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Prevention and Mitigation of Epidemics : Biodiversity Conservation and Confinement Policies
Augeraud-Véron, Emmanuelle - 2020
This paper presents a first model integrating the relation between biodiversity loss and zoonose pandemic risks in a … preserve a greater quantity of biodiversity, thus decreasing the probability of a pandemic occurring, and second (mitigation … biodiversity conservation is shown to be more relevant for more “forward looking” societies, with a small discount rate and a high …
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Economic Analysis, Sustainability and Environmental Commons
Musu, Ignazio - 2013
issues: climate change and biodiversity. Involvement of governments and a reference framework provided by intergovernmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328786
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The (In)Elasticity of Moral Ignorance
Serra-Garcia, Marta - 2020
Ignorance enables individuals to act immorally. This is well known in policy circles, where there is keen interest in lowering moral ignorance. In this paper, we study the (in)elasticity of moral ignorance, with respect to monetary incentives, social norms messages and moral context. We propose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012849807
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Weber Revisited : The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Nationalism
Kersting, Felix - 2020
We revisit Max Weber's hypothesis on the role of Protestantism for economic development. We show that nationalism is crucial to both, the interpretation of Weber's Protestant Ethic and empirical tests thereof. For late nineteenth-century Prussia we reject Weber's suggestion that Protestantism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828120
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Can Moral Reminders Curb Corruption? Evidence from an Online Classroom Experiment
Claus, Corinna; Köhler, Ekkehard A.; Krieger, Tim - 2022
Using an incentivized online classroom experiment, we assess the effectiveness of deontological vs. consequentialist moral reminders. Participants were told that they are the responsible public servant for acquiring a Covid-19 vaccine, providing them with the opportunity to generate some extra...
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The Fiscal Contract up Close: Experimental Evidence from Mexico City
Brockmeyer, Anne; Garfias, Francisco; Suárez Serrato, … - 2024
Can the provision of public goods strengthen the fiscal capacity of governments in developing countries and move them toward an equilibrium of widespread tax compliance? We present evidence of the impact of local public infrastructure on tax compliance, leveraging a large public investment...
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The Economic Approach to Political Borders
Spolaore, Enrico - 2022
This paper overviews theoretical and empirical contributions that study political borders from an economic perspective. It reviews theories of the number and size of nations focused on the trade-off between economies of scale in public-good provision and heterogeneity of preferences over public...
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National Identity, Public Goods, and Modern Economic Development
Skaperdas, Stergios; Testa, Patrick - 2023
Early in their formation, modern nation-states face internal conflicts that impede their economic development. This paper examines the role of national identity in helping modern states overcome such conflicts to provide public goods and grow. We develop a model in which the population can...
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All Symmetric Equilibria in Differential Games with Public Goods
Jaakkola, Niko - 2020
We characterise the entire set of symmetric stationary Markov-perfect Nash equilibria (MPE) in a differential game of public good investment, using the canonical problem of climate change as an example. We provide a sufficient and necessary condition for MPE and show how the entire set of MPE is...
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On the Impact of Risky Private and Public Returns in the Private Provision of Public Goods - the Case of Social Investments
Freundt, Jana - 2019
We use a laboratory experiment to identify the impact of risk in the private and public dimensions of social investments. In variants of a public good game, we separate the return a subject’s investment generates for herself vs. the return to others. We find a detrimental effect of risk on...
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