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NEA presidential address: identity, markets, and persistent racial inequality
Mason, Patrick L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
This paper contrasts competing theories and evidence on the nature and significance of African American racial identity. In particular, we seek to examine whether race is best understood as a set of values and behaviors or whether race is best understood as a social norm.
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Linking Economic and Social-Exchange Games: From the Community Norm to CSR
Aoki, Masahiko - Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research … - 2007
This paper proposes an approach to the roles of social norm dealing with economic externalities. Traditionally social norms are treated by economists as external constraints or endogenous outcomes of repeated economic transactions. In contrast, this paper formulates a game of social exchanges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616020
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Corruption, Norm Violation and Decay in Social Capital
Banerjee, Ritwik - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2015
The paper studies the interplay between corruption and social trust, using data from a lab experiment. Subjects play either a harassment bribery game or a strategically identical but differently framed ultimatum game, followed by a trust game. In the second phase, the trust game is followed by...
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Driving Forces of Informal Sanctions
Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
Informal sanctions are a major determinant of a society's social capital because they are key to the enforcement of implicit agreements and social norms. Yet, little is known about the driving forces behind informal sanctions. We systematically examine the determinants of informal sanctions by a...
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Sozialkapital landwirtschaftlicher Produzenten in der Tschechischen Republik: Seine Auswirkung auf das ökonomische Ergebnis
Wolz, Axel; Fritzsch, Jana; Pencáková, Jitka - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2006
einer Faktoren- und Regressionsanalyse nachgewiesen werden, dass Sozialkapital einen wichtigen Einflussfaktor auf das …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008597156
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Social capital, transition in agriculture, and economic organisation: a theoretical perspective
Valentinov, Vladislav - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2003
G E R M A N V E R S I O N: Sozialkapital wird definiert als geteiltes Wissen, Vertrauen und gemeinsame Kultur …, eingebettet in Netzwerkstrukturen und andere stabile Beziehungen zwischen Agenten. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass Sozialkapital … Relevanz des Sozialkapital-Konzeptes für die Agenda der Transformationsländer wird erklärt durch die wachsende Verantwortung …
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SOCIAL CAPITAL, TRANSITION IN AGRICULTURE, AND ECONOMIC ORGANISATION: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
Valentinov, Vladislav - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2003
latter. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG Sozialkapital wird definiert als geteiltes Wissen, Vertrauen und gemeinsame Kultur, eingebettet in … Netzwerkstrukturen und andere stabile Beziehungen zwischen Agenten. Es hat sich gezeigt, dass Sozialkapital schwieriger aufzubauen ist … Sozialkapital-Konzeptes für die Agenda der Transformationsländer wird erklärt durch die wachsende Verantwortung von privaten …
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Measuring community strength and social capital
Western, John; Stimson, Robert; Baum, Scott; GELLECUM, … - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 8, pp. 1095-1109
Western J., StimsonR., Baum S. and Van Gellecum Y. (2005) Measuring community strength and social capital, Regional Studies 39 , 1095-1109. Five case study communities in both metropolitan and regional urban locations in Australia are used as test sites to develop measures of 'community...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005491529
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Differences in social capital between 54 Western European regions
Beugelsdijk, Sjoerd; Schaik, Ton Van - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 8, pp. 1053-1064
Beugelsdijk S. and Van Schaik T. (2005) Differences in social capital between 54 Western European regions, Regional Studies 39 , 1053-1064. Based on the extant literature, a newly developed index measuring social capital at the regional level in Europe is presented. It is shown that there are...
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Social capital in building regional innovative capability
Tura, Tomi; Harmaakorpi, Vesa - In: Regional Studies 39 (2005) 8, pp. 1111-1125
Tura T. and Harmaakorpi V. (2005) Social capital in building regional innovative capability, Regional Studies 39 , 1111-1125. The paper focuses on the relation of social capital and regional innovative capability. It examines the social nature of the innovative processes placing demands on the...
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