It is well-known that in a number of employment situations one uses nocure-no-pay contracts, usually denoted as contingent fee contracts (CFcontracts). A typical example is the fee system for attorneys in countries like the US. Under a CF-contract the plaintiff pays a positive fee to his attorney if the case is won and nothing if it is lost, see Hay (1996, 1997). These situations can be modelle...

There are several explanations as to why warehouse clubs charge membership fees and how the fees play a role in the competitive landscape of the retail grocery market. We provide another insight into the nature of the membership fee using a model of price competition between a warehouse club and a supermarket. We show that the warehouse club’s membership fee is an optimal competitive reaction t...

This study demonstrates that when people attempt to identify a facial expression of emotion (FEE) by haptically exploring a 3D facemask, they are affected by viewing a simultaneous, task-irrelevant visual FEE portrayed by another person. In comparison to a control condition, where visual noise was presented, the visual FEE facilitated haptic identification when congruent (visual and haptic FEEs...

The study aims at developing communication strategies for the public broadcasting system according to WTP (Willingness to Pay) for the subscription fee and the audience’s perception of the public broadcasting system as a public good. A quasi-experiment was conducted for audiences who have previously watched public broadcasting channels. According to the results, those respondents who think of p...