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Magic and witchcraft: Implications for Democratization and poverty-alleviating aid in Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - In: World Development 24 (1996) 8, pp. 1347-1355
The belief in occult forces is still deeply rooted in many African societies, regardless of education, religion, and …'éducation, de la religion, et la classe sociale des personnes concernées. Selon de nombreux Africains son incidence est encore …
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Bridges or buffers? Motives behind immigrants' religiosity
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants' religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive - whether immigrants'...
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Social networks and parental behavior in the intergenerational transmission of religion
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - In: Quantitative Economics 7 (2016) 3, pp. 969-995
We analyze the intergenerational transmission of the strength of religion focusing on the interplay between family and …
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The Influence of Income and Education Level on Issues of Religion in Romania
Parasca, Alexandra Georgiana - In: CES Working Papers 7 (2015) 1, pp. 147-155
In this research paper the main focus is on religion and how it is influenced by income and education level, how people … from different social classes look at religion nowadays. It is a known fact that our income, our education will influence … our opinion regarding religion and I analyzed these aspects using a survey carried out by Gallup International for 2014 …
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The rise of secularism and its economic consequences
Lozano, Fernando A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
The literature on the economics of religion finds that increased religious participation or religious density is … risky behaviors. The literature suggests that this relationship is causal, and that the gains from religion often tend to be …. Will the positive outcomes associated with religion disappear as western societies become more secularized? …
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On the impact of the occult on state legitimacy and democratization aid in Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - In: Sociologus 47 (2020) 1, pp. 24-50
The impact of occult belief on legitimacy of the state and on aid for democratization in Africa: Among politicians and development experts in Africa alike there is a growing awareness of the never decreasing importance of the belief in magic and witchcraft on political decision making since...
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Nonlinear pricing, market coverage, and competition
Yang, Huanxing; Ye, Lixin - In: Theoretical Economics 3 (2008) 1, pp. 123-153
This paper considers a nonlinear pricing framework with both horizontally and vertically differentiated products. By endogenizing the set of consumers served in the market, we are able to study how increased competition affects nonlinear pricing, in particular the market coverage and quality...
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Zur Entwicklung administrierter Preise im Euroraum
Nierhaus, Wolfgang - In: ifo Schnelldienst 60 (2007) 17, pp. 21-24
Seit Mai 2007 veröffentlicht die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) einen experimentellen Index für die Entwicklung administrierter Preise im Euro-Währungsgebiet. Damit hat die EZB ein neues interessantes Instrument für die Konjunkturanalyse bereitgestellt. Der Index erfasst die Preisentwicklung...
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Pass-through and competition: The impact of soft drink taxes as seen through Mexican supermarkets
Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M.; Medina Cortina, Eduardo M. - In: Latin American Economic Review 28 (2019) 1, pp. 1-23
In January 2014, Mexico addressed its epidemic of obesity by implementing an excise tax of 1 peso (1 MXN) per liter on soft drinks. This study evaluates the pass-through of the tax, the influence on the tax of competition among different stores, and the after-tax price dispersion. Using an...
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Markets and the Meaning of Flexibility
Jackson, William A. - In: Economic Issues 20 (2015) 2, pp. 45-65
Markets are reputed to be more flexible than other economic arrangements, though the meaning of flexibility remains vague. For orthodox economists, it has a narrow interpretation based on relative price movements within equilibrating markets, leading to allocative efficiency. For heterodox...
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