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Major streams in the economics of inequality: a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the literature since 1950s
Lima, Pedro Garrido da Costa; Teixeira, Pedro; Silva, … - 2021
research, stand out Anthony Atkinson, Simon Kuznets, Michael Kalecki, and Thomas Piketty. …Since the late twentieth century there has been a growing interest in academic and political circles on inequality. In … research about Inequality since the 1950s; (ii) the development of a new method of analysis that combines (ii-a) a quantitative …
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The Disciplinary Mobility of Core Behavioral Economists
Truc, Alexandre - 2021
Disciplinary mobility occurs when researchers publish outside their disciplines of origin. It is an important mechanism of interdisciplinarity and knowledge transfer. Behavioral economics (BE) was founded by two psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, who used disciplinary mobility to...
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Understanding Robert Lucas (1967-1981) : his influence and influences
Andrada, Alexandre F. S. - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 18 (2017) 2, pp. 212-228
This paper analyzes Robert Lucas's contribution to economic theory between 1967 (year of his first solo publication) and 1981 (the year before the emergence of Real Business Cycle approach), and it has two parts. The first one, using citation data from three different sources, we try to answer...
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Identifying the 'Invisible Colleges' of the Industrial & Labor Relations Review : A Bibliometric Approach
Casey, Debra L.; McMillan, G. Steven - 2011
Since its inaugural issue in 1947, the Industrial and Labor Relations Review (ILRR) has been considered among the foremost industrial relations journals. Prominent among subjects treated by ILRR’s articles in the journal’s early years were collective bargaining and industrial strife, but the...
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A Counter-Reply to Professors Bankman and Weisbach
Sanchirico, Chris William - 2011
In “A Critical Look at the Economic Argument for Taxing Only Labor Income,” I challenge the tax substitution argument, which according to accepted wisdom fairly establishes that it is best to tax only labor earnings. A portion of Critical Look is directed at Professors Bankman and Weisbach's...
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Board Influence on Remuneration : A Literature Review
Rampling, Peter N. - 2014
Purpose – This paper develops a discussion for the board influence on board of directors and CEO remuneration of public listed corporation.Design/methodology/approach – This study entails Australia, The United States of America and The United Kingdom.Findings – The findings show that there...
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Shareholder Influence on Board of Directors and CEO Remuneration : A Literature Review
Rampling, Peter N. - 2014
Purpose – This paper develops a discussion for the shareholder influence on board of directors and CEO remuneration of public listed corporation.Design/methodology/approach – This study entails Australia, The United States of America and The United Kingdom.Findings – The findings show that...
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Executive Remuneration in China : A Literature Review
Rampling, Peter N. - 2014
Kato & Long (2005) state that executive compensation has attracted much attention from economists in the past two decades yet most academic work on executive compensation has been concentrated on a few developed countries such as the U.S. and the U.K., mainly due to data availability. In light...
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Measuring Poverty in a Multidimensional Perspective : A Review of Literature
Bibi, Sami - 2018
Recent pioneer papers of Sen (1981, 1985, 1992) have emphasized that poverty is a multidimensional issue. Hence, it should be seen in relation to the lack of important basic needs or basic capabilities. This recommendation has motivated many researchers to focus on the way multidimensional...
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Rank, stress, and risk : a conjecture
Stark, Oded; Wlodarczyk, Julia - 2024
A perception at the core of studies that consider the link between social rank and stress (typically measured by the so-called stress hormone cortisol) is that the link is direct. Examples of such studies are Bartolomucci (2007), Beery and Kaufer (2015), and Koolhaas et al. (2017). A recent and...
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