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Spatial, Cultural, and Ecological Autocorrelation in U.S. Regional Data
Eff, E. Anthon - Economics and Finance Department, Jennings A. Jones … - 2004
Positive autocorrelation implies that proximate observations take on similar values. “Proximate” can be defined in many different dimensions. In a cross-section of U.S. regions, it can be defined using physical distance, cultural similarity, ecological similarity, or using frequency and...
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The Impact of Institutions, Culture, and Religion on Per Capita Income
Dobler, Constanze - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik, … - 2009
Despite many approaches of neoclassical and endogenous growth theory, economists still face problems in explaining the reasons for income differences between countries. Institutional economics and the deep determinants of growth literature try to depart from pure economic facts to examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005256250
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The impact of institutions, culture, and religion on per capita income
Dobler, Constanze - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Fakultät … - 2009
Despite many approaches of neoclassical and endogenous growth theory, economists still face problems in explaining the reasons for income differences between countries. Institutional economics and the deep determinants of growth literature try to depart from pure economic facts to examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008498453
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Religion and Economic Growth: Was Weber Right?
Blum, U.; Dudley, L. - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Économie … - 2001
Ethic, Weber suggested an alternative explanation based on culture. Here, a theoretical model confirms that a small change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005729526
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Religion and Economic Growth: Was Weber Right?
BLUM, Ulrich; DUDLEY, Leonard - Département de Sciences Économiques, Université de … - 2001
Ethic, Weber suggested an alternative explanation based on culture. Here, a theoretical model confirms that a small change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005729672
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Deutungshoheit der Religionen? Weltanschauung und Wirtschaft im Horizont globaler Institutionen und in Auseinandersetzung mit der Ethik von Eilert Herms (Reflections on the Interre...
Munzinger, Andre - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - … 11 (2010) 1, pp. 35-50
Das Verhaeltnis von Wirtschaft und Religion ist umstritten. Angesichts globalisierter Interdependenzen und der … Position, indem er Religion als fundamentalanthropologische, unhintergehbare Groesse jeder Ordnungstheorie postuliert. In … insights on the nature of religious experience. We examine his work and show how from his theory of religion he develops a …
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African Development,Partnership and Rationality Challenge:An Exposition
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...
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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal interactions, history of migration and ethnic self-identification are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123614
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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal interactions, history of migration and ethnic self-identification are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068789
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Worldviews and Intergenerational Altruism: Empirical Evidence for Germany
Akkemik, K. Ali; Dittrich, Marcus; Göksal, Koray; … - European Regional Science Association - 2013
German survey data containing questions on worldviews, religion, parental behavior, and socioeconomic variables. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132046