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The economic value of virtue
Mariani, Fabio - HAL - 2008
We model virtue as an asset on the marriage market : since men value virginity in prospective mates, preserving their virtue increases girls' chances of getting a "good" husband, and therefore allows for upward social mobility. Consistent with some historical and anthropological evidence, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738540
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Aggregation of Market Risks using Pair-Copulas
Guegan, Dominique; Jouad, Fatima - HAL - 2012
The advent of the Internal Model Approval Process within Solvency II and the desirability of many insurance companies to gain approval has increased the importance of some topics such as risk aggregation in determining overall economic capital level. The most widely used approach for aggregating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635241
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Education in Russia: The evolution of theory and practice
Kuznetsova, Natalia; Peaucelle, Irina - HAL - 2008
This article investigates the relationships between the evolution of Russian social psychology and the transformations of the modes of education in Russia. Social psychology is a science born the last century and also a status of the social conscience of people, forged historically on the basis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738918
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Intangible Assets
Toubal, Farid - HAL - 2009
The integration of the world economy has underlined the need for firms to exploit their intangible assets on a global scale. Firms' intangible assets include their stock of knowledge, which is related to ideas, research and development (R&D), patent and blueprints, scientific and technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635138
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Post-Hofstede diversity/cultural studies: what contributions to accounting knowledge?
Joannides, Vassili; Berland, Nicolas; Wickramasinghe, D. T. - HAL - 2010
Since Hofstede published his book, The consequences of culture, numerous comparative studies have flourished and built …, we selected all papers published by international accounting journals in 2009 and dealing with culture or diversity. In … have in common that they make culture part of the social environment in which an accounting situation is observed. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654258
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Les Parcs Industriels Fournisseurs : des Communautés de Pratique qui s‟ignorent ?
Adam-Ledunois, Sonia; Renault, Sophie - HAL - 2006
PIF. En effet, l‟un des fondements des communautés de pratique est lié à la culture commune de ses membres. Or, au sein …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010544337
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La coordination des Parcs Industriels Fournisseurs : l'art de l'équilibre
Adam-Ledunois, Sonia; Renault, Sophie - HAL - 2007
Dans le secteur automobile, la question de l'éloignement ou de la proximité des sources d'approvisionnement suscite débat. Faut-il privilégier des fournisseurs éloignés, situés dans des pays low cost ? Au contraire, quels avantages ou risques peuvent être dégagés d'un approvisionnement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010544339
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La coordination des Parcs Industriels Fournisseurs : l'art de l'équilibre
Adam-Ledunois, Sonia; Renault, Sophie - HAL - 2007
Dans le secteur automobile, la question de l'éloignement ou de la proximité des sources d'approvisionnement suscite débat. Faut-il privilégier des fournisseurs éloignés, situés dans des pays low cost ? Au contraire, quels avantages ou risques peuvent être dégagés d'un approvisionnement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547610
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Persistent effects of empires: Evidence from the partitions of Poland
Grosfeld, Irena; Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina - HAL - 2013
We use spatial regression discontinuity analysis to test whether the historical partition of Poland among three empires--Russia, Austria‐Hungary, and Prussia--has a persistent effect on political outcomes in contemporary Poland and to examine the channels of this influence. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738721
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Persistent anti-market culture: A legacy of the Pale of Settlement and of the Holocaust
Grosfeld, Irena; Rodnyansky, Alexander; Zhuravskaya, … - HAL - 2010
time when two groups lived together side-by-side, developed persistent anti-market culture and bonding trust, rooted in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738912