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Das Phänomen der Macht ist seit jeher ein Faszinosum. Es scheint im menschlichen Dasein allgegenwärtig zu sein, und es überrascht deshalb nicht, dass die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema wohl so alt wie die Menschheit selbst ist. Allerdings erweist sich das Machtphänomen aus theoretischer...
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We present a variant of a general equilibrium model with group formation to study how changes of non-consumptive benefits from group formation impact on the well-being of group members. We identify a human relations paradox: Positive externalities increase, but none of the group members gains in...
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The BoltzmannGibbs distribution is currently widely used in economic modeling. One of the applications is integrated with the DSGE (Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium) model. However, a question that arises concerns whether the BoltzmannGibbs distribution can be directly applied, without...
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Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich mit der Frage, ob die Merkmale, die eine qualitativ hochwertige Arbeitsbeziehung zwischen Arbeitgebern und Arbeitnehmern definieren, auch verwendet werden können, um die Beziehung zwischen Selbstständigen und ihren Auftrag-gebern zu beschreiben. Untersucht...
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Das vorliegende Heft berichtet über die Ergebnisse mehrerer empirischer Erhebungen, die sich mit dem Urteil von Arbeitnehmern über ihr Arbeitsverhältnis befassen. Befragt wurden Arbeitnehmer in sehr unterschiedlichen Beschäftigungsverhältnissen. Die Studie befasst sich mit der folgenden...
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Debt-induced crises, including the subprime, are usually attributed exclusively to supply-side factors. We examine the role of social influences on debt culture, emanating from perceived average income of peers. Utilizing unique information from a household survey representative of the Dutch...
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The important role of friends, neighbors and colleagues in shaping individual choices has been brought out in a number of studies over the years. The presence of significant 'local' influence in shaping individual behavior suggests that firms, governments and developmental agencies should...
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Many studies have established that people care a great deal about their relative economic position and not solely, as standard economic theory assumes, about their absolute economic position. However, behavioral evidence is rare. This paper provides an empirical analysis on how individuals'...
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Over the last few years, many studies have shown that social networks affect the socioeconomic development. This paper presents evidence, through the Italian microdata representative of the entire Italian population, that the quality and quantity of interpersonal relations of agents can increase...
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We make four main contributions to the theory of network formation. (1) The problem of network formation with farsighted agents can be formulated as an abstract network formation game. (2) In any farsighted network formation game the feasible set of networks contains a unique, finite, disjoint...
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