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Epistemic virtues and theory choice in economics

Moscati, Ivan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

When economists have to choose between competing theories, they evaluate not only the theories’ empirical relevance, but also qualities like their simplicity, tractability, parsimony and unifying power. These are called the epistemic virtues of a theory. The present paper proposes a formal...

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Unmet aspirations as an explanation for the age u-shape in human wellbeing

Schwandt, Hannes - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

A large literature in behavioral and social sciences has found that human wellbeing follows a U-shape over age. Some theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially abandoned and experienced with less regret during old...

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Collapsing worlds and varieties of welfare capitalism: in search of a new political economy of welfare

Schelkle, Waltraud - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

The study of welfare capitalism is concerned with a founding question of political economy, namely how capitalism and democracy can be combined. Ever since the publication of Esping-Andersen’s Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism in 1990, the answer was sought in identifying ideal types of...

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The contributions of Professor Amartya Sen in the field of human rights

Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

his paper analyses the work of the Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Amartya Sen from the perspective of human rights. It assesses the ways in which Sen’s research agenda has deepened and expanded human rights discourse in the disciplines of ethics and economics, and examines how his...

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The dark side of 'good' corporate governance: compliance-fuelled book-cooking activities

Kirchmaier, Thomas; Selvaggi, Mariano - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

We argue on theoretical grounds that obligatory compliance with stricter financial reporting rules (e.g. the US Sabanes-Oxley Act) may entail important unintended consequences. Paradoxically, the amount of misreporting may increase because corporate boards spend more valuable resources...

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Reforming securities and derivatives trading in the EU: from EMIR to MiFIR

Ferrarini, Guido; Saguato, Paolo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

The financial crisis has generated a deep revision of the regulation of securities and derivatives markets. In this … paper, we critically examine the extent to which current reforms, such as the European Market Infrastructure Regulation and … the proposed new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation, will expand "public" securities and …

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Informal employment in countries in transition: a conceptual framework

Bernabe, Sabine - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

In the past few years the informal sector in countries in transition has increasingly become the focus of research, public policy and the media. The term ¿informal sector¿ has been used to describe an extremely wide spectrum of activities, which do not necessarily have much in common, such as...

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Protection for Whom? Creditor Conflicts in Bankruptcy.

Longhofer, S.D.; Peters, S.R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

In this article we provide a rationale for bankruptcy law that is based on the conflicts among creditors that occur when a debtor's iabilities exceed its assets. In the absence of a bankruptcy law, the private debt-collection remedies that creditors pursue when a debtor is insolvent result in an...

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Rearranging the roles of the performer and the composer in the music industry – the potential significance of Fisher v Brooker

Mcdonagh, Luke T. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

The composer has historically been at the top of the tree in the music industry; most royalties due to artists flow back to composers/songwriters rather than performers. Over the last few decades, the enactment of stronger performers’ rights has sought to redress this historical imbalance by...

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Contradictions at work: a critical review

McGovern, Patrick - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

their origins in Marxism and purport to explain the essential features of the employment relationship. Using evidence from a …

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