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This paper discusses the literature on the enforcement of incomplete contracts. It compares legal enforcement to enforcement via relationships and reputations. A number of mechanisms, such as the repeat purchase mechanism (Klein and Leffler (1981)) and efficiency wages (Shapiro and Stiglitz...
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that Hegel’s theory of Objective Spirit anticipates many elements of modern approaches in cognitive sciences and of the … recognition in an intersubjective domain. We demonstrate the implications for economic theory in sketching an externalist approach …
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The paper analyzes the objects, concepts and methods of cultural history / histoire culturelle / Kulturgeschichte / kulturnaya istoriya, a modern historical subdiscipline that exists in different national historiographical traditions. This subdiscipline’s objects of study, such as social...
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This paper tests a central implication of the theory of equalizing differences, that workers sort into jobs with …
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they are really the most challenging ones for conventional theory. New developments are emerging both at the theoretical …
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aspired to this. Two-faced status of history is problematized as a conflict between social theory and historical method when …
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Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences—from biology and … economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully … Gintis shows that just as game theory without broader social theory is merely technical bravado, so social theory without …
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The main goal of the present paper is to conduct theoretical and methodological analysis of the current state of the art in the field of QWL studies and to outline perspectives for the future research of the QWL in managerial and organizational research. 716 publications listed in the Web of...
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theory of options in financial markets, which permits a much richer dynamic framework than was possible with the traditional … theory of investment. The authors present the new theory in a clear and systematic way, and consolidate, synthesize, and … extend the various strands of research that have come out of the theory. Their book shows the importance of the theory for …
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can provide insight into many aspects of sports, including soccer. Beautiful Game Theory is the first book that uses …-Huerta illuminates economics through the world’s most popular sport. He offers unique and often startling insights into game theory and … enthusiasts, Beautiful Game Theory is the first book to show what soccer can do for economics. …
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