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Determining the environmental effects of indirect subsidies
Beers, Cees van; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den; Moor, … - 2004
Up to now a clear theoretical and methodological framework for economic-environmental analysis of environmentally damaging subsidies is lacking. Environmentally damaging subsidies are all kinds of direct and indirect subsidies aimed at achieving a certain (often non-environmental) goal that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335220
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Environmental policy choice under uncertainty
Ossokina, Ioulia; Swank, Otto H. - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001791802
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Does stake size matter for cooperation and punishment?
Kocher, Martin; Martinsson, Peter; Visser, Martine - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003408263
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The economics of altruistic punishment and the demise of cooperation
Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - 2005
in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important … mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this paper we explore the boundary conditions for altruistic punishment to … maintain cooperation by systematically varying the cost and impact of punishment, using a subject pool which extends beyond the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343948
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Status-seeking in violent subcultures and the double dividend of zero-tolerance
Dur, Robert A. J. - 2006
This paper develops a model in which individuals gain social status among their peers for being 'tough' by committing violent acts. We show that a high penalty for moderately violent acts (zero-tolerance) may yield a double dividend in that it reduces both moderate and extreme violence. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348346
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Status-seeking in violent subcultures and the double dividend of zero-tolerance
Dur, Robert A. J. - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003248045
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The economics of altruistic punishment and the demise of cooperation
Egas, Martijn; Riedl, Arno - 2005
in biology and the social sciences. Recent experimental evidence suggests that altruistic punishment is an important … mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this paper we explore the boundary conditions for altruistic punishment to … maintain cooperation by systematically varying the cost and impact of punishment, using a subject pool which extends beyond the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002982884
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The importance of emotions for the effectiveness of social punishment
Hopfensitz, Astrid; Reuben, Ernesto - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003073147
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Fostering cooperation through the enhancement of own vulnerability
Kopányi-Peuker, Anita; Offerman, Theo; Sloof, Randolph - 2012
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The evolution of morality
Veelen, Matthijs van - 2020
Most of the literature on the evolution of human pro-sociality looks at reasons why evolution made us not play the Nash equilibrium in prisoners' dilemmas or public goods games. We suggest that in order to understand human morality, and human prosocial behaviour, we should look at reasons why...
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