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Modelling Bordieu: An extension of the Axelrod Cultural Diffusion Model
Trigg, Andrew; Bertie, Andrew J.; Himmelweit, Sue - Department of Economics, Open University - 2008
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 … fully absorbed by the economics discipline. To address this lacuna, an agent-based model of Bourdieu's social theory is …
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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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Misallocation and manufacturing TFP in China and India
Chang, Tai Hsieh; Peter, J- Klenow - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Resource misallocation can lower aggregate total factor productivity (TFP).We use microdata on manufacturing establishments to quantify the potential extent of misallocation in China and India versus the United States. We measure sizable gaps in marginal products of labor and capital across...
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Интервальный анализ распределений и разрывы
Harin, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
An introduction to interval analysis of distributions, as a new direction of interval analysis, is presented, including illustrated examples. New formulas and additional restrictions for intervals of moments, including mean value, are obtained. Among them are Novoselov formulas for moments and...
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Noblesse Oblige? Moral Identity and Prosocial Behavior in the Face of Selfishness
Dessi, Roberta; Monin, Benoît - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) - 2012
What makes individuals conform or diverge after observing prosocial or selfish behavior by others? We study experimentally how social comparison (observing a peer’s behavior) interacts with identity motives for cooperation. Participants play two games. We increase the strength of the identity...
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Noblesse Oblige? Moral Identity and Prosocial Behavior in the Face of Selfishness
Dessi, Roberta; Monin, Benoît - Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse … - 2012
What makes individuals conform or diverge after observing prosocial or selfish behavior by others? We study experimentally how social comparison (observing a peer’s behavior) interacts with identity motives for cooperation. Participants play two games. We increase the strength of the identity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010717576
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Global Insecurity,Transparency and Sustainable Development:African Challenges
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Notably, the 20th century was dominated by the legacy of devastating global wars, colonial struggles, and ideological conflicts as well as effort s to establish international systems that would foster global peace and prosperity. Yet, insecurity and corruption not only remain, they have become...
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Entrepreneurship and Creative Professions: A Micro-Level Analysis
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only for arts, sciences, and technology, but also for entrepreneurship, innovation, and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of self-employment in creative professions at the level of individuals....
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Self-Employment after Socialism: Intergenerational Links, Entrepreneurial Values, and Human Capital
Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
Drawing on representative household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the role of an early precursor of entrepreneurial development - parental role models - for the individual decision to become self-employed in the post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the...
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Corporate competition: A self-organized network
Braha, Dan; Stacey, Blake; Bar-Yam, Yaneer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A substantial number of studies have extended the work on universal properties in physical systems to complex networks in social, biological, and technological systems. In this paper, we present a complex networks perspective on interfirm organizational networks by mapping, analyzing and...
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