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Opinion Dynamics and Wisdom under Conformity
Büchel, Berno; Hellmann, Tim; Klößner, Stefan - 2013
We present a model of opinion formation where individuals repeatedly engage in discussion and update their opinion in a social network similarly to the DeGroot model. Abstracting from the standard assumption that individuals always report their opinion truthfully, agents in our model may state...
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The Effect of Environmental Policies on Intrinsic Motivation: Evidence from the Eurobarometer Surveys
Bonev, Petyo; Gorkun-Voevoda, Liudmila; Knaus, Michael - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013359242
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Behavioral Response to an Anti Malaria Spraying Campaign, with Evidence from Eritrea
Locatelli, Andrea; Carneiro, Pedro; Gebremeskel, Tewolde; … - 2011
It is sometimes argued that introducing Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) in areas with high coverage of mosquito bed nets may discourage net ownership and use, which would hinder Malaria eradication rather than promote it. We analyze new data from a Randomized Control Trial conducted in Eritrea in...
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Biodiversity Prospecting Over Time and Under Uncertainty: A Theory of Sorts
Batabyal, Amit; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
Biodiversity prospecting refers to the exploration of the commercial value of genetic and biochemical resources. In this chapter, we study a drug producing pharmaceutical firm (PF) that searches for potentially useful chemicals made by wild organisms in a conservation area. This PF is able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400113
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Did you know? The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake in Indonesia
Marcus, Maja-Emilia; Reuter, Anna; Rogge, Lisa; … - 2021
While the burden of non-communicable diseases is rising in low- and middle-income countries, the uptake of screening for these diseases remains low. We conducted a community-based RCT in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages can increase the demand for existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623150
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SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ITS INFLUENCE ON RURAL CREDIT MARKET
Daruge, Fernando Perrini; De Souza Lima, Roberto Arruda - 2010
This study analyses the relationship between social capital accumulation and the amount of rural credit market contracts of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The most important definitions of social capital found on literature and the main ways of creation and measure this variable were reported....
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Homeownership and social capital in New Zealand
Roskruge, Matthew James; Grimes, Arthur; McCann, Philip; … - 2010
used in our analysis include trust in others, participation in social networks, attitude towards local governance and sense …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332511
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Economic development and social capital in Sao Paulo state, Brazil
Pavarina, Paula - 2010
represent association, civism and trust among people. Associative life is reflected on the presence of organizations and … electoral participation and mass medias. On the absence of a variable that could better describe the trust criminality is used … as a proxy to lack of trust. Additionally this research discusses some problems related to variables that are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332717
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How Immigration Reduced Social Capital in the US: 2005-2011
Freire, Tiago; Li, Xiaoye - 2013
Putnam (1995)'s seminal work was one of the first to describe the decline of social capital in the US after the 1960s, a period that saw a large increase in the flow of immigrants into the US. Using the Volunteer Supplement of the September Sample of the Current Population Survey (CPS) between...
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The financial crisis and citizens' trust in the European Central Bank
Roth, Felix; Gros, Daniel - 2010
Trust in the ECB, as measured by the standard Eurobarometer surveys has fallen to unprecedented lows - especially in … the larger euro area countries. We find that up to the start of the recession in 2008 trust in the ECB was little affected … by business cycle variables such as growth and even inflation. This changed radically with the recession, with trust in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270738