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The behavioural economics of climate change
Brekke, Kjell Arne; Johansson-Stenman, Olof - In: The economics and politics of climate change, (pp. 107-122). 2009
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Nerves of Steel? Stress, Work Performance and Elite Athletes
Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - 2009
There is a notable shortage of empirical research directed at measuring the magnitude and direction of stress effects on performance in a controlled environment. One reason for this is the inherent difficulties in identifying and isolating direct performance measures for individuals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200084
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Benefit morale and cross-country diversity in sick pay entitlements
Arnold, Daniel - 2012
This paper analyzes the impact of a country's level of benefit morale on generosity of sick pay entitlements by means of a political economy model and an empirical investigation. Higher benefit morale reduces the incidence of absence. On the one hand, this makes insurance cheaper with the usual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009698068
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Values of Financial Services Professionals and the Global Financial Crisis as a Crisis of Ethics
van Hoorn, André - 2020
professionals (FSPs) such as stockbrokers or fund managers. The crisis-of-ethics debate is important, concerning one of the main … crisis-of-ethics account of the GFC by systematically analyzing the self-enhancement and self-transcendence values of FSPs … the general population, too small to support the crisis-of-ethics thesis by objective standards. We conclude that the …
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Generalized Morality, Institutions and Economic Growth, and the Intermediating Role of Generalized Trust
James, Jr., Harvey S. - 2015
Generalized morality reflects ethical norms in society about the inappropriateness of behaviors that can cause harm to others. Generalized morality may be an important factor affecting the economic performance of countries. An indicator of generalized morality is constructed from data from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013029558
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On valuing nature-based solutions to climate change : a framework with application to elephants and whales
Chami, Ralph; Cosimano, Thomas F.; Fullenkamp, Connel; … - 2020
We develop a framework for natural resource valuation that directly addresses the fundamental collective action problem in environmental protection. Our framework uses the lessons of behavioral economics to create values that individual decision makers find credible and relatable, in addition to...
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Ethics in times of Corona : ordonomic reflections on (dys-)functional morality
Pies, Ingo - 2020
Dieser Artikel diente als Textgrundlage für eine „Keynote Address“, die ich am 26. Juni 2020 als Video-Vortrag zum IAMO Forum 2020 beigesteuert habe. Sie geht der Frage nach, inwiefern moralische Gefühle und helfen bzw. daran hindern, vernünftige Strategien zu finden, mit denen sich die...
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Cryptocurrencies : A Legal Regulatory System
Di Pietro, Massimiliano - 2021
Abstract. A system that allows you to easily regulate the cryptocurrency market and influence it thanks to the classification given by their scalability. The opportunity to be included in a different table will push programmers to adapt to the legislation. It will no longer be the right to have...
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Inflation Targeting Regimes in Emerging Market Economies : To Invest or Not to Invest?
Silveira, Douglas; Barbosa Lima Mendes Oscar, Ricardo - 2021
We propose a stochastic learning rule through an Agent-based Model (ABM) to understand how emerging market economies (EMEs) can achieve high levels of investment, given the announced inflation target rate. The central banks act as a pseudo-player, choosing between the pursued target inflation...
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Evolutorische Ökonomik und private Transaktionsmedien
Hauk, Matthias - 1994
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