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Reactivity in economic science
Frey, Bruno S. - 2017
matter of course that economics should become a natural science. Such a characterization misses an essential aspect of a …
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How does the market use citation data? The Hirsch Index in Economics
Ellison, Glenn - 2010
data ; economics profession …
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Recent trends in co-authorship in economics : evidence from RePEc
Rath, Katharina; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2015
This articles investigates the recent trends in co-authorship in economics. Using data from more than 700.000 journal …
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Simply a matter of luck & looks? : predicting elections when both the world economy and the psychology of faces count
Garretsen, Harry; Stoker, Janka I.; Alessie, Rob; … - 2014
Economic research shows that candidates have a higher chance of getting (re-)elected when they have the luck that the world economy does well even though this is beyond their control and unrelated to their competence. Psychological research demonstrates that candidates increase their chances if...
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The dynamic interplay of inequality and trust : an experimental study
Greiner, Ben (contributor); Ockenfels, Axel (contributor);  … - 2007
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A theory of tolerance
Corneo, Giacomo (contributor); Jeanne, Olivier (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003496581
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An economic theory of Switzerland
Blankart, Charles B. - 2011
Switzerland is often viewed as a federalist curiosity and a unique form of direct democracy. But this view does not provide a proper understanding of the country. A theory of Switzerland is necessary. A consideration of the initial, exogenous geographical situation of Swiss territory provides a...
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Non-welfarist optimal taxation and behavioral public economics : presented at CESifo Venice Summer Institute, Workshop on Behavioral Public Economics, July 2004
Kanbur, Ravi; Pirttilä, Jukka; Tuomala, Matti - 2004
Research in behavioral economics has uncovered the widespread phenomenon of people making decisions against their own … interventions, through taxes and subsidies, might be called "behavioral public economics". However, such analysis, where the … government has an objective function that is different from that of individuals, is not new in public economics. In these cases …
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Rationality in economics : theory and evidence
Dhami, Sanjit S.; Al-Nowaihi, Ali - 2018
from the exciting new field of behavioral economics. …
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Awards in economics : towards a new field of inquiry
Frey, Bruno S.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2009
Awards play a large role in the economics profession, which is documented by the large variety and number of awards …. However, little scientific attention has been devoted to them. This paper documents the prevalence of awards in the economics … profession and analyzes the number and type of awards received by the 1,200 leading economists included in Who's Who in Economics …
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