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Implications of the Economics of Religion to the Empirical Economic Research
Mangeloja, Esa - EconWPA - 2003
This paper collects most recent developments in the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. According to …. This survey analyzes the economic consequences of religion, the two-way interrelationship between religious and economic … in economic development. Changes in belief systems, which in many cases will be forms of religion, also can significantly …
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On the Usefulness of a Flat Economics to the World of Faith
Morriss, Andrew P. - In: Econ Journal Watch 11 (2014) 2, pp. 194-201
Is economics unduly flat? Perhaps, sometimes. But part of the power of economics comes from the parsimony of its approach to human nature. If and when we search for more complex approaches, we will need to understand the tradeoffs involved in choosing between that power and simplicity and the...
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Okun’s Law as a Pi-to-1 ratio: A harmonic / trigonometric theory as to why Okun’s Law works
Albers, Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
“Okun’s Law” states a 3:1 proportion between percent growth in U. S. real GNP and percent decrease in the rate of unemployment. This paper argues that this ratio is actually a Pi:1 proportion, heretofore unrecognized because it is displayed through a form of mathematic / harmonic inverse....
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Does “Okun’s Law” state a Pi:1 ratio? Toward a harmonic interpretation of why Okun’s Law works
Albers, Scott; Albers, Andrew L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In Albers & Albers (Spring, 2013) we demonstrated that the historic development of U.S. real GNP, 1869-present, may be structured in recurring 14-year periods. A steady-state rate of growth of 3.4969% is thereby calculated, generating an increase in real GNP proportional to the famous “Golden...
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Jury on Stage: A Common Law Play
Holler, Manfred; Leroch, Martin - Berkeley Electronic Press
Legal processes have a theatrical component to them. They offer an audience (the spectators) and actors (the legal parties, lawyers, as well as the jury and judge) who perform a play on the stage of the courtroom. In this paper we focus on the role of the jury, which appears to be simultaneously...
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Mapping Islamic Evolutionary in the Context of Social Justice and Poverty: A Complexity Approach
Hardiansyah, Suteja - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Why Islamic tradition in Morocco and Indonesia is different? Why Islamic patterns in urban communities such as Jakarta different with Islamic patterns of rural communities? Variation in Islam is an interesting challenge to be answered. Islam, even in aspects substance, namely spirituality, is...
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Homo agricola considered as homo economicus and homo politicus
Zawojska, Aldona - 2010
The paper is of descriptive character and is based on literature review. It reviews the concept of homo economicus and homo politicus in the history of economic thought and tries to discover their characteristics in homo agricola. As demonstrated, one component of homo agricola can be of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009380809
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The relationship of ethical and economic behaviour
Sigmund, Tomáš - In: Politická ekonomie 2015 (2015) 2, pp. 223-243
Altruism and the ethical relationship to other people affect behaviour of subjects in economic environment. Economy tries to capture this behaviour, there are various models, but it hasn´t been successful in fi nding one model describing various types and cases of altruistic behaviour. Business...
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Sympathy for Homo Religiosus
Roberts, Russell - In: Econ Journal Watch 11 (2014) 2, pp. 227-232
What might religion do to improve our understanding of economics and human behavior? Here I contrast the mainstream …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010778825
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Moral Action / Moral Behavior. ueber existentielle Initiativen – Zur Phaenomenologie der Moralitaet im oekonomischen Raum (Moral Action / Moral Behavior. The Phenomenology of Moral...
Priddat, Birger P. - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik - … 15 (2014) 3, pp. 421-434
Im folgenden Beitrag wird Moral als konsensueller Prozess im sozialen Geschehen betrachtet. Moral wird in Form assertorischer Aussagen vorgetragen, denn wer will, dass sich alle moralisch verhalten, will nicht alleine dastehen. Wer traut sich (wann?), moralisch aufzutreten? Die folgende...
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