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Is There a Canon in Economic Sociology?
Wang, Dan - In: Journal of Economic Sociology 14 (2013) 2, pp. 111-122
This paper is devoted to the findings of a bibliometric analysis of 52 syllabi on economic sociology provided by the members of the American Sociological Association section “Economic Sociology” and scholars from the UK, France, Germany, and Russia. In addition, the initial collection was...
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Ancestral Beliefs about Gender Roles and Women in Corporate Leadership
McLean, R. David - 2020
In U.S. counties where more of the population or their ancestors immigrated from countries with more gender-egalitarian beliefs, firms are 20% more likely to have a female director, and almost twice as likely to have a female CEO. In such counties, female directors are also more likely to chair...
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The "mighty girl" effect : does parenting daughters alter attitudes towards gender roles?
Borrell-Porta, Mireia; Costa-Font, Joan; Philipp, Julia - 2018
Understanding the malleability of gender norms is crucial to address gender inequalities. We study the effect of parenting daughters on a gender role attitude relating to the traditional male breadwinner model: whether the husband should earn and the wife stay at home. We control for other...
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Naturalizing institutions: Evolutionary principles and application on the case of money
Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten - 2011
population-level interactions. I apply this framework on the case of money, analyzing the emotions that go along with the use of … view, money is a neuronally anchored metaphor for emotions relating with social exchange and reciprocity. Money as a meme … is physically realized in a replicator which is a causal conjunction of money artefacts and money emotions. …
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Naturalizing Institutions: Evolutionary Principles and Application on the Case of Money
Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 234 (2014) 2-3, pp. 388-421
the emotions that go along with the use of money, and presenting a stylized account of the emergence of money in terms of … the naturalized Searle-Aoki model. In this view, money is a neuronally anchored sign for emotions relating with social … emotions. …
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Naturalizing institutions: Evolutionary principles and application on the case of money
Herrmann-Pillath, Carsten - Frankfurt School of Finance and Management - 2011
population-level interactions. I apply this framework on the case of money, analyzing the emotions that go along with the use of … view, money is a neuronally anchored metaphor for emotions relating with social exchange and reciprocity. Money as a meme … is physically realized in a replicator which is a causal conjunction of money artefacts and money emotions. …
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Self-employment after socialism: Intergenerational links, entrepreneurial values, and human capital
Fritsch, Michael; Rusakova, Alina - 2012
Drawing on representative household data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examine the role of an early precursor of entrepreneurial development - parental role models - for the individual decision to become self-employed in the post-unified Germany. The findings suggest that the...
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Entrepreneurship and creative professions: A micro-level analysis
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina - 2013
It has widely been recognized that creativity plays an immense role not only for arts, sciences, and technology, but also for entrepreneurship, innovation, and thus, economic growth. We analyze the level and the determinants of self-employment in creative professions at the level of individuals....
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Groupthink: Collective delusions in organizations and markets
Bénabou, Roland - 2013
This paper investigates collective denial and willful blindness in groups, organizations and markets. Agents with anticipatory preferences, linked through an interaction structure, choose how to interpret and recall public signals about future prospects. Wishful thinking (denial of bad news) is...
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Chinese Commodity Imports in Ghana and Senegal: Demystifying Chinese Business Strength in Urban West Africa
Marfaing, Laurence; Thiel, Alena - 2011
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, independent entrepreneurial migrants from China have been increasingly flocking to Africa in search of greener pastures. This paper scrutinizes the empirical foundations of the increasingly hostile discourses of African traders regarding the...
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