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The Market in Economics: Behavioural Assumptions and Value Judgments.

Sandmo, Agnar - Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, Norges Handelshøyskole … - 2014

This paper tries to convey the essence of the economic theory of behaviour of individuals and firms to an audience of non-economists. The hypotheses of utility and profit maximization and their use as building blocks in the theory of market equilibrium are explained. The paper discusses the...

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Tax morale and fairness in conflict: An experiment

Engel, Christoph; Mittone, Luigi; Morreale, Azzurra - 2019

Arguably, for many citizens the perceived expected disutility from sanctions is smaller than the monetary gain from tax evasion. Nevertheless most people pay their taxes most of the time. In a lab experiment, we show that the willingness to pay taxes even absent enforcement is indeed pronounced....

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Tax morale and fairness in conflict : an experiment

Engel, Christoph; Mittone, Luigi; Morreale, Azzurra - 2019

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Conditional cooperation with negative externalities – An experiment

Engel, Christoph; Zhurakhovska, Lilia - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 108 (2014) C, pp. 252-260

Empirically, the commons are not as tragic as standard theory predicts. The predominant explanation for this finding is conditional cooperation. Yet many real life situations involve insiders, who are directly affected by a dilemma, and outsiders, who may be harmed if the insiders overcome the...

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Organisational Learning and Konwledge Management within NGO

Olimpia, Neagu - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XIII (2013) 1, pp. 568-572

NGOs are learning as well as knowledge- intensiv organisations. They are creating social value in the community where …-based society, their organisational processes are marked by learning and knowledge. The paper aims to propose a conceptual model of … the link between organisational learning and knowledge management within NGOs …

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(Why) Are Economists Different?

Kirchgässner, Gebhard - CESifo - 2005

After presenting some casual evidence about the difference between economists and the rest of the population, first the survey and experimental evidence which has been presented on this topic during the last 20 years is discussed. But can these results really be transferred to real world...

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On Sen on the Capability of Capabilities - The Evolution of an Enterprise

Meeks, Jaqueline - 2017

This has been developed from the keynote speech of the inaugural Cambridge Capabilities Conference held in 2016 (a similar version is to be published in Anand, P.B., Comim, F.V. and Fennell, S. (eds), [provisional title] 'New Frontiers of the Capability Approach', forthcoming from Cambridge...

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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth

Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006

This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory...

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Are most people consequentialists?

Johansson-Stenman, Olof - In: Economics Letters 115 (2012) 2, pp. 225-228

Welfare economics relies on consequentialism even though many philosophers have questioned this assumption. Survey evidence, based on a representative sample in Sweden, is presented here suggesting that most people’s ethical perceptions are consistent with consequentialism.

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Impact of Financial Literacy on Individual Saving : A Study in the Omani Context

Uddin, Mohammed Ahmar - 2022

This exploratory study examines the effect of financial literacy (henceforward FL) on savings. A survey was conducted on 200 individuals in Oman for this study. Apart from FL, socio-demographics such as gender, age, and education were also analyzed. Data analysis was done using logistic...

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