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of his works was published as volume 8 in the series Classics in Hungarian Economics (Old truths and new theories in … economics by Ákos Navratil, (int., ed. by M. Hild)). The study focuses on one element from his wide array of interests in …
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This paper investigates how Confucianism affects individual decision making in Taiwan and in China. We found that … loving, less loss averse, and more impatient after being primed with Confucianism, whereas Taiwanese subjects became … significantly less present-based and were inclined to be more trustworthy after being primed by Confucianism. Combining the evidence …
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This book considers the relationship between Hayek and Mill, taking issues with Hayek's criticism of Mill and providing a broader perspective of the liberal tradition. Featuring contributions from the likes of Ross Emmett, Leon Montes and Robert Garnett, these chapters ask whether Hayek had an...
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Individuals’ choices of educational content are often shaped by the political economy of government policies that determine the incentives to acquire various skills. We first present a model to show how differences in educational content emerge as an equilibrium outcome of private decisions...
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This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the broader legal and political environment fixed....
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In this paper, I conduct an international comparison of the financial health of households using data on household wealth and indebtedness for the Group of Seven (G7) countries and show that, even though household borrowings in Japan were the highest among the G7 countries, at least until 2000,...
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career. In doing so, he challenges many of the central tenets of game theory, and sheds light on the role economics can play … field. Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind, describes Economics Fables as a "wonderfully inviting introduction to game …
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Modern economics has, at its foundation, scholarly contributions from many prominent Scottish thinkers. This revealing … contribution over three centuries in the light of a distinctive Scottish approach to economics. Scottish Enlightenment is an …
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This article - designed to give readers unfamiliar with public choice a historical overview and flavor for the kinds of problems considered - is divided into three main sections, "historical origins," the "modern founders of MPE," and a brief description of some "current issues" studied by...
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Die alte Frage, um welche Art von Wissenschaft es sich bei der Ökonomik handelt, um eine Natur- oder eine Geisteswissenschaft, ist im Jahr 2009 durch einander widersprechende Aufrufe von Vertretern des Faches Volkswirtschaftslehre in deutschen Tageszeitungen wieder aufgebrochen. -- Tatsächlich...
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