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Extending the informational basis of welfare economics: The case of preference dynamics
Witt, Ulrich; Schubert, Christian - 2010
Normative reasoning in welfare economics and social contract theory usually presumes invariable, context … show that on this basis it is possible to complement social welfare assessments by a differential weighing of different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281845
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Role models that make you unhappy: Light paternalism, social learning and welfare
Cordes, Christian; Schubert, Christian - 2010
appear to be wasteful in terms of well-being or welfare. Within settings displaying preference endogeneity, it is however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286756
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Role Models that Make You Unhappy: Light Paternalism, Social Learning and Welfare
Cordes, Christian; Schubert, Christian - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2011
appear to be “wasteful” in terms of well-being or welfare. Within settings displaying preference endogeneity, it is however …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805390
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Is novelty always a good thing? Towards an evolutionary welfare economics
Schubert, Christian - 2009
welfare economics is unsuited to deal with. We show that welfare economics has to be reconstructed on the basis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267155
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Is Novelty always a good thing? Towards an Evolutionary Welfare Economics
Schubert, Christian - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2009
welfare economics is unsuited to deal with. We show that welfare economics has to be reconstructed on the basis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005258478
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As innovations drive economic growth, do they also raise well-being?
Binder, Martin; Witt, Ulrich - 2011
While there is little doubt that innovations drive economic growth, their effects on well-being are less clear. One reason for this are ambivalent effects of innovations on well-being that result from pecuniary and technological externalities of innovations, argued to be inevitable. Another...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281855
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Economic theories of sustainable consumption
Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 1999
The term 'sustainable consumption' denotes the search for consumption patterns that reduce human pressure on the environment and nature. This search involves three levels of research. First, the relationship between consumption, lifestyles and environmental sustainability has to be clarified. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005451404
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Should Productivity Be a Social Priority?
Heath, Joseph - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
will make to the welfare of Canadians. Traditionally, productivity growth was thought to contribute to increased leisure … literature. One possible explanation is that increased consumption does not generate lasting increments in welfare because the … not only satisfies needs but also communicates status, class, upbringing and tastes. A third possible explanation draws on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650206
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Economic theories of sustainable consumption
Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 1999
The term ‘sustainable consumption’ denotes the search for consumption patterns that reduce human pressure on the environment and nature. This search involves three levels of research. First, the relationship between consumption, lifestyles and environmental sustainability has to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010822566
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Opportunity and preference learning
Schubert, Christian - 2012
Robert Sugden has recently elaborated upon the case for a normative standard of freedom as opportunity that is supposed to cope with the problem of how to realign normative economics - with its traditional rational choice orientation - with behavioral economics. His standard, though, presupposes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327357