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Drawing on identity and social comparison theories, we propose and test a model of motivation to lead based on two … the leadership role). We propose that these comparisons imply different identity verification purposes and have different …
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Empirical evidence reveals that unemployment tends to increase property crime but that it has no effect on violent crime. To explain these facts, we examine a model of criminal gangs and suggest that there is a substitution effect between property crime and violent crime at work. In the model,...
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We interpret the psychology literature on social identity and examine its implications in a population partially … behavioral player is motivated by the social identity literature. For rational players, group membership has no payoff relevant …
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When a society overthrows a ruler - call the ruler Caesar - what determines whether Caesar is killed or enslaved? This paper presents a model of killing versus enslaving Caesar, based on a new theory which unifies justice, status, and power. The model pertains to societies which value ordinal...
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describing five sociobehavioral processes - comparison (including justice and self-esteem), status, power, identity, and … distinctive identity and a distinctive magnitude of happiness. Thus, the theory enables systematic and parsimonious analysis of …
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How do individuals shape societies? How do societies shape individuals? This paper develops a framework for studying the connections between micro and macro phenomena. The framework builds on two ingredients widely used in social science - population and variable. Starting with the simplest case...
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