The evil eye belief is a widespread superstition according to which people can cause harm by a mere envious glance at … conditions in which envy was likely to trigger destructive behavior and the avoidance of other people's envy, effectively … societies wealth differentiation and vulnerability of productive assets were the key factors enabling envy-induced destructive …

The two sides of envy, destructive and constructive, give rise to qualitatively different equilibria, depending on the … economic, institutional, and cultural environment. If investment opportunities are scarce, inequality is high, property rights … better endowed agents restrain their efforts to prevent destructive envy of the relatively poor. Otherwise, the standard …

The two sides of envy, destructive and competitive, give rise to qualitatively different equilibria, depending on … economic, institutional, and cultural environment. If inequality is high, property rights are poorly protected, and social … efforts to prevent destructive envy of the relatively poor. In the opposite case, the standard "keeping up with the Joneses …

The evil eye belief is a widespread superstition according to which people can cause harm by a mere envious glance at … conditions in which envy was likely to trigger destructive behavior and the avoidance of other people's envy, effectively … societies wealth differentiation and vulnerability of productive assets were the key factors enabling envy-induced destructive …

This paper studies the transmission mechanism from family culture to economic institutions, by analyzing the impact of …

This paper studies the transmission mechanism from family culture to economic institutions, by analyzing the impact of …