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Bogatzki, Tamara - 2021

I empirically assess the importance of socially interdependent origin cultures as opposed to socially independent ones for network effects in inter-national migration. I propose that societies that emphasise collectivist behaviour accumulate larger levels of communityspecific social capital than...

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Empathy for the pain of others: sensitivity to the individual, not to the collective

Gordon-Hecker, Tom; Yaniv, Ilan; Perry, Anat; … - 2023

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The growth of extended 'entry tournaments' and the decline of tnstitutionalised occupational labour markets in Britain /

Marsden, David - 2010

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Intermediaries in international trade : direct versus indirect modes of export

Bernard, Andrew B.; Grazzi, Marco; Tomasi, Chiara - 2012

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Flexibility provisions in multilateral environmental treaties

Boockmann, Bernhard; Thurner, Paul W. - 2002

designers face a trade-off between flexibility to adjust to unforeseen contingencies and the danger that the binding nature of … measurement of flexibility in international treaties. Based on 400 treaties and supplementary agreements from the field of … the degree of institutionalisation as well as along a flexibility dimension. …

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Income in Jeopardy : how losing employment affects the willingness to take risks/ Clemens Hetschko; Malte Preuss

Hetschko, Clemens; Preuss, Malte - 2015

Using German panel data, we assess the causal effect of job loss, and thus of an extensive income shock, on risk attitude. In line with predictions of expected utility reasoning about absolute risk aversion, losing oneś job reduces the willingness to take risks. This effect strengthens in...

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Large capital inflows, sectoral allocation and economic performance

Benigno, Gianluca; Converse, Nathan; Fornaro, Luca - 2015

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Substitution elasticities between capital, labour, material, electricity and fossil fuels in German producing and service sectors

Koschel, Henrike - 2000

In this paper, substitutional relationships between capital, labour, material, electricity, and fossil fuels in German … the Morishima elasticity of substitution, labour and capital are substitutes in all sectors. Labour is generally a …

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Religious identity, public goods and centralization : evidence from Russian and Israeli Cities

Grigoriadis, Theocharis; Torgler, Benno - 2013

In this paper, we analyze the effects of religious identity - defined both as personal identification with a religious tradition and institutional ideas on the provision of public goods - on attitudes toward central government. We explore whether citizens belonging to collectivist rather than...

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Religious origins of democracies and dictatorships

Grigoriadis, Theocharis - 2013

In this paper, I argue that religion matters for the emergence of democracies and dictatorships. Religion is defined as a stochastically set demand for public goods. Different types of religious collectives reflect different tradeoffs between centralized resource distribution and market rewards....

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