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What motivates individuals to participate in social activism? Do awareness campaigns and information about others …' willingness to act play a role? We conduct an online experiment within a survey of nearly 2000 Indian men, focusing on activism to …-randomized to engage in one of three forms of activism: signing a petition, making a donation to an NGO fighting for the cause, or …
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This research argues that variations in the interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion have played a significant role in giving rise to differential patterns of economic development across the globe. Societies that were geographically less vulnerable to cultural diffusion...
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This paper emphasizes that the evolution of religious institutions in Europe was influenced by the expansionary threat posed by the Ottoman Empire five centuries ago. This threat intensified in the second half of the 15th century and peaked in the first half of the 16th century with the Ottoman...
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Economic pluralism proposes that economists and social planners should consider alternative theories to establish a … generate discriminatory wages. Each cause deserves corresponding policy action. Given pluralism, wage discrimination might be … relations towards minority workers. Pluralism might be jeopardised if there is a limited desire to engage with less …
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rate and the level of religious pluralism, as measured by a Herfindahl Index. Using both U.S. county-level data and … researcher to erroneously conclude that religious pluralism has a negative effect on participation. …
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Using textual analysis of 173,031 works printed in England between 1500 and 1900, we test whether British culture evolved to manifest a heightened belief in progress associated with science and industry. Our analysis yields three main findings. First, there was a separation in the language of...
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relevance of strategic hiring is shown using the same empirical strategy. At the same time, the test is shown to be invalid if …
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This paper investigates empirically whether decision makers are forward looking in dynamic strategic interactions. In particular, we test whether decision makers in multi-stage tournaments take heterogeneity induced changes of continuation values and the ability of their immediate opponent into...
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Two-thirds of those released from prison in the United States will be re-arrested within three years, creating an incarceration cycle that is detrimental to individuals, families, and communities. There is tremendous public interest in ending this cycle, and public policies can help or hinder...
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errors in strategy implementation. In our data, we show that players indeed choose less lenient strategies in environments …
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