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empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …
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impact on the economy and societal welfare. This paper centers on a specific aspect of elite interconnection - the revolving …
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What is ethics and how is it related to the legal system and to economics? Are there ethical values in Jewish Law, and …
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firms, but analyzing whether regulating the revolving door is optimal from the point of view of society. This paper examines … capture require that the revolving door should be regulated to prevent corruption, while models of abuse of power, in which …
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We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989-2006, we and prenatal exposure to Ramadan among Arab mothers results in lower birthweight and reduced gestation length. Exposure to Ramadan in the first month of gestation is...
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This research examines the economic origins and spread of Islam in the Old World and uncovers two empirical …
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This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a … factors to understand the level and changes of shadow economy. Relatively new available data sources offer the unique … that a higher tax morale and a higher institutional quality lead to a smaller shadow economy. …
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This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption … that the shadow economy reduces corruption in high income countries, but increases corruption in low income countries. We … also find that stricter regulations increase both corruption and the shadow economy. …
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This paper analyses how governance or institutional quality and tax morale affect the shadow economy, using an … factors to understand the level and changes of shadow economy. However, the limited number of investigations use cross … support that its increase leads to a smaller shadow economy. Moreover, an increase in tax morale reduces the size of the …
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This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … no religion made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate with … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
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