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Large effects of small cues: Priming selfish economic decisions

Snir, Avichai; Levy, Dudi; Wang, Dian; Chen, Haipeng; … - 2024

Many experimental studies report that economics students tend to act more selfishly than students of other disciplines, a finding that received widespread public and professional attention. Two main explanations that the existing literature offers for the differences found in the behavior...

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Potterian economics

Levy, Daniel C.; Snir, Avichai - 2022

Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience offer systematic evidence that fictional works exert a surprisingly strong influence on readers and have the power to shape their opinions and worldviews. Building on these findings, we study 'Potterian economics', the economic ideas, insights, and...

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A meme for money

Wray, L. Randall - 2012

This paper argues that the usual framing of discussions of money, monetary policy, and fiscal policy plays into the hands of conservatives.That framing is also largely consistent with the conventional view of the economy and of society more generally. To put it the way that economists usually...

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The neoclassicals' conundrum: If Adam Smith is the father of economics, it is a bastard child

Valdes Viera, Oscar - 2017

Neoclassical economists of the current era frequently pay lip service to Adam Smith's theories to certify the validity of natural-laws-based, laissez-faire policies. However, neoclassical theories are fundamentally disconnected from Adam Smith's notion of value, his understanding of the economic...

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Potterian economics

Levy, Daniel C.; Snir, Avichai - 2017

Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience find that fictional works exert strong influence on readers and shape their opinions and worldviews. We study the Potterian economy, which we compare to economic models, to assess how Harry Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some...

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Snir, Avichai; Levy, Daniel - 2005

Economic organization of the imaginary worlds depicted in popular literary works may be viewed as a mirror to public opinion on the economic organization of life. If a book becomes a best-seller, it is because the book conveys messages, feelings, and events the readers can relate to. In other...

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Does the John Bates Clark Medal boost subsequent productivity and citation success?

Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Torgler, Benno - 2013

Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This …' subsequent research activity and status compared to a synthetic control group of nonrecipient scholars with similar previous … research performance. We find evidence of positive incentive and status effects that raise both productivity and citation …

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Semicontinuous integrands as jointly measurable maps

Carbonell-Nicolau, Oriol - 2015

Suppose that (X,A) is a measurable space and Y is a metrizable, Souslin space. Let Au denote the universal completion of A. Given f : X x Y !R and x 2 X, let f (x,xc) be the lower semicontinuous hull of f (x,xc). If f is (Au B(Y),B(R))-measurable, then f is (Au B(Y),B(R))-measurable.

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The Journal Rankings of Central Banks

Kohlscheen, Emanuel - 2011

This paper analyzes the citation patterns of the central banks of the 15 largest monetary areas of the world that had an active working paper series in 2010. It proceeds to construct a novel journal ranking that is more suited for monetary authorities than the academic journal rankings currently...

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Online accessibility of academic articles and the diversity of economics

Boppart, Timo; Staub, Kevin E. - 2012

internet affected the diversity of new research by making the existing literature accessible online. The internet marks a …

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