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Spolaore, Enrico - 2015

based on differences in average answers to questions from the World Values Survey. Using a simple theoretical model we …

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Economic Freedom and Religion : An Empirical Investigation

Hillman, Arye L. - 2016

, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic …

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Religious Tolerance as Engine of Innovation

Cinnirella, Francesco - 2018

We argue that, for a given level of scientific knowledge, tolerance and diversity are conducive to technological creativity and innovation. In particular, we show that variations in innovation within Prussia during the second industrial revolution can be ascribed to differences in religious...

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Policies Against Human Trafficking : The Role of Religion and Political Institutions

Potrafke, Niklas - 2021

I investigate empirically the role of religion and political institutions in policies against human trafficking, using … influence of religion on the overall 3P Anti-trafficking Policy Index is driven by protection and prevention policies. As … empirical findings regarding the association between religion, political institutions, and human development …

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Suicide Attacks and Religious Cleavages

Filote, Andra - 2015

Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country is associated with simmering religious...

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A Different Look at Lenin's Legacy : Trust, Risk, Fairness and Cooperativeness in the Two Germanies

Heineck, Guido; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2021

What are the long-term effects of Communism on economically relevant notions such as social trust? To answer this …

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Happiness of Economists

Feld, Lars P. - 2014

We study the importance of economists' professional situation toward their life satisfaction based on a unique survey of mostly academic economists. On average, economists report to be highly happy with life. Satisfaction is positively related to spending more time on doing research. The lack of...

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Rationality in Economics : Theory and Evidence

Dhami, Sanjit - 2018

We examine the various senses in which economist use the term “rationality” and then outline some of the commonly drawn implications and auxiliary assumptions. Finally, we confront the implications with the empirical evidence, drawing on the insights from the exciting new field of behavioral...

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Informational Requirements of Nudging

Benkert, Jean-Michel - 2015

A nudge is a non-coercive paternalistic intervention that attempts to improve choices by manipulating the framing of a decision problem. As any paternalism, it faces the difficulty of determining the appropriate welfare criterion. We propose a welfare-theoretic foundation for nudging similar in...

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Acting Autonomously or Mimicking the State and Peers? A Panel Tobit Analysis of Financial Dependence and Aid Allocation by Swiss NGOs

Dreher, Axel - 2013

NGO aid is still widely believed to be superior to official aid (ODA). However, the incentives of NGOs to excel and target aid to the poor and deserving are increasingly disputed. We contribute to the emerging literature on the allocation of NGO aid by performing panel Tobit estimations for...

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