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Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - 2010

We investigate to what extent tolerance, as measured by attitudes toward different types of neighbors, affects economic growth. Data from the World Values Survey enable us to investigate tolerance-growth relationships for 54 countries. We provide estimates based on cross-sectional as well as...

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Is tolerance good or bad for growth?

Berggren, Niclas; Elinder, Mikael - 2010

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Identifying network ties from panel data: Theory and an application to tax competition

de Paula, Áureo; Rasul, Imran; Souza, Pedro C. L. - 2023

Social interactions determine many economic behaviors, but information on social ties does not exist in most publicly available and widely used datasets. We present results on the identification of social networks from observational panel data that contains no information on social ties between...

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What is a peer? The role of network definitions in estimation of endogenous peer effects

Halliday, Timothy J.; Kwak, Sally - 2008

We employ a standard identification strategy from the peer effects literature to investigate the importance of network definitions in estimation of endogenous peer effects. We use detailed information on friends in the Adolescent Longitudinal Health Survey (Add Health) to construct two network...

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Trust and truth

Ellingsen, Tore; Johannesson, Magnus; Lilja, Jannie; … - 2007

communication. Communication substantially increases bargaining efficiency among subjects who cooperated in the Prisoners' dilemma …

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The good, the bad, and the talented: Entrepreneurial talent and other-regarding behavior

Weitzel, Utz; Urbig, Diemo; Desai, Sameeksha; Ács, … - 2009

Talent allocation models assume that entrepreneurial talent is selfish and thus allocates into unproductive or even destructive activities if these offer the highest private returns. This paper experimentally analyzes other-regarding preferences of entrepreneurial talent. We find that making a...

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Persönliche Kommunikationsformate in der Unternehmenskommunikation: Eine empirische Analyse

Mast, Claudia; Stehle, Helena - 2015

Wie relevant sind Formate und Formen persönlicher Kommunikation in und für Unternehmen? Welche Bedeutung haben sie für … vorliegende Studie erhebt vorhandene Formate persönlicher Kommunikation in Unternehmen sowie Erwartungen zentraler Bezugsgruppen …. Die Ergebnisse belegen die große Bedeutung persönlicher Kommunikation, die von den Bezugsgruppen situativ wahrgenommen …

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Linear social interactions models

Blume, Lawrence E.; Brock, William A.; Durlauf, Steven N.; … - 2013

This paper provides a systematic analysis of identification in linear social interactions models. This is both a theoretical and an econometric exercise as the analysis is linked to a rigorously delineated model of interdependent decisions. We develop an incomplete information game that...

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Spite and Cognitive Skills in Preschoolers

Bügelmayer, Elisabeth; Spieß, C. Katharina - 2011

Although spiteful preferences play a crucial role in the development of human large-scale cooperation, there is little evidence on spiteful behavior and its determinants in children. We investigate the relationship between children's cognitive skills and spiteful behavior in a sample of 214...

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Gregariousness, interactive jobs and wages

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Schulz, Nico Johannes - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 45 (2012) 2, pp. 147-159

Gregariousness and social interaction are important aspect of human life with implications also for labour markets. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first to examine gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and associated wages for Germany. Our empirical findings...

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