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Is fatalism a cultural belief? An empirical analysis on the origin of fatalistic tendencies
Ruiu, Gabriele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
religion on fatalistic beliefs seem to be an important element determining fatalistic tendencies. However there are not large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258730
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Colonialism and Industrialization: Empirical Results
Alam, M. Shahid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
This paper presents theory and evidence to show that imperialism was a major factor impeding the spread of the industrial revolution during the century ending in the 1950s. Two empirical results stand out. First, analysis of historical evidence shows that most sovereign countries were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111073
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The Protestant Ethic and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Religious Minorities from the Former Holy Roman Empire
Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We propose a new methodology for identifying the causal effect of Protestantism versus Catholicism on the decision to become an entrepreneur. Our quasi-experimental research design exploits religious minorities' strong attachment to religious ethics and the exogenous historical determination of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111887
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“The Right to the City” An Ecosystemic Approach to Better Cities, Better Life
Pilon, André Francisco; A. F. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
, culture, justice, labour, environment, health, safety, housing, leisure, transport, consumption. This year, the United Nations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685152
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Impact of Economic Crisis on Innovation Behaviour of Industrial Firms In Russia
Kuznetsov, Boris - 2013
The paper focuses on empirical analysis of major factors that determine innovation activities of Russian manufacturing firms during the crisis. We presume that the crisis has ambiguous effects on firms' behaviour, on one hand limiting their financial capabilities to invest into new products...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082604
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European Union between the Constraint of Borders and Global Competition
Horga, Ioan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The sovereign debt crisis, which currently affects especially the European Union, challenges on the one side the actuality of hard borders and the reexamination of soft borders (Horga & Brie, 2008), and on the other side the need for the European Union to deal with an even more complex global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259128
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Hofstede, Schwartz, Inglehart and beyond. New directions in empirical global value research
Tausch, Arno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
shift at an enormous speed; and above all, religion and family values can be an important assett in the stability of … research uses data from the World Values Survey project to study the relationship between religion, denominations and economic … original 30 variables and the newly derived factor analytical dimensions: a) economic permissiveness b) traditional religion c …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274385
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Hofstede, Inglehart and beyond. New directions in empirical global value research
Tausch, Arno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
shift at an enormous speed; and above all, religion and family values can be an important assett in the stability of … research uses data from the World Values Survey project to study the relationship between religion, denominations and economic … original 30 variables and the newly derived factor analytical dimensions: a) economic permissiveness b) traditional religion c …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275133
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Subsistenz: Geschichte, Bedeutung und Rekonstruktion des Subsistenzbegriffes
Thieme, Sebastian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper analyses the term “subsistence” to utilise it for scientific purposes. In doing so, the term will be reconstructed by an evolutionary view. Afterwards, the term will be discussed and develpoped with respect to the so-called paradox of the poverty line.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531939
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Religion, Economy, and State : Economic Thought of Al-Mawardi in Adab Al-Dunya Wa-Al-Din
Jaelani, Aan - 2016
The relation between religion, economy and the country became a major topic in the development of public welfare … and individuals can realise the six-dimensional form: religious observance, good governance, justice, national security …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012987223