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Dasgupta, Indraneel; Kanbur, Ravi - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2007

We investigate how vertical unity within a community interacts with horizontal class divisions of an unequal income … distribution. Community is conceptualized in terms of a public good to which all those in the community have equal access, but from … communities. Ideologies of community solidarity may well trump those of class solidarity because of the implicit sharing of …

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Residents Support Entrepreneurship But Policy Lags

Loveridge, Scott; Miller, Steven R.; Komarek, Timothy M. - In: Choices 27 (2012) 2

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Should Egalitarians Expropriate Philanthropists?

Dasgupta, Indraneel; Kanbur, Ravi - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2007

Wealthy individuals often voluntarily provide public goods that the poor also consume. Such philanthropy is commonly perceived as legitimizing one’s wealth. Governments routinely exempt the rich from taxation on grounds of their charitable expenditures. We examine the logic of this exemption....

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El agricultor moral. Instituciones, capital social y racionalidad en la agricultura

Izquierdo Martín, Jesús; Sánchez León, Pablo - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2010) 225

Este artículo aborda la recepción de la Nueva Economía Institucional en la historiografía española. A partir de un diálogo crítico con la obra pionera de Juan Carmona y James Simpson, El Laberinto de la agricultura española (publicada en 2003), sus autores reflexionan sobre los límites...

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Beeinflussung der Wirkung von Ernährungsinformation durch Framing: Analyse am Beispiel von Folsäure

Lensch, Kathrin; Hartmann, Monika; Simons, Johannes - In: Journal of International Agricultural Trade and Development 60 (2011) 3

Die Bereitstellung und verbrauchergerechte Aufbereitung von Informationen stellt eine Möglichkeit dar, Konsumenten darin zu unterstützen, Gesundheitsaspekte vermehrt in das Kauf- und Essverhalten zu integrieren. In der Verhaltensökonomik gelten Framing-Effekte als wichtige Bestimmungsfaktoren...

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Micro-credit impact in Kyrgyzstan: A study case

Angioloni, Simone; Kudabaev, Zarylbek; Ames, Glenn C.W.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2013

Microcredit has expanded rapidly since its beginnings in the last 1970s, but whether and how much it reduces poverty is the subject of intense debate. Generally it depends on how the program is implemented and the set of policies that regulate it. In this spirit, microcredit impacts in the...

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Cooperation makes it happen? Groundwater management in Aguascalientes, Mexico: An experimental approach

Bois, Du; Salcedo, Rodrigo; Macias, Miguel Angel Gutierrez - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

This research develops economic framed field experiments in order to analyze the attitude and behavior of farm groundwater users in several fictional situations, including adoption of efficient irrigation technology and compliance of group arrangements. A groundwater game was played by 256...

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Behavioralizing Finance

Shefrin, Hersh - In: Foundations and Trends(R) in Finance 4 (2010) 1–2, pp. 1-184

Finance is in the midst of a paradigm shift, from a neoclassical based framework to a psychologically based framework. Behavioral finance is the application of psychology to financial decision making and financial markets. Behavioralizing finance is the process of replacing neoclassical...

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective--Making Healthy Food Choices Easier: Ideas From Behavioral Economics

Mancino, Lisa; Andrews, Margaret S. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

With obesity the most prevalent nutrition problem facing Americans at all economic levels, promoting diets that provide adequate nutrition without too many calories has become an important objective for the Food Stamp Program. Findings from behavioral economics suggest innovative, low-cost ways...

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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective

Guthrie, Joanne F.; Andrews, Margaret S.; Frazao, Elizabeth - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

Food stamp recipients, like other Americans, struggle with nutrition problems associated with choice of foods, as well as amounts. This series of Economic Information Bulletins compiles evidence to help answer the question of whether the Food Stamp Program can do more to improve the food choices...

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