a prize for sure, but they do not know which one. Our main finding is that the perfect cartel always uses …
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Patterns of revenues for public elementary and secondary school education derived as a result of state lotteries: a case study of Michigan and New York
… study, the current status and performance of lotteries in the District of Columbia and the 22 states operating lotteries in 1986 are included in this research. An interrupted time-series design was employed to research the stability, reliability and yield of revenue from the state lotteries of …
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Estimating institutional quality with instruments : three essays and applications in education and healthcare
… with Crossstratum Comparisons -- 2. Leveraging Lotteries for School Value-added: Testing and Estimation -- 3. Estimating Hospital Quality with Quasi-experimental Data.
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RISK AND UNCERTAINTY (UTILITY, DECISION)
… as utility functions.</p><p>Now, DM can evaluate lotteries according to their buying prices, useful if one plans to withdraw capital from risk. DM can rigorously distinguish "once in a lifetime" lotteries from ordinary gambles; that's helpful when facing Allais' problem. Also, DM can exploit …
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Re-introducing prize-linked savings products in South Africa through business model innovation
… demise of FNB's MaMa program, beyond the obvious Lotteries Act challenges. Using FNB's Million-a-Month account experience as a case study, a qualitative research study was undertaken, with primary data collected through 10 in-depth semi-structured interviews with financial services experts and …
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Supermodular utility representations
… foundation in the context of choice over lotteries over outcomes in arbitrary lattices.
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Impacto da implementação da NFC-e na arrecadação da BAHIA e avaliação do programa Nota Premiada Bahia
… evaluated the impact of a state program of tax lotteries for consumers (Nota Premiada Bahia - NPB). The mandatory determination of NFC-e increased, in Bahia, the revenue reported by companies by 6.75%. For companies that are not subject to tax substitution, this value reaches up to 10.7%. The …
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Two Essays on Tax Evasion
… private cost and under the uncertainty of audit lotteries. We derive and provide an intuitive interpretation of a generalized: (i) 'Ramsey equation' for optimal commodity taxes, (ii) formula for the optimal income tax rate, (iii) the tradeoff between tax rates and audit probabilities, under …
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Essays on the economics of education
… chapter uses Boston charter school admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of charter enrollment on special needs students' classification and achievement. Charter schools remove special needs classifications and move special education students into more inclusive classrooms at a rate over …
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The Development of the Corporation in New Hampshire From 1760 to 1820
… studied are colonial era towns, ferries, and lotteries; Confederation era toll bridges; and Constitutional era canals, social libraries, turnpikes, and manufacturing.
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The Impact of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery on College Choice and Completion of Adult Students
… literature on the impact of state scholarship lotteries on adults, and they have significant implications for policy and future research.</p>
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A longitudinal examination of public recognition and employee absenteeism: an exploratory study
… in absenteeism than other approaches (e.g., lotteries, financial incentives, etc.), the reasons for its effectiveness are still not known.
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'Serious Lots': Chance and Choice in Early Modern English Literature
… the literary representation of ‘serious lots’: lotteries applied to a ‘serious purpose’. Used to allocate inheritances, elect civil officials, divvy up colonial lands, distribute punishments and dispense rewards, the ‘serious lot’ permeated every aspect of early modern life. I argue that, as …
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