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Modelling Bourdieu : an extension of the Axelrod cultural diffusion model
Trigg, Andrew B. (contributor);  … - 2008
provide an insight into how cultural capital is distributed. -- Bourdieu ; habitus ; cultural capital ; Axelrod ; inequality … developed by extending Axelrod's cultural diffusion model. Bourdieu's theory is decomposed into two components: a capital effect …The contribution to the social theory of consumption of the late Pierre Bourdieu has been widely recognized, but not …
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Cultural Goods Production, Cultural Capital Formation and the Provision of Cultural Services
Cheng, Sao-Wen - 2005
Cultural capital is assumed to benefit all members of society. It is accumulated through the consumption of cultural services and is diminished through depreciation. Using the stock of cultural goods, cultural services are provided by the cultural services industry; the stock of cultural goods...
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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about income distribution may in principle want to use a reduction in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)...
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Are intellectual property rights fair?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about income distribution may in principle want to use a reduction in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415064
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Introduction to Mark Blaug - Rebel with Many Causes
Boumans, Marcel J. - 2013
The first edition of Mark's Economic Theory in Retrospect (1962) includes a chapter on methodology, ‘A Methodological Postscript,' which starts with four big epistemological and methodological questions: ‘What do economists know? How much does economics explain? What are the principles upon...
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Chapter 2 Art and Culture in the History of Economic Thought
Goodwin, Craufurd - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 1, (pp. 25-68). 2006
Attention to art and culture goes far back in the history of economic thought. In the seventeenth century those activities were viewed suspiciously as likely to be either wasteful extravagances of the aristocracy, or dangerous distractions for the working classes. Eighteenth century economic...
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Culture in Historical Political Economy
Lowes, Sara - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Culture - the set of socially transmitted values and beliefs held by individuals - has important implications for a wide variety of economic outcomes. Both the causes and consequences of culture have been the subject of work in Historical Political Economy. I first outline several theories on...
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A "third culture" in economics? An essay on Smith, Confucius and the rise of China
Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten - 2011
China’s rise drives a growing impact of China on economics. So far, this mainly works via the force of example, but there is also an emerging role of Chinese thinking in economics. This paper raises the question how far Chinese perspectives can affect certain foundational principles in...
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The dynamics of the Brazilian income
Figueiredo, Erik; Ziegelmann, Flávio - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 2, pp. 1249-1260
This paper aims to measure the degree of income mobility in Brazil in the 1987-2005 period. To achieve that, we consider the axiomatic mobility approach and the dynamic tool suggested by Aebi et al. (1999). The transition probability matrix calculations and the mobility index indicate that...
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On the Equilibrium and Welfare Consequences of 'Keeping up with the Joneses'
Gavrel, Frédéric; Rebiere, Therese - 2015
This paper provides an analysis of the social consequences of people seeking to keep up with the Joneses. All individuals attempt to reach a higher rank than the Joneses, including the Joneses themselves. This attitude gives rise to an equilibrium in which all individuals have equal utilities...
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