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Cooperation, motivation and social balance
Bosworth, Steven; Singer, Tania; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
This paper examines the reflexive interplay between individual decisions and social forces to analyze the evolution of cooperation in the presence of "multi-directedness", whereby people's preferences depend on their psychological motives. People have access to multiple, discrete motives....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414267
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Populism and COVID19 : how populist governments (mis)handle the pandemic
Bayerlein, Michael; Boese, Vanessa Alexandra; Gates, Scott - 2021
Populist parties and actors now govern various countries around the world. Often elected by the public in times of crises and over the perceived failure of ‘the elites’, the question stands as to how populist governments actually perform once elected, especially in times of crisis. Using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584997
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A lockdown a day keeps the doctor away : the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions during the Covid-19 pandemic
Levelu, Anthonin; Sandkamp, Alexander-Nikolai - 2022
Countries have employed a variety of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in order to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the success of individual measures in reducing the number of infections remains controversial. This paper exploits a panel data set of 107 countries to estimate the...
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Switching rates and the asymptotic behavior of herding models
Irle, Albrecht; Kauschke, Jonas; Lux, Thomas; … - 2010
apply to agent-based herding models, with the particular goal of establishing their asymptotic behavior because several … chains ; agent-based finance ; herding ; N-dependence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932610
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Optimal health and retirement policies amid population aging
Hostenkamp, Gisela (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper develops a simple analytical framework in which optimal health and retirement policies amid population aging can be discussed. To be efficient, these policies must recognize and exploit the dynamic complementarities between the timing of retirement, the size of lifecycle labour income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003722614
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Die Erstellung medizinischer Leistungen : entscheidungstheoretische Grundlagen und gesundheitspolitischer Handlungsbedarf
Stolpe, Michael (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Spatial effects of foreign direct investment in US states
Bode, Eckhardt; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Waldkirch, Andreas - 2009
This paper estimates the aggregate productivity effects of Marshallian externalities generated by foreign direct … externalities and other intra- and inter-regional spillovers generated by domestic firms. The productivity effects of these … externalities may, if not accounted for appropriately, be falsely attributed to FDI. This paper also deals with the potential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003864488
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The augmented Solow model with Mincerian schooling and externalities
Carstensen, Kai (contributor); Gundlach, Erich (contributor) - 2008
externality would be inconsistent with observed levels education subsidies. -- Augmented Solow model ; education externalities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003656302
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Who wins and who loses from state subsidies?
Du, Jun; Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger; Stepanok, Ignat - 2022
where other firms are subsidized. These negative externalities depend on the share of firms that receive subsidies in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013194528
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Turning the global thermostat - who, when, and how much?
Rickels, Wilfried; Quaas, Martin F.; Ricke, Kate; … - 2018
Engineering the climate via Solar Radiation Management (SRM) is increasingly considered as a component of future climate policies. We study the strategic incentives for countries to choose the level of SRM at different times in the future, accounting for the regionally uneven effect of SRM on...
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