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Self-employment and unemployment in Spanish regions in the period 1979-2001
Golpe, Antonio A.; van Stel, André J. - 2007
level in Spain in the period 1979-2001. We estimate a vec-tor autoregression model as proposed by Audretsch, Carree, van … distinguish between higher and lower income regions within Spain. We find empirical support for the 'entrepreneurial' effect to … income regions of Spain, even though unemployment rates are on average higher in these regions. We argue that this may be …
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Fairness norms can explain the emergence of specific cooperation norms in the Battle of the Prisoners Dilemma
Winter, Fabian - 2013
Cooperation norms often emerge in situations, where the long term collective benefits help to overcome short run individual interests, for instance in repeated Prisoner´s Dilemma (PD) situations. Often, however, there are different paths to cooperation, benefiting different kinds of actors to...
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In the name of my parents: Entrepreneurship and the intergenerational transmission of values
Wyrwich, Michael - 2013
Mounting empirical evidence shows that kids of self-employed parents are very likely to become entrepreneurs themselves. These findings are often attributed to the intergenerational transmission of parental norms and values. However, many papers in the field are not that explicit about parental...
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What ethics can learn from experimental economics - if anything
Güth, Werner; Kliemt, Hartmut - 2008
Relying on the specific example of ultimatum bargaining experiments this paper explores the possible role of empirical knowledge of behavioural norm(ative) facts" within the search for an inter-personal (W)RE - (Wide) Reflective Equilibrium on normative issues. Assuming that pro-social behaviour...
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The emergence of norms from conflicts over just distributions
Miller, Luis M.; Rauhut, Heiko; Winter, Fabian - 2011
Why is it that well-intentioned actions can create persistent conflicts? While norms are widely regarded as a source for cooperation, this article proposes a novel theory in which the emergence of norms can be understood as a bargaining process in which normative conflicts explain the finally...
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Interregional diversity of fairness concerns: an online ultimatum experiment
Goerg, Sebastian J.; Güth, Werner; Walkowitz, Gari; … - 2007
Does geographic distance or the perceived social distance between subjects significantly affect proposer and responder behavior in ultimatum bargaining? To answer this question, subjects play a one-shot ultimatum game with three players (proposer, responder, and a passive dummy player) and...
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Prior knowledge and entrepreneurial innovative success
Cantner, Uwe; Goethner, Maximilian; Meder, Andreas - 2007
This paper is concerned with the relationship between innovative success of entrepreneurs and their prior knowledge at the stage of firm formation. We distinguish between different kinds of experience an entrepreneur can possess and find evidence that the innovative success subsequent to firm...
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Gatekeepers in regional networks of innovators
Graf, Holger - 2007
The internal density of a local network is said to increase the regionspecific knowledge-stock and might lead to a comparative advantage. However, it might also lead to a lock-in situation, if local trajectories are directed towards inferior solutions. Accordingly it is argued that successful...
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Moral hazard and clear conscience
Miettinen, Topi - 2007
We consider guilt averse agents and principals and study the effects of guilt on optimal behavior of the principal and the agent in a moral hazard model. The principal's contract proposal contains a target effort in addition to the monetary incentive scheme. By accepting the agreement, the...
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Occupational choice and social contacts across regions
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
This paper tests the importance of social contacts on entrepreneurship. To measure differences in the interconnectedness of social contacts, we compare rural and agglomerated areas. A smaller community size in rural areas generates greater network closure. Agents' neighborhoods are more likely...
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