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Psychology and economics rather than psychology versus economics: cultural differences but no barriers!
Brandstätter, Hermann; Güth, Werner; Kliemt, Hartmut - 2008
During the last three decades the ascent of behavioral economics clearly helped to bring down artificial disciplinary boundaries between psychology and economics. Noting that behavioral economics seems still under the spell of the rational choice tradition and, indirectly, of behaviorism we...
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Die Akzeptanz von Corporate Social Responsibility in Deutschland
Roos, Melanie; Hümmer, Carolin - 2009
Umsetzungsinstrumenten steckt in Deutschland noch in den Kinderschuhen, sowohl in der Wissenschaft, als auch in der Managementpraxis. In den … denen der Staat sich auch in Deutschland immer mehr aus der Rolle des Wohlfahrtsstaates zurückzieht und auf diese Weise … deutschen Konsumenten die Akzeptanz gegenüber CSR tatsächlich ist. Nur auf diese Weise können effizient gezielte Implikationen …
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The Evolution of the German Tort Law in the 19th Century - An Economic Analysis of the Evolution of Law
Eckardt, Martina - 1999
Despite the advances in New Institutional Economics about the economic consequences of institutions and legal rules, up to now we have only limited knowledge about the mechanisms of the evolution of law. By combining the main ideas of Evolutionary Economics and New Institutional Economics this...
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Nährwertkennzeichnung: die Ampel erreicht die Verbraucher am besten
Hagen, Kornelia - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 22, pp. 2-12
Mehr als die Hälfte der Erwachsenen in Deutschland ist übergewichtig. Besonders oft betroffen sind Ältere, Arme und …
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Governance for sustainability: Towards a 'thick' understanding of environmental decision making
Andger, William Neil; Brown, Katrina; Fairbrass, Jenny; … - 2002
Environmental decisions made by individuals, civil society and the state involve questions of economic efficiency, environmental effectiveness, equity and political legitimacy. These four criteria are constitutive of economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, which...
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Mecanismos para problemas de ação coletiva
Melo, Valdir - 2014
Problems of collective action are at the roots of several public policies and, as shown in this text, there are many mechanisms and tools to be used in order to solve those problems. Although three groups of mechanisms and tools have not been stressed in the usual debates of public policy, they...
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The Prevalence of Philippine Prescribing, Dispensing, and Use Behavior in Relation to Generic Drugs and their Risk Factors
Wong, John Q.; Baclay, J. Richelcyn M.; Duque, Richelle G. - 2014
This study was designed to address the issue of compliance of physicians and drugstores to the provisions of Generics Act of 1988. Furthermore, it aims to explore the awareness of consumers on generic medicines to explain current trends and practices in drug prescribing, dispensing, and use. The...
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The communication effects of audience situation and message framing on smoking cessation
Yang, Dong-jenn - In: International Journal of Management, Economics and … 2 (2013) 4, pp. 252-264
This study examined the communication effects of smoking cessation by using message framing (positive messages/negative messages) and audience situation (smoker/nonsmoker and high/low self-efficacy). The study used 207 valid homogeneous subjects and a between-subject experiment method was...
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The role of public awareness campaigns in sustainable development
Borawska, Anna - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 865-877
The concept of sustainable development has been present in political discourse for many years. Striving to achieve it has become a worldwide priority. Success in this field depends not only on the right government policies. It is also a matter of society engagement. There are different direct...
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The (un)compromise effect
Ekström, Mathias - 2018
The current study provides the first experimental test of the compromise effect, i.e. the tendency to choose middle options, in a naturally occurring setting. Simultaneously, I propose and evaluate a novel nudge intended to stimulate active choice - the (un)compromise effect - a compromise...
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