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Tipping motivations and behavior in the US and Israel
Azar, Ofer H. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Tipping is a multi-billion dollar phenomenon and a major source of income for millions of workers. The results of a study conducted in the US and Israel suggest that people tip mainly to show gratitude, conform to the social norm, and because they know that waiters' income depends on tips....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008623465
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Od człowieka racjonalnego do emocjonalnego. Zmiana paradygmatu nauk ekonomicznych
Wach, Krzysztof - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper discusses the concept of an economic man in economics and management. The concept of “homo oeconomicus” assumes the full rational behaviour of a deciding man and was applied in classical and neoclassical theories. Based on resent findings of the neuronal, cognitive and behavioural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147885
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In Search of Optimum "Relative Unanimity"
Cebula, Richard; Kafoglis, Milton - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1982
This paper formulates a simple mathematical framework for the selection of an optimum "relative unanimity” collective decision rule. The approach is first to identify the benefits of moving from a rule of simple majority towards a rule of full unanimity. Then, the costs of moving from simple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260983
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Voting and Information Aggregation in Parliamentary and Semi-Presidential Democracies
Izmirlioglu, Yusuf - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
this I build a model of strategic voting with incomplete information and analyze different ideological profiles of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008614988
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A Note on Nonwhite Migration, Welfare Levels, and the Political Process
Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1975
political (voting) process they effectively exert pressures to raise welfare levels per recipient on the other hand. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110525
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The Buchanan-Tullock Model: Some Extensions
Kafoglis, Milton; Cebula, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1980
In their seminal work, The Calculus of Consent (1962), Buchanan and Tullock develop a decision model which embodies fundamental relation­ships relevant to institutional choices. However, the Buchanan-Tullock model remains "general," thus inviting others to specify details and to develop...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257880
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Die Arbeitslosenversicherung in Deutschland – Beitrag zur Bekämpfung oder Ursache von Arbeitslosigkeit
Breiding, Torsten - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Abstract German (English abstract is added below) Arbeitslosigkeit gilt als eines der schwerwiegendsten gesellschaftlichen Probleme unserer Zeit. Doch welche Gründe liegen, trotz der über die Jahre eingeleiteten Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit, für die anhaltende...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008622251
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Adaptive voting: an empirical analysis of participation and choice
Martorana, Marco F.; Mazza, Isidoro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Dynamic models of learning and adaptation have provided realistic predictions in terms of voting behavior. This study … aims at contributing to their empirical verification by investigating voting behavior in terms of participation as well as … impact depends on the consistency between their last voting behavior and personal economic improvements (or worsening) from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647342
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Satisfaction and adaptation in voting behavior: an empirical exploration
Martorana, Marco Ferdinando; Mazza, Isidoro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Dynamic models of learning and adaptation have provided realistic predictions in terms of voting behavior. This study … estimating the pattern of learning process through a two-stage econometric model. The analysis links voting behavior to past … the literature on voting that assumes given voter preferences. Results show that persistence is positively affected by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866164
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Backward Induction in the Wild: Evidence from the U.S. Senate
Spenkuch, Jörg - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
. This paper develops a simple model of sequential voting in the U.S. Senate that allows for a straightforward test of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108277