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A Cartel that Lasts for Centuries: The Case of the Eastern Orthodox Church Indulgences

Axarloglou, Kostas; Cabolis, Christos; Chrissidis, Nikos - Department of Economics, Democritus University of Thrace - 2012

In this paper, we present a non-conventional case of collusive behavior and tactics that last for centuries. In particular, we focus on the process through which the Patriarchates of the Eastern Orthodox Church (specifically, those of Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria)...

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Selection and Evaluation of Consultants

Deelmann, Thomas (contributor); Mohe, Michael (contributor) - Rainer Hampp Verlag

The selection and evaluation of consultants, consultancies, and consulting services belong to probably the most … and consultancies have begun to professionalize their selection and evaluation procedures. This, in turn, changes the … research implications in the area of selection and evaluation in management consulting. …

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Praxis, Wert, Friede. Einige Argumente zu den pragmatischen Grundlagen der Unternehmensethik – Fuer Horst Steinmann zum 75. Geburtstag (Praxis, Value, Peace. Some Arguments Concern...

Wohlrapp, Harald - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - … 10 (2009) 3, pp. 273-286

beleuchtet: (1) Das Verhaeltnis von Theorie und Praxis, welches hier auf einen pragmatisch erneuerten Handlungsbegriff gestellt … business ethics. Three problems are treated: (1) The relationship between theory and praxis – which is here sketched in the …

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Pareto on Idealisation and the Method of Analysis-Synthesis

Guala, F. - Paris X - Nanterre, U.F.R. de Sc. Ec. Gest. Maths Infor. - 1997

Philosophers of science and philosophers of economics have recently 'rediscovered' the problem of idealisation. In this paper a taxonomy of different kinds of idealising procedures is applied to Pareto's views on the status of economics among the social sciences. THe paper aims to show that the...

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Pourquoi l'hypothese de marche aleatoire en theorie financiere ? Les raisons historiques d'un choix ethique.

Jovanovic, F. - Centre de recherche de mathématiques et économie … - 2000

naissance a la theorie financiere quantitative moderne. Cette etude montre que le modele de marche aleatoire symetrique avec une …

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A Vague Theory of Choice over Time

Manzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We propose a novel approach to modelling time preferences, based on a cognitive shortcoming of human decision makers: the perception of future events becomes increasingly ‘blurred’ as the events are pushed further in time. We axiomatise a class of preference representations which can be...

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Geographic Proximity, Trade and International Conflict/Cooperation

Robst, John; Polachek, Solomon; Chang, Yuan-Ching - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...

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Considerations about the Production In Competition Policy and Intellectual Property Law

Saviotti, Pier Paolo - In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 160 (2004) 1, pp. 100-100

Knowledge creation is analyzed by means of two important properties, those of being (a) a co relational structure and (b) a retrieval or interpretative structure. Furthermore, it is shown that knowledge has a local character in the sense of being able to correlate only a limited number of...

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A Discussion on Empirical Micro-Bases of Hayek’s Methodological Individualism

Zhao, Liang; Zhu, Xian Chen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

There are essential differences in ‘methodological individualism(MI)’ between neoclassic economics and Hayek’s theory … answered henceforth between Hayek’s theory and interdisciplinary studies in modern economics. It is concluded that Hayek’s MI …

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Positive self-image in tournaments

Santos-Pinto, Luís - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003

This paper analyzes the implications of worker overestimation of productivity for firms in which incentives take the form of tournaments. Each worker overestimates his productivity but is aware of the bias in his opponent’s self-assessment. The manager of the firm, on the other hand, correctly...

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