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Annexation or conquest? The economics of empire building
Grossman, Herschel I.; Mendoza, Juan - 2002
This paper develops an economic theory of empire building. This theory addresses the choice among three strategies that … Conquest. The theory yields hypotheses that relate the choice among these strategies to such factors as the economic gains from … liquidity constraints on Þnancing imperial armies. This theory also yields hypotheses about the scope of imperial ambitions. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318858
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The sustainability of empire in global perspective: The role of international trade patterns
Bonfatti, Roberto - 2012
European empires had two key economic aspects: the extraction of colonial wealth by colonizers, and the relevance of trade for the colonial economies. I build a simple model of decolonization that puts these two elements at centre stage. By controlling policy in the colony, the mother country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283599
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Árukapcsolás és csomagban történő értékesítés: Jogesetek és közgazdasági elmélet
Valentiny, Pál - 2011
the US and EU we finally summarize the changes in economic theory and their impact on the rule of reason in these cases. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494490
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A history of Scottish economic thought
Dow, Alexander (contributor); Dow, Sheila C. (contributor) - 2006
Rae and Shield Nicholson, respectively). The latest in a prestigious series charting national traditions in the history of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990574
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Die Historizität fiktionaler Erwartungen
Beckert, Jens - 2017
Capitalist dynamics is energized in part by imaginaries of future states of the world (Beckert 2016). The paper deals with two questions: Why do fictional expectations change in the course of capitalist development? And: Are fictional expectations becoming more important in contemporary capitalism?
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660291
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Wissenschaftler auf Zeit: Die Durchsetzung der Personalpolitik der Befristung in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft seit den 1970er-Jahren
Leendertz, Ariane - 2020
Die Mehrheit des wissenschaftlichen Personals an den Hochschulen und außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen in Deutschland ist heute befristet beschäftigt. Der Beitrag rekonstruiert die Ursachen und Dynamiken dieser Entwicklung, die in den 1970er-Jahren begann, am Gegenstand der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416706
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Applications of statistical physics in finance and economics
Lux, Thomas - 2007
This chapter reviews recent research adopting methods from statistical physics in theoretical or empirical work in economics and nance. The bulk of what has recently become known as 'econophysics' in broader circles draws its motivation from observed scaling laws in nancial markets and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295154
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Recursivity and Self-Referentiality of Economic Theories and Their Implications for Bounded Rational Actors
Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, Marco; Sandri, Serena - 2007
economic behaviour will be interpreted as a sort of validity test of economic theory. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296815
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Økonomisk teorihistorie - Overflødig information eller brugbar ballast?
Olesen, Finn - 2002
Ofte fremhæves det, at økonomi som fagdisciplin har vundet videnskabelig sta-tus og progressivitet gennem specialisering (fra generalist til partiel ekspert) og anvendelse af en naturvidenskabelig inspireret metodologisk approach. Med en sådan udviklingstendens har økonomer da også i dag...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321935
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Economic cosmology and the evolutionary challenge
Gowdy, John M.; Dollimore, Denise E.; Wilson, David Sloan; … - 2012
discusses three very old cosmologies in Western thought, how these play out in economic theory, and how evolutionary biology can … help evaluate their validity and policy relevance. These cosmologies, as manifested in economic theory are, (1) rational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327358