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Protestantism and government spendig : a negative relationship? ; an empirical application to Swiss Cantons

Fischer, Justina A. V. (contributor); … - 2007

Recent empirical growth literature suggests that cultural factors play a decisive role in economic development, while empirical evidence for their impact on government activity remains scant. In this paper, we conjecture based on Weber's Protestant Ethics that 'Protestant values' such as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003604466

Generosity

Ellingsen, Tore (contributor); … - 2007 - First version: April 2003, This version: February 2007

We develop a simple model of generous behavior. It is based on the premise that some people are generous, but everyone wants to appear generous. Although non-monetary donations are always inefficient, our model predicts donors to favor non-monetary donations when the inefficiency is relatively...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003476331

Crime, punishment and social norms

Weibull, Jörgen W. (contributor); … - 2005

the sanctions against criminal activity, or of the taxation of legal incomes, may weaken the social norm against crime … increase in the crime rate. We show that law enforcement policies may have dramatic and permanent efects on the crime rate, and …. -- crime ; punishment ; social norm ; political equilibrium …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003180866

Networks of relations

Lippert, Steffen (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], This version: June 4, 2010, First version: 2001

We model networks of relational (or implicit)contracts, exploring how sanctioning power and equilibrium conditions change under different network configurations and information transmission technologies. In our model, relations are the links, and the value of the network lies in its ability to...

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Assessing the effect of a compulsory sickness insurance on worker absenteeism

Johansson, Per-Olov; Palme, Mårten - 1998

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000167986

Starting values in estimation of cointegrating vectors with restrictions

Lyhagen, Johan; Forsberg, Lars - 1999

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000168497

Genetic influences on economic preferences

Cesarini, David; Dawes, Christopher T.; Johannesson, Magnus - 2007 - Rev. January 12, 2009

In this paper, we use the classical twin design to provide estimates of genetic and environmental influences on experimentally elicited preferences for risk and giving. Using standard methods from behavior genetics, we find strong prima facie evidence that these preferences are broadly heritable...

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(M)oral hazard?

Grönqvist, Erik (contributor) - 2006

Would you go to the dentist more often if it were free? Observational data is here used to analyze the impact of full-coverage insurance on dental care utilization using different identification strategies. The challenge of assessing the bite of moral hazard without an experimental study design...

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Growth effects of government expenditure and taxation in rich countries

Fölster, Stefan; Henrekson, Magnus - 2000

A number of cross-country comparisons do not find a robust negative relationship between government size and economic growth. In part this may reflect the prediction in economic theory that a negative relationship should exist primarily for rich countries with large public sectors. In this paper...

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Smooth transitions in a UK consumption function

Eliasson, Ann-Charlotte - 1999

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