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Sport as a behavioral economics lab
Chan, Ho Fai; Savage, David; Torgler, Benno - 2021
Sporting events can be seen as controlled, real-world, miniature laboratory environments, approaching the idea of … (Goff and Tollison 1990, Torgler 2009). Thus, a growing number of studies have used sports data to study decision making … questions that have guided behavioural economics literature. Creative application of sports data can offer insights into …
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Football spectator no-show behavior in Switzerland : empirical evidence from season ticket holder behavior
Schreyer, Dominik; Torgler, Benno - 2021 - This version: February 10, 2021
For football executives, understanding the determinants of spectator no-show behavior better is of utmost importance. Recent research efforts, however, have primarily focused on exploring the potential effects of determinants that the club management can hardly influence (e.g., potential...
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Trust in international organizations : an empirical investigation focusing on the United Nations
Torgler, Benno (contributor) - 2007
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Do positional concerns destroy social capital : evidence from 26 countries
Fischer, Justina A. V.; Torgler, Benno - In: Economic inquiry : journal of the Western Economic … 51 (2013) 2, pp. 1542-1565
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A global dataset of human mobility
Chan, Ho Fai; Skali, Ahmed; Torgler, Benno - 2020
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic currently affecting every corner of the globe, there is a critical need for understanding and mapping human movement in order to formulate appropriate scientific and policy responses. To this end, we provide ready-to-use indexes of human mobility spanning...
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Risk attitudes and human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic
Chan, Ho Fai; Skali, Ahmed; Savage, David; Stadelmann, David - 2020
in movement after the WHO (World Health Organization) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic can be attributed to risk …
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How does globalisation affect COVID-19 responses?
Bickley, Steve J.; Chan, Ho Fai; Skali, Ahmed; … - 2020
This paper examines the effects of globalisation on the pace of governments implementing international travel restrictions during the recent coronavirus pandemic. We find that more globalised countries experienced a longer delay in implementing international travel restriction policies with...
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Turbulence in the financial markets : cross-country differences in market volatility in response to COVID-19 pandemic policies
Bickley, Steve J.; Brumpton, Martin; Chan, Ho Fai; … - 2020
each and every continent of the world. The economic and financial market response has been equally disastrous and turbulent …
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"Grease" or "sand" the wheels of economic development : a meta-analysis of corruption
Hugo, Ella; Savage, David; Torgler, Benno - 2021
Corruption literature within economics has long returned ambiguous results with no concise cause or impact of corruption identified. This meta-analysis aims to find synergy within the corruption literature by assessing macroeconomic empirical studies that evaluate whether corruption "greases or...
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