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The Determinants of Women?s International Soccer Performances

Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004

The expansion of economics to ?non-market topics? such as football has received increased attention in recent years. However, most of the studies focus on men?s performances, whereas this paper reports empirical evidence of women?s international team performances. In line with the previous...

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Pay as You Go: A New Proposal for Museum Pricing

Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2010

Museums have many different goals beyond efficiency such as social equity, financial revenue, attracting donors and gaining international, regional or local prestige. Various pricing schemes are being discussed with the aim of reaching these goals. The classical ones are entry prices and free...

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Does Culture Influence Tax Morale? Evidence from Different European Countries

Torgler, Benno; Schneider, Friedrich - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004

impact of culture differences within a country rather than between countries. Thus, the main purpose of the paper is to see … how culture affects tax morale, using World Values Survey (WVS) and European Values Survey (EVS) data. The empirical … is evidence that there is a strong interaction between culture and institutions, which has a strong impact on tax morale. …

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World Heritage: Where Are We? An Empirical Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2011

A statistical analysis of the UNESCO World Heritage List is presented. The World Heritage Convention intends to protect global heritage of outstanding value to mankind, but there has been great concern about the missing representativity of the member countries. There is a strongly biased...

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What Determines The World Heritage List? An Econometric Analysis

Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo; Steiner, Lasse - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2011

The official intention of the UNESCO World Heritage List is to protect the global heritage. However, the existing List is highly imbalanced according to countries and continents. Historical reasons, such as historical GDP, population, and number of years of high civilization, have a significant...

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European Capitals of Culture and Life Satisfaction

Steiner, Lasse; Frey, Bruno S.; Hotz, Simone - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2013

This paper analyzes whether hosting the most prestigious European cultural event, the European Capital of Culture, has …

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Culture Differences and Tax Morale in the United States and in Europe

Alm, James; Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004

In recent years much research has investigated whether values, social norms, and attitudes differ across countries and whether these differences have measurable effects on economic behavior. One area in which such studies are particularly relevant is tax compliance, given both the noted...

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Protecting Cultural Monuments Against Terrorism

Frey, Bruno S.; Rohner, Dominic - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2005

Famous cultural monuments are often regarded as unique icons, making them an attractive target for terrorists. Despite huge military and police outlays, terrorist attacks on important monuments can hardly be avoided. We argue that an effective strategy for discouraging terrorist attacks on...

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Ich bin auch ein Lemming: Herding and Consumption Capital in Arts and Culture

Rohner, Dominic; Winestein, Anna; Frey, Bruno S. - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2006

Trends in arts and culture tend to be longer-lasting and less fragile than in other fields such as clothing design … relative and absolute concentration in the television business. It is concluded that by being exposed to art and culture people …

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?Historical Excellence? in Football World Cup Tournaments: Empirical Evidence with Data From 1930 to 2002

Torgler, Benno - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004

Most of the football papers that measure the international performances focus on the ranking system provided by the FIFA. Surprisingly, the World Cup per se has not been analyzed intensively. This paper as a novelty reports empirical evidence of international team performances in the World Cup...

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