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Incomplete information games of conflict and collective action
Shadmehr, Mehdi - 2011
media source. (3) Two dilemmas arise concerning the intensity and frequency of punishment (repression), and the frequency of … Punishment Dilemma 2: the frequencies of repression and protest can be positively or negatively correlated depending on the … intensity of repression. My third essay, The Repression Puzzle, investigates the relationship between the intensity of …
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Assimilation of immigrants in Spain : a longitudinal analysis
Izquierdo Peinado, Mario; Lacuesta Gabarain, Aitor; … - 2009
In this paper we use the Continuous Sample of Working Histories 2005 (MCVL2005) to analyze the earnings assimilation of … underlying the assimilation is the higher likelihood of recent immigrants in changing jobs among different sectors and firms, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012530247
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Staatsbürgerschaft und Integration
Reichel, David - 2010
In den letzten zehn Jahren haben sich etwa 300.000 Personen in Österreich einbürgern lassen. In Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass eine Einbürgerung unter anderem mit hohen finanziellen und administrativen Aufwänden verbunden ist, stellen sich die folgenden Fragen: Warum lassen sich Personen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480415
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BRANDING REGIONAL IDENTITY AS A DRIVER FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Messely, Lies; Dessein, Joost; Lauwers, Ludwig H. - 2009
engaged in a process of “territorial competition” inan integrated world economy. The identity of the region can be used as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445911
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"I Speak, Therefore I Am:" Identity and Self-Construction as Motivation to Engage in Electronic Word of Mouth
Taylor, David George - 2010
another as part of identity construction. This dissertation attempts to answer the following research questions: 1. Do self …-concept and identity motivate consumers to engage in electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM)? 2. Is there a conceptual model to represent …, hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results suggest that self-concept and identity indeed …
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Online identifiers in everyday life
Gross, Benjamin M. - 2010
Identifiers are an essential component of online communication. Email addresses and instant messenger usernames are two of the most common online identifiers. This dissertation focuses on the ways that social, technical and policy factors affect individual's behavior with online...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009477729
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Receipt management- transaction history based trust establishment
Bhargav-Spantzel, Abhilasha; Woo, Jungha; Bertino, Elisa - 2007
In a history-based trust-management system, users and service providers use information about past transactions to make trust-based decisions concerningcurrent transactions. One category of such systems is represented by the reputation systems. However, despite the growing body of experience in...
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14.662 Labor Economics II, Spring 2005
Autor, David H.; Piore, Michael J. - 2005
The development and evolution of labor market structures and institutions. Particular focus on competing explanations of recent developments in the distribution of wage and salary income and in key institutions and organizational structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and...
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AN APPLICATION OF GAME THEORY: FUNDING INTERDEPENDENT MC and A UPGRADE DECISIONS
B. G. SCOTT - 2008
Funding Material, Control and Accountability (MC&A) system upgrades has been identified as a partial solution for mitigating the diversion threat of weapons-grade nuclear material. Effective MC&A system upgrades are dependent on appropriate decisions based on based on funding, implementation,...
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Alternative comparison, analysis, and evaluation of solid waste and materials system alternatives
Brothers, A.J. - 2009
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of solid waste technical options on values and objectives that are important to the public. It is written in support of the Solid Waste and Materials Systems Alternatives Study (WHC, 1995). Described are the values that were identified,...
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