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Utilitarian Aggregation of Beliefs and Tastes

Gilboa, Itzhak; Samet, Dov; Schmeidler, David - EconWPA - 2001

Several authors have indicated a contradiction between consistent aggregation of subjective beliefs and tastes, and a Pareto condition. We argue that the Pareto condition that implies the contradiction is not compelling. Society should not necessarily endorse a unanimous choice when it is based...

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The Impartial Observer Theorem of Social Ethics

Mongin, Philippe - EconWPA - 2005

Following a long-standing philosophical tradition, impartiality is a distinctive and determining feature of moral judgments, especially in matters of distributive justice. This broad ethical tradition was revived in welfare economics by Vickrey, and above all, Harsanyi, under the form of the...

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WTO Dispute Settlement at Ten: Evolution, Experiences, and Evaluation

Zimmermann, Thomas A. - EconWPA - 2005

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: On 1 January 1995, the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU) entered into force. During its first ten years, the DSU has since been applied to 324 complaints – more cases than dispute settlement under the GATT 1947 had dealt with in...

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The Varieties of Subjectivism: Keynes and Hayek on Expectations

Butos, William N.; Koppl, Roger G. - EconWPA - 1995

J.M. Keynes and F.A. Hayek had different economic ideas even though both were subjectivists seriously engaged with issues of time and uncertainty in economics. The source of the difference between their economic ideas was the difference between their philosophical ideas. Keynes was a Cartesian...

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ETHISCHE RATINGS FÜR UNTERNEHMEN AUS KONSUMENTENSICHT – MÖGLICHKEITEN, AUSWIRKUNGEN UND GRENZEN –

Ries, Barbara; Sträter, Norbert - EconWPA - 2004

Begriffe Ethik und Rating definiert. Anschließend wird ein ethisches Rating entworfen, das anhand von konkreten Kriterien eine …

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"Civil Economy and Civilized Economics: Essentials for Sustainable Development"

Goodwin, Neva; 2001, January - EconWPA - 2001

principles. In particular, the concept of sustainability, carrying with it clear requirements for values, goals and ethics, has …

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Corruption, Governance and Security: Challenges for the Rich Countries and the World

Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004

undue influence. We construct a new set of ethics indices, encompassing forms of (legal) corruption not subject to …

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Consumers’ and Professionals’ Responses to Situations Raising Ethical Questions

Sirieix, Lucie; Gurviez, P.; Rohrig, C. - EconWPA - 2005

’ expectations with regard to ethics are little understood by professionals. This study leads to a better understanding of the …

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Are Happy People Ethical People? Evidence from North America and Europe

Harvey S. James Jr. - EconWPA - 2003

This paper contributes to the growing literature on happiness research by examining whether happiness affects the ethical decisions of individuals. First, a recursive model of ethical decision making is developed in which an agent's utility is assumed to be a function of money, ethical...

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Does Ethics Training Neutralize the Incentives of the Prisoner's Dilemma? Evidence from a Classroom Experiment

Harvey S. James Jr.; Cohen, Jeffrey - EconWPA - 2002

Teaching economics has been shown to encourage students to defect in a prisoner's dilemma game. However, can ethics … students who had the ethics module had higher rates of cooperation than students without the ethics module, even after … controlling for communication and other factors expected to affect cooperation. We conclude that the teaching of ethics can …

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