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Few microfinance-funded businesses grow beyond subsistence entrepreneurship. This paper considers one possible explanation: that the structure of existing microfinance contracts may discourage risky but high-expected return investments. To explore this possibility, I develop a theory that...
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effort than is others’ average income, suggesting that comparisons are more ordinal than cardinal. In the experiment, effort …
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We look at the links between the Digit Ratio - the ratio of the length of the index finger to the length of the ring finger – for both right and left hands, and giving in a Dictator Game. Unlike previous studies with exclusively Caucasian subjects, we recruited a large, ethnically diverse...
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Few microfinance-funded businesses grow beyond subsistence entrepreneurship. This paper considers one possible explanation: that the structure of existing microfinance contracts may discourage risky but high-expected-return investments. To explore this possibility, I develop a theory that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125976
increasingly driven by utilitarian considerations, whereas identity concerns have become less important. While the crisis has been …
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-elaborate identity, older teenagers favour a plain aesthetic that foregrounds their links to others, thus expressing a notion of identity …
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‘other people’s appearance’ influence health-related behaviour. Self-image (identity) is claimed to be biased towards …
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There is a lot of evidence that identity matters for behavior. There is a widespread belief that societies will … function better if they manage to establish a common sense of identity among the population. And there are also contemporary … fears that this common identity is threatened in several countries. In this paper we investigate the correlates of various …
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is the focus of this paper. It investigates the extent and determinants of British identity among those living in Britain …
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practices of privacy, identity and connection. …
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