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Return Postage in Mail Surveys: A Meta Analysis
Armstrong, JS; Lusk, Edward J. - EconWPA - 2005
This paper describes a five-step procedure for meta-analysis. Especially important was the contacting of authors of prior papers. This was done primarily to improve the accuracy of the coding; it also helped to identify unpublished research and to supply missing information. Application of the...
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Cultural differences in ultimatum game experiments: Evidence from a meta-analysis
Oosterbeek, Hessel; Sloof, Randolph; Kuilen, Gijs van de - EconWPA - 2004
This paper reports the findings of a meta-analysis of 37 papers with 75 results from ultimatum game experiments. We find that on average the proposer offers 40% of the pie to the responder. This share tends is smaller for larger pie sizes and larger when a strategy method is used or when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408211
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Class of Mail Does Affect Response Rates to Mailed
Armstrong, JS - EconWPA - 2005
In contrast to the conclusions. from traditional reviews, meta-analysis shows that certain types of postage have an important effect on return rates to mail surveys. In particular, US business reply postage should not be used in survey research.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556541
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Reaping Benefits from Management Research: Lessons from the Forecasting Principles Project, with Reply to Commentators
Armstrong, JS; Pagell, Ruth - EconWPA - 2005
It is often claimed that managers do not read serious research papers in journals. If true, this neglect would seem to pose a problem because journals are the dominant source of knowledge in management science. By examining results from the forecasting principles project, which was designed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119401
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Equality of Demand and Supply Neither Determines Price Nor Clears the Market
Gani, Mohammad - EconWPA - 2004
The belief that equality of demand and supply determines price and clears the market is universal. Shockingly, this belief is unfounded. It contradicts macro’s claim that equality of demand and supply determines output. It contradicts (new) monetary theory, which claims that equality of demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413280
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The meaning of gainful trade
Gani, Mohammad - EconWPA - 2004
'Gainful trade: a new economics' explains why and how economics may be rebuilt from scratch to allow the occurence of gainful trade. It uses a new concept of consistency of social choice and a new analytical tool called consistency analysis to build a unified model of economics. It answers all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119309
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Terrorism Prevention: A General Model
Dietrich, Franz - EconWPA - 2004
In this paper, I present and discuss a method for modelling an important trade-off faced by terrorism prevention policies: the trade-off between, on the one hand, trying to reduce people's inclination towards terrorism, and, on the other hand, trying to protect society against existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118920
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Gains and losses: the same or different choices? A “non-ideal” economics approach.
Harin, Alexander - EconWPA - 2005
application of the approach in relation to bank deposits, investments, business projects and international activities such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124942
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Scientific Revolution. A Farewell to EconWPA.
Harin, Alexander - EconWPA - 2005
A revolution in economics. Is it possible? Is its concept a transition from ideal to real economics? The way to the transition may be a new aspect of uncertainty. Problems, which can be solved, research fields, which can be augmented or created, and fields of applications in practical economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126070
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Bank exit legislation in US, EU and Japanese financial centres
Granlund, Peik - EconWPA - 2004
This paper analyses bank exit (ie reorganisation and liquidation) legislation in selected financial centres: New York …, London, Frankfurt, Helsinki and Tokyo. The focus is on bank exit legislation applicable to commercial banks. The legislation … is analysed from the perspective of bank stakeholders, ie bank creditors, depositors and bank shareholders. The analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134685