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The paper titled "Fairness in Winner-Takes-All Competitions" by Björn Bartling, Alexander W. Cappelen, Mathias Ekström, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden has been published in The Review of Economics and Statistics.
The MIT professor filled the auditorium when he gave the Sandmo Lecture on AI, work and expertise. Afterwards, he spoke with students.
The paper titled "Does Dosage Matter? Effects of Results-Based Financing Layered on Top of Less Comprehensive Direct Facility Financing in Tanzania" by Eskindir Loha, Vincent Somville, Jo Borgi, Peter Binyaruka and Ottar Mæstad has been published in Health Policy and Planning.
Which tasks will disappear, which new ones will emerge – and who will be paid the most? This is the topic when MIT Professor David Autor gives this year’s Agnar Sandmo Lecture.
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Ingrid Margrethe Halvorsen Barlund, Joseph E. Harrington and Lars Sørgard: |
"A framework for effective public enforcement of cartels: a study of four Nordic countries" |
European Competition Journal |
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Björn Bartling, Alexander W. Cappelen, Mathias Ekström, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden: |
The Review of Economics and Statistics | |
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Kjetil Bjorvatn, Arne Nasgowitz and Mario Schmidt |
Economic Development and Cultural Change | |
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Eskindir Loha, Vincent Somville, Jo Borghi, Peter Binyaruka and Ottar Mæstad: |
Health Policy and Planning | |
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Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Sunniva Nygård Ingholm, Lucas Katera, Emil Løstegård, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, Vincent Somvinne and Jasmin Vietz: |
International Tax and Public Finance |
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Eugen Dimant, Michele Gelfand, Anna Hochleitner and Silvia Sonderegger: |
"Divided We Act: The Role of Social Sanctions in a Polarized World" |
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Goya Razavi, Sadegh S. M. Eshaghnia and Raul Leon |
"Neighborhoods, Family and Intergenerational Mobility" |
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Daniela Horta-Sáenz and Anderson Tami-Patiño: |
"Supply-Side Drug Enforcement and Economic Development" |
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"The Worth of a "Wo": Gender Bias in Financial Advice from LLMs" |