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Economics of access in a developing country: an analysis of firm-conduct in financial services
Okeahalam, Charles - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) December, pp. 923-942
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of industrial concentration on the level of access to financial services in a developing country context. In most studies, price is the only variable that is used to assess conduct. In this paper, we extend the standard approach by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081286
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Social value orientation and regulatory compliance in Ugandan public procurement
Ntayi, Joseph Mpeera; Ngoboka, Pascal; Mutebi, Henry; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 11 (2012) October, pp. 900-920
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions and effects of social value orientation, expected utility, fairness in procurement procedures, the legitimacy of the procurement law and the procurement law enforcement authority on compliance with the procurement law,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584370
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Economics of access in a developing country: an analysis of firm‐conduct in financial services
Okeahalam, Charles - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) 12, pp. 923-942
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of industrial concentration on the level of access to financial services in a developing country context. In most studies, price is the only variable that is used to assess conduct. In this paper, we extend the standard approach by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805427
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Social value orientation and regulatory compliance in Ugandan public procurement
Mpeera Ntayi, Joseph; Ngoboka, Pascal; Mutebi, Henry; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) 11, pp. 900-920
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions and effects of social value orientation, expected utility, fairness in procurement procedures, the legitimacy of the procurement law and the procurement law enforcement authority on compliance with the procurement law,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805763
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Social capital and subjective happiness in Taiwan
Chang, Wen-Chun - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) June, pp. 844-868
examine the relationships between different forms of social capital and subjective happiness in Taiwan. Design …/methodology/approach – This paper uses the data from the Survey of Social Development Trends in Taiwan 2003 for empirical investigations with …s, Taiwan has experienced a political transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime along with rapid economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004993590
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Impact of institutional and socioeconomic changes on marital relationship
Hsing, Yu - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) 5, pp. 613-618
Based on the GARCH model, the divorce rate in Taiwan is found to be negatively affected by the fertility rate and male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805128
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Taiwan's Application to GATT/WTO: Significance of Multilateralism for an Unrecognized State
Todd, Daniel - In: International Journal of Social Economics 31 (2004) 3, pp. 318-320
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805199
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Social capital and subjective happiness in Taiwan
Chang, Wen‐Chun - In: International Journal of Social Economics 36 (2009) 8, pp. 844-868
examine the relationships between different forms of social capital and subjective happiness in Taiwan. Design …/methodology/approach – This paper uses the data from the Survey of Social Development Trends in Taiwan 2003 for empirical investigations with …s, Taiwan has experienced a political transition from an authoritarian to a democratic regime along with rapid economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805552
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A deliberative ethic for development: A Nepalese journey from Bourdieu through Kant to Dewey and Habermas
Cameron, John; Ojha, Hemant - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) February, pp. 66-87
categorical imperative with deliberative ethics drawing on the writings of Habermas and Dewey. The journey through the European … themes in development ethics. These ideas are then given practical application in a case-study of the people …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081248
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An economic and ethical analysis of the Katrina disaster
McGee, Robert W. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) July, pp. 546-557
combines economic and ethical analysis and includes discussions from the perspectives of both utilitarian ethics and rights …-based ethics, which is not usually done in the economics literature. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081291