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Conflict, Evolution, Hegemony, and the Power of the State
Levine, David; Modica, Salvatore - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
In a model of evolution driven by conflict between societies more powerful states have an advantage. When the influence of outsiders is small we show that this results in a tendency to hegemony. In a simple example in which institutions differ in their "exclusiveness" we find that these...
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Endophilia or Exophobia: Beyond Discrimination
Hamermesh, Daniel; Feld, Jan; Salamanca, Nicolás - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
The immense literature on discrimination treats outcomes as relative: One group suffers compared to another. But does a difference arise because agents discriminate against others--are exophobic--or because they favor their own kind--are endophilic? This difference matters, as the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969283
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Learning Millennial-Style
Carlin, Bruce I.; Jiang, Li; Spiller, Stephen A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
The growing use of on-line educational content and related video services has changed the way people access education, share knowledge, and possibly make life decisions. In this paper, we characterize how video content affects individual decision-making and willingness to share in the context of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950669
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Equalizing Superstars: The Internet and the Democratization of Education
Acemoglu, Daron; Laibson, David; list, john - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Internet-based educational resources are proliferating rapidly. One concern associated with these (potentially transformative) technological changes is that they will be disequalizing - as many technologies of the last several decades have been - creating superstar teachers and a winner-take-all...
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Does Exposure to Economics Bring New Majors to the Field? Evidence from a natural Experiment.
Grogger, Jeffrey T.; Fricke, Hans; Steinmayr, Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
This study investigates how being exposed to a field of study influences students’ major choices. We exploit a natural experiment at a Swiss university where all first-year students face largely the same curriculum before they choose a major. An important component of the first-year curriculum...
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The Regulation of Prescription Drug Competition and Market Responses: Patterns in Prices and Sales Following Loss of Exclusivity
Cockburn, Iain M.; Aitken, Murray L.; Berndt, Ernst R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
We examine six molecules facing initial loss of US exclusivity (LOE, from patent expiration or challenges) between June 2009 and May 2013 that were among the 50 most prescribed molecules in May 2013. We examine prices per day of therapy (from the perspective of average revenue received by retail...
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Trust and Cheating
Giuliano, Paola; Guiso, Luigi; Butler, Jeffrey V. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
feeling cheated? Is the behavior of the driver affected by his beliefs about what we consider cheating? We address these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950633
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Trust, Values and False Consensus
Giuliano, Paola; Guiso, Luigi; Butler, Jeffrey - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Trust beliefs are heterogeneous across individuals and, at the same time, persistent across generations. We investigate … individuals extrapolate from their own type when forming trust beliefs about the same pool of potential partners - i.e., more … (less) trustworthy individuals form more optimistic (pessimistic) trust beliefs - and that this tendency continues to color …
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Why You Can't Find a Taxi in the Rain and Other Labor Supply Lessons from Cab Drivers
Farber, Henry S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
In a seminal paper, Camerer, Babcock, Loewenstein, and Thaler (1997) find that the wage elasticity of daily hours of work New York City (NYC) taxi drivers is negative and conclude that their labor supply behavior is consistent with target earning (having reference dependent preferences). I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950754
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Stereotypes
Shleifer, Andrei; Bordalo, Pedro; Gennaioli, Nicola - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
confirmation bias in light of new information: beliefs over-react to information that confirms the stereotype and ignore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950773