Search Results - subject:"Self‐interest"

Under risk, over time, regarding other people : language and rationality within three dimensions

Jullien, Dorian - 2018

This paper conducts a systematic comparison of behavioral economics’s challenges to the standard accounts of economic behaviors within three dimensions: under risk, over time and regarding other people. A new perspective on two underlying methodological issues, i.e., interdisciplinarity and...

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What's in it for me? Self-interest and preferences for distribution of costs and benefits of energy efficiency policies

Fanghella, Valeria; Faure, Corinne; Guetlein, … - 2021

investigate the role of self-interest on citizens' preferences for the distribution of costs and of environmental benefits of … of policy environmental benefits accruing primarily in rural and/or urban areas. We examine the role of self-interest in … attributes. Moreover, we investigate the effect of self-interest on preferences for burden-sharing rules in a causal manner by …

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Virtues and institutions in Smith: A reconstruction

De Dios, Emmanuel S. - 2021

I provide a formal explanation of the relationship between the virtues of prudence, justice, and benevolence described by Adam Smith in the Theory of moral sentiments and connect these with the themes Smith subsequently discusses in the Wealth of nations. I contend that the other-regarding...

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The role of risk climate and ethical self-interest climate in predicting unethical pro-organisational behaviour

Sheedy, Elizabeth A.; Garcia, Patrick; Jepsen, Denise - In: Journal of business ethics : JBE 173 (2021) 2, pp. 281-300

-interested, three factors of risk climate—avoidance, proactive and manager—significantly predict UPB. UPB is least likely when self-interest …

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Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism

Snowdon, Christopher - 2021

It is often asserted that supporters of a market economy believe that ‘greed is good’. This is simply not true. Economists know that people are capable of a range of thoughts, feelings, motivations and emotions and a market economy works regardless of whether people are selfish or...

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What Does the Public Know About Economic Policy, and How Does it Know it?

Blinder, Alan S.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021

Public opinion influences politicians, and therefore influences public policy decisions. What are the roles of self-interest … insurance), ideology is the most important determinant of public opinion, while measures of self-interest are the least …

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The Demand for Social Interaction

Saffer, Henry - 2021

In this paper social interaction is modeled as a consumer good. Social interaction may provide an externality in the form of social capital, but the primary reason that individuals engage in social interaction is that these activities directly yield utility. It is important to note that some...

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Self-interest of Independent Directors and Liquidations of Mutual Funds

Zalewska, Anna (Ania); Zhang, Yue - 2021

Independent directors are appointed to represent the interests of mutual fund shareholders. Yet, being in the employment of fund–families, the fulfilment of fiduciary duties of independent directors may be compromised. Using a large, hand-collected dataset of over 10,000 U.S. mutual funds, we...

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Selfish Corporations

Colonnelli, Emanuele; Gormsen, Niels Joachim; McQuade, … - 2021

Motivated by the public debate regarding corporate responsibility, we construct a memory-based cognitive model of decision making to illustrate how corporate and political communication can impact policy preferences. We test the predictions of our model in a new large-scale experimental survey...

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The Market for Conservation and Other Hostages

Harstad, Bård - 2021

A “conservation good” (such as a tropical forest) is owned by a seller who is tempted to consume (or cut), but a buyer benefits more from conservation. The seller does conserve if the buyer is expected to buy, but the buyer is unwilling to pay as long as the seller conserves. This...

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