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Schwardmann, Peter; Tripodi, Egon; Weele, Joël J. van der - 2021

Laboratory evidence shows that when people have to argue for a given position, they persuade themselves about the position’s factual and moral superiority. Such self-persuasion limits the potential of communication to resolve conflict and reduce polarization. We test for this phenomenon in a...

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What do cross-country surveys tell us about social capital?

Tannenbaum, David; Cohn, Alain; Zünd, Christian; … - 2020 - Revised version

We validate survey measures of social capital with a new behavioral data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning...

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Does charity begin at home or overseas?

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Re-Exploring the Trade and Environment Nexus Through the Diffusion of Pollution

Aklin, Michaël - 2015

Some scholars argue that trade liberalization results in the 'outsourcing' of pollution to pollution havens, and this … liberalization effectively lessens pollution by allowing a more efficient use of resources and the diffusion of clean technologies … literature and estimate a spatial regression model where trade operates as the mechanism through which pollution shifts from …

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