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La monnaie morale en Afrique subsaharienne ? Garantir l'éthique pour favoriser l'investissement durable (Moralisches Geld in Afrika südlich der Sahara? Über Ethik als Antrieb für n...

Kohnert, Dirk - 2023

French Abstract: L'argent dirige le monde. L'importance de l'argent est toutefois bien plus grande que ne le laissent entendre la théorie économique conventionnelle et ses équations héroïques. Les gens ont inventé leurs propres formes de monnaie, ils ont utilisé l'argent d'une manière...

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Les Africains, sont-ils heureux ? « Retour au rire » en temps de guerre, de famine et de misère (Are Africans Happy? ‘Return to Laughter’ in Times of War, Famine and Misery)

Kohnert, Dirk - 2022

German Abstract: Glück ist eine universelle Geistesverfassung. Ihre Bedeutung nimmt jedoch kulturspezifische Formen an und reicht von emotionalen Gemütszuständen bis hin zur allgemeinen Lebenszufriedenheit. Die Definition von ‚Glück‘ ist stark von jeweiligen philosophischen...

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Comparing the Effects of Non-Monetary Incentives and Monetary Incentives on Prosocial Behavior

Asulin, Yamit; Heller, Yuval; Munichor, Nira - 2023

Multiple studies suggest that, contrary to economic rationale, offering monetary incentives to complete a task can negatively affect task performance. This phenomenon is attributed to so-called crowding-out effects, in which monetary rewards “crowd out” non-monetary sources of value that...

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Fear, Trust and Demand for Regulation : Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia

Borisova, Ekaterina; Frye, Timothy; Schoors, Koen J. L.; … - 2023

, existing theories rooted in market failure and government failure have focused on various forms of trust, but have paid little … attention to fear. We test how fear and trust shape demand for government regulation by drawing on especially precise measures … fear of contracting the virus is directly related to greater demand for regulation. In addition, the impact of trust is …

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Why Do Parents Socialize Their Children to Behave Pro-Socially? An Information-Based Theory

Adriani, Fabrizio; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2009

We present a model of intergenerational transmission of pro-social values in which parents have information about relevant characteristics of society that is not directly available to their children. Differently from existing models of cultural transmission of values (such as Bisin and Verdier,...

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The Role of Family Ties in the Labour Market : An Interpretation Based on Efficiency Wage Theory

De Paola, Maria; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2009

By casual empiricism, it seems that many firms take explicit account of the family ties connecting workers, often hiring individuals belonging to the same family or passing jobs on from parents to their children. This paper makes an attempt to explain this behaviour by introducing the assumption...

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Laws and Norms

Bénabou, Roland - 2012

This paper analyzes how private decisions and public policies are shaped by personal and societal preferences ("values"), material or other explicit incentives ("laws") and social sanctions or rewards ("norms"). It first examines how honor, stigma and social norms arise from individuals'...

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The Big Carrot : High Stake Incentives Revisited

Brañas-Garza, Pablo; García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, … - 2021

This paper provides an empirical demonstration of high stakes incentives in relation to religious practice. It shows that, when both positive (carrot) and negative (stick) incentives are available, the former are more effective than the latter. Specifically, it is shown that beliefs in heaven...

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Why do parents socialize their children to behave pro-socially? An information-based theory

Adriani, Fabrizio; Sonderegger, Silvia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

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Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?

Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Volunteering constitutes one of the most important pro-social activities. Following Adam Smith, helping others is the way to higher individual well-being. This view contrasts with the selfish utility maximizer who avoids costs from helping others. The two rival views are studied empirically. We...

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