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Social identity, competition, and finance: a laboratory experiment
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Große, Niels Daniel - 2009
There is extensive literature, both theoretical and empirical, on the effects of social identity on a wide range of economic and non-economic outcomes. However, there is only scarce knowledge about how social identity is affected by policies or market structure. We address the question how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274054
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Social Identity, Competition, and Finance: A Laboratory Experiment
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Grosse, Niels Daniel - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
There is extensive literature, both theoretical and empirical, on the effects of social identity on a wide range of economic and non-economic outcomes. However, there is only scarce knowledge about how social identity is affected by policies or market structure. We address the question how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963268
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Beyond Engel’s Law - Pursuing an Engelian Approach to Welfare : A Cross Country Analysis
Kaus, Wolfhard - 2012
Engel's law is known to be extraordinarily consistent across time and space. Accordingly, it has been widely used to determine poverty. However, also among the poorest, a certain amount of non food spending is necessary. To substantiate the distinction between necessities and luxuries, already...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103958
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The knowledge filter, entrepreneurship, and economic growth
Carlsson, Bo; Ács, Zoltán J.; Audretsch, David B.; … - 2007
United States during and after World War II was converted into economic activity via incumbent firms in the early postwar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271771
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Initial conditions and regional performance in the aftermath of disruptive shocks: The case of East Germany after socialism
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2020
We investigate how initial conditions that existed in East Germany at the end of the socialist regime impact regional development during the turbulent shock transition to a market economic system. Our investigation spans a period of almost 30 years. Both the self-employment rate (an indication...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389644
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Experience in public goods experiments
Conte, Anna; Levati, M. Vittoria; Montinari, Natalia - 2014
-type experiments) and history (i.e., participation in experiments of a different class than the social dilemma). We have three main … that of selfish individuals increases. Finally, history also influences behavior, although to a lesser extent than …´ experience and history in their experiments if they want to improve the external validity and replicability of their results. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369320
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Experience in Public Goods Experiments
Conte, Anna; Levati, M. Vittoria; Montinari, Natalia - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
-type experiments) and history (i.e., participation in experiments of a different class than the social dilemma). We have three main … that of selfish individuals increases. Finally, history also influences behavior, although to a lesser extent than …' experience and history in their experiments if they want to improve the external validity and replicability of their results. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010755823
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The Knowledge Filter, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth
Carlsson, Bo; Acs, Zoltan J.; Audretsch, David B.; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
United States during and after World War II was converted into economic activity via incumbent firms in the early postwar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090491
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Fighting maritime piracy: Three lessons from Pompeius Magnus
Schubert, Christian; Lades, Leonhard K. - 2012
Piracy in international waters is on the rise again, in particular off the coast of Somalia. While the dynamic game between pirates, ship-owners, insurance firms and the military seems to have reached some kind of equilibrium, piracy risks generating significant negative externalities to third...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291840
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Beyond Engel´ s Law: Pursuing an Engelian approach to welfare a cross country analysis
Kaus, Wolfhard - 2012
Engel's law is known to be extraordinarily consistent across time and space. Accordingly, it has been widely used to determine poverty. However, also among the poorest, a certain amount of non food spending is necessary. To substantiate the distinction between necessities and luxuries, already...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291824