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Torgler, Benno; Piatti, Marco - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

Using information collected from American Economic Review publications of the last 100 years, we try to provide answers to various questions: Which are the top AER publishing institutions and countries? Which are the top AER papers based on citation success? How frequently is someone able to...

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Citation Success Over Time: Theory or Empirics?

Johnston, David W.; Piatti, Marco; Torgler, Benno - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

This study investigates the citation patterns of theoretical and empirical papers over a period of almost 30 years, while also exploring the determinants of citation success. The results indicate that empirical papers attract more citation success than theoretical studies. However, the pattern...

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Attractiveness, Anthropometry or Both? Their Relationship and Role in Economic Research

Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014

We analyze how attractiveness rated at the start of the interview is related to weight (controlling for height), and … the first to show that height, weight, and BMI all strongly contribute to male and female attractiveness when … hourly wage and spousal education, showing that attractiveness and height matter in the labor market, whereas both male and …

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Greening Up or Not? The Determinants Political Parties’ Environmental Concern: An Empirical Analysis Based on European Data (1970-2008)

Michallet, Benjamin; Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio; Facchini, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2015

Why do parties offer environmental policies in their political programs? While a number of papers examine the determinants of citizens’ pro-environmental behaviour, we know little about the extent to which political parties adjust their platform towards environmentalism. We investigate this...

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A Stage Model of Developing an Inclusive Community

Vaughn, Billy E.; Mlekov, Katarina - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2003

The Community Inclusion model described in this paper characterizes the stages through which a diverse group of people living within the same community develops into an inclusive community. The model is described in terms of its usefulness in the assessment of a community’s current stage of...

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Gender Issue and Water Management in the Mediterranean Basin, Middle East and North Africa

Minoia, Giulia - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007

This article aims to investigate some aspects of the social process related to water resources management and gender relations. Given that gender and water management are interrelated issues exposed to a growing attention at the international level, it is therefore necessary to identify...

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Measurement and Spatial Effects of the Immigrant Created Cultural Diversity in Sydney

Lalich, Walter F. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006

This paper analyses the contribution to the creation of a culturally diverse Sydney landscape by ethnic communities following the arrival of over a million and half non-English speaking settlers since 1948. Through fragmented collective actions, around 450 communal places were established to...

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Criminal Networks: Who is the Key Player?

Liu, Xiaodong; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves; Lee, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

We analyze delinquent networks of adolescents in the United States. We develop a dynamic network formation model showing who the key player is, i.e. the criminal who once removed generates the highest possible reduction in aggregate crime level. We then structurally estimate our model using data...

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A History of Violence: Testing the ‘Culture of Honor’ in the US South

Grosjean, Pauline - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

Using historical data on early settlers to the United States, this paper tests and confirms the “Culture of Honor” hypothesis by socio-psychologists Dov Cohen and Richard Nisbett (1994, 1996). This hypothesis argues that the high prevalence of homicides in the US South stems from the fact...

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”Thou shalt not covet ...”: Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values

Cervellati, Matteo; Vanin, Paolo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

We propose a theory studying temptation in presence of both externally and internally sanctioned prohibitions. Moral values that (internally) sanction prohibited actions and their desire may increase utility by reducing self-control costs, thereby serving as partial commitment devices. We apply...

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