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Globalization, fertility and marital behavior in a lowest-low fertility setting

Giuntella, Osea; Rotunno, Lorenzo; Stella, Luca - 2022

Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we analyze the effects of exposure to globalization on … the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to …

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Human ethics and virtues : rethinking the homo-economicus model

Dhami, Sanjit S. - 2017

The neoclassical model in economics envisages humans as amoral and self-regarding (Econs). This model, also known as the homo-economicus model, is not consistent with the empirical evidence. In light of the evidence, the continued use of the homo-economicus model is baffling. It also stymies...

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Corporate social responsibility and tax avoidance

Goerke, Laszlo - 2018

We theoretically analyse the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and tax avoidance of an oligopolistic firm. The firm maximises a weighted sum of profits and a CSR objective which depends on output and the firm's contribution to public good provision, i.e. tax payments....

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Corporate Social Responsibility along the global value chain

Herkenhoff, Philipp; Krautheim, Sebastian; Semrau, Finn Ole - 2021

Firms are under increasing pressure to meet stakeholders’ demand for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) along their global value chains. We study the incentives for and investments in CSR at different stages of the production process. We analyze a model of sequential production with...

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Globalization and values

Whalley, John (contributor) - 2005

This paper discusses a central element in globalization debate little addressed by economists, namely the interactions … at global, national, and community levels between globalization and societally based values. Social values refer to wider … stress on analytical comparative statics. Scenarios for how values can interact under globalization are discussed in the text. …

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Globalisation and social spending

De Grauwe, Paul; Polan, Magdalena - 2003

We provide evidence indicating that countries with well-developed social security systems do not necessarily face a trade-off between social spending and competitiveness. On average, countries that spend a lot on social needs score well in the competitiveness league. We investigate the...

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Globalisation, competitive governments, and constitutional choice in Europe

Breton, Albert; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2002

The traditional school of economic policy analysis predicts that globalisation will give rise to predatory competition between the governments of the European nation states. The consequence is anticipated to be a marked reduction in, if not the destruction of, the benevolent Welfare State. The...

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