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It is well-known that people resist proposals for change for reasons that are independent of a rational calculation of self-interest. This article explores two sources of resistance that affect public policy advocates in particular: quot;Resonance,quot; (negative associations with past...
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We study the implications of participation in political collective action on identity and on interpersonal interactions using a laboratory experiment. We offer subjects the possibility to sign an online petition, which was either related to animal rights or the right to bear firearms. Before and...
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations play a main role in the immunization campaign of nations but countries, after a certain share of people vaccinated have to cope with vaccine hesitancy and resistance in population. The goal of this study here is the detection of the max share of...
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Two groups produce a network good perceived by a third party, such as a police or military institution, as a "public bad", referred to as "crime" for simplicity. These two groups, considered mafias, are assumed to be antagonists, whether they are enemies or competitors in the same market,...
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The author tries to adapt the “Anticipation" and "Incursion” mental constructs within the deeper and not congruent senses of the some social constructs embedded into the recent humankind flow of meta-development: “Information Society”, “Knowledge Society”, “Consciousness...
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In this article we incorporate notions of the fairness of sanctions into the standard model of public enforcement. When both the probability and magnitude of sanctions may be varied, the usual solution involves a very high sanction and a relatively low probability of enforcement if individuals...
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This paper seeks to identify the causes impeding the ethnic parties to participate in the post-communist coalition governments. We conduct a cross-national and longitudinal analysis in which we take into account all the elections in which the ethnic parties gained parliamentary representation....
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La acción colectiva es, fundamentalmente, un problema de consenso moral, político o ideológico de metapreferencias o de coordinación emocional; en segundo lugar, es un problema de negociación y de intensidad de la cooperación dependiente de las preferencias (ordenamiento de resultados...
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Who controls the income earned by Self Help Group (SHG) members from group activities – they, or their husbands? The answer indicates the level of economic empowerment attained by SHG members. This paper examines whether identity of person controlling this income depends upon the political...
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This paper provides a general overview of theories and tools to model individual and collective decision-making. In particular, stress is laid on the interaction of several decision-makers. A substantial part of this paper is devoted to utility maximization and its application to collective...
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