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Tax Affinity Hypothesis: Do We Really Hate Paying Taxes?
Djanali, Iwan Permana - 2009
This thesis proposes and evaluates the tax affinity hypothesis claiming that people derive utility from paying tax. Slutsky-like equations are derived for the unique three-good utility maximization problem with leisure as the only choice variable. There is evidence for the tax affinity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468256
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Conflicts and Value Trade-Offs in the Management of Common Property: Insights from Land Use Studies in the Australian Sugar Industry
Mallawaarachchi, Thilak - 2001
-up define individuals capacity to respond to changing social norms and livelihood opportunities; rapid social change, instigated … by globalisation and information technology, influences individual aspirations and value perceptions. Drawing on land …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468381
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Reciprocity as a key stabilizing norm of interpersonal marketing relationships: scale development and validation
Pervan, Simon J; Bove, Liliana L; Johnson, Lester W - 2009
This study outlines the development and validation of a measure of reciprocity. The definition used to develop the measure extends traditional quid pro quo interpretations to include behavior designed to stabilize relationships in times of exchange breakdown. This includes resisting and not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475182
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Community Norms and Organizational Practices: The Legitimization of Wage Arrears in Russia, 1992-1999
Earle, John S.; Spicer, Andrew; Peter, Klara Sabirianova - 2004
What role do community norms play in the diffusion and persistence of new organizational practices? We explore this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477502
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Deriving reliable change statistics from test-retest normative data: Comparison of models and mathematical expressions
Hinton-Bayre, Anton. D - 2010
deteriorated on retesting is growing rapidly in clinical neuropsychology. This paper demonstrates how with only basic test …. Published test–retest normative data and a simple case study are presented to demonstrate how to calculate several well-known RC … variability from test to retest, and degree of reliability will see systematic and predictable disagreement among models. More …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448746
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A Computational Theory of Endogenous Norm Change: The NormSim Agent-Based Model in MASON
Rouleau, Mark D. - 2011
International Relations theory of constructivism.NormSim explores the metastable dynamics of norms through the interactions … analysis alone to justify complex theoreticalassumptions. NormSim demonstrates the use of ABM to test the logical consistency … ofconstructivist claims. It also extends constructivist logic to better understand whyinternational norms lead to complex conformity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009458907
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Towards the Governance of Open Distributed Grids - A Case Study in Wireless Mobile Grids
Balke, Tina - 2011
example for open distributed systems in general. Simulation experiments quantify the benefits of enforcement mechanisms for …
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Four Essays in Experimental Economics ; Informational Asymmetries in Markets and Endowment Heterogeneity in Public-Good Games
Markstädter, Andreas - 2015
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Avoiding the Sharp Tongue: Anticipated Written Messages Promote Fair Economic Exchange
Xiao, Erte; Houser, Daniel - 2008
Research in economics and psychology has established that informal non-monetary sanctions, particularly expressions of negative emotion or disapproval, can enforce fair economic exchange. However, scholars are only beginning to understand the reasons non-monetary sanctions affect economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441172
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Effects of In-Group Bias in a Gift-Exchange Transaction: A Theory of Employee Ownership and Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
Bergstresser, Keith David - 2009
the results of a laboratory experiment designed to test both the assumptions and the predictions of the model described in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450796