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Cooperation, Motivation and Social Balance
Bosworth, Steven J.; Singer, Tania; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
cooperation in the presence of "multi-directedness," whereby people's preferences depend on their psychological motives. People …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479221
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Tipping and residential segregation: a unified schelling model
Zhang, Junfu - 2009
This paper presents a Schelling-type checkerboard model of residential segregation formulated as a spatial game. It shows that although every agent prefers to live in a mixed-race neighborhood, complete segregation is observed almost all of the time. A concept of tipping is rigorously defined,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271313
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Tipping and Residential Segregation: A Unified Schelling Model
Zhang, Junfu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper presents a Schelling-type checkerboard model of residential segregation formulated as a spatial game. It shows that although every agent prefers to live in a mixed-race neighborhood, complete segregation is observed almost all of the time. A concept of tipping is rigorously defined,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015476
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Emotions, Sanctions and Cooperation
Joffily, Mateus; Masclet, David; Noussair, Charles N.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … punished, and increase their subsequent level of cooperation. The outcome is an increased level of contribution that becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876559
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Identity-driven Cooperation versus Competition
Snower, Dennis J.; Bosworth, Steven J. - 2016
-group cooperation and out-group competition. On this basis, we explore the reflexive interaction between individual economic decisions …. Since positional competition generates negative externalities while caring activities create positive ones, these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479223
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Emotions, sanctions and cooperation
Joffily, Mateus; Masclet, David; Noussair, Charles N.; … - 2011
We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a virtuous emotional circle that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … punished, and increase their subsequent level of cooperation. The outcome is an increased level of contribution that becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278702
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Using Happiness Surveys to Value Intangibles : The Case of Airport Noise
van Praag, Bernard M. S.; Baarsma, Barbara E. - 2004
Inhabitants of houses near Amsterdam Airport are complaining of noise nuisance, caused by aircraft traffic. The usual assumption is that the effect of the externality will be perfectly reflected by house price differentials. This is based on the implicit assumption that there is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261855
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NDC: The Generic Old-Age Pension Scheme
Góra, Marek; Palmer, Edward - 2019
economic efficiency - through the effects on marginal decisions to choose formal work over informal work or leisure and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005922
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The Effect of Changes in Alcohol Tax Differentials on Alcohol Consumption
Gehrsitz, Markus; Saffer, Henry; Grossman, Michael - 2020
We show that tax-induced increases in alcohol prices can lead to substantial substitution and avoidance behavior that limits reductions in alcohol consumption. Causal estimates are derived from a natural experiment in Illinois where spirits and wine taxes were raised sharply and unexpectedly in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269876
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Do Wind Turbines Have Adverse Health Impacts?
Krekel, Christian; Rode, Johannes; Roth, Alexander - 2023
While wind power is considered key in the transition towards net zero, there are concerns about adverse health impacts on nearby residents. Based on precise geographical coordinates, we link a representative longitudinal household panel to all wind turbines in Germany and exploit their staggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469457