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Locus of control, self-control, and health outcomes
Botha, Ferdi; Dahmann, Sarah Christina - 2022
We provide the first empirical evidence on the direct link between locus of control and self-control, and how they interact in explaining a range of health outcomes. Using rich Australian survey data, we find that, while the two traits are distinct constructs, a greater internal locus of control...
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Measuring social preferences in developing economies
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Leveley, Ian - 2023
For the past two decades, studies measuring social preferences in developing settings have played an important role in building our understanding of economic development and poverty. This book chapter reviews lab-in-the-field experiments that measure social preferences, summarizes categories of...
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Behavioral design : a new approach to development policy
Datta, Saugato; Sendhill, Mullainathan - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 60 (2014) 1, pp. 7-35
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Behavioral design : a new approach to development policy
Datta, Saugato; Mullainathan, Sendhil - 2014
Successful development programs rely on people to behave and choose in certain ways, and behavioral economics helps us understand why people behave and choose as they do. Approaching problems in development using behavioral economics thus leads to better diagnosis and to better-designed...
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Gain-loss incentives and physical activity : the role of choice and wearable health tools
Adjerid, Idris; Loewenstein, George F.; Purta, Rachael; … - In: Management science : journal of the Institute for … 68 (2022) 4, pp. 2642-2667
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Corruption in emerging and developing economies : evidence from a pooled cross-section
Peyton, Kyle; Belasen, Ariel R. - In: Emerging markets finance & trade : a journal of the … 48 (2012) 2, pp. 29-43
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The nature of corruption : an interdisciplinary perspective
Dimant, Eugen - 2013
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The nature of corruption : an interdisciplinary perspective
Dimant, Eugen - 2013
Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody's life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199020
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Good governance problems and recent financial crises in some EU countries
Gamberger, Dragan; Smuc, Tomislav - 2013
corruption, rule of law, and government effectiveness are the indicators which are statistically different for these sets of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200390
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The role of technology in combating corruption
Ionescu, Luminiţa - In: Economics, management and financial markets 8 (2013) 3, pp. 101-106
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