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Using a representative survey of the Italian population (N=1,501), we elicit gender norms regarding the sharing of domestic chores within couples, employing the methodology of Krupka and Weber (2013). Two vignettes present hypothetical scenarios in which the partners' labor supply, chore...
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There are two elements which make Smith's ethics unique as well as more universal in nature. The first is that it is a … positive theory of ethics in the sense that it is not about what is intrinsically good or just as it is about the way in which …
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We consider a hedonic coalition formation game in which at each possible partition any new coalition can decide the probability with which to form and leave the current partition. These probabilities are commonly known so that farsighted players can decide whether or not to support a coalition's...
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Frequent violations of fair principles in real-life settings raise the fundamental question of whether such principles can guarantee the existence of a self-enforcing equilibrium in a free economy. We show that elementary principles of distributive justice guarantee that a pure-strategy Nash...
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This paper examines the idea that adherence to social rules is in part driven by moral emotions and the ability to … recognize the emotions of others. Moral emotions like shame and guilt produce negative feelings when social rules are … transgressed. The ability to recognize and understand the emotions of others is known as affective theory of mind (ToM). ToM is …
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This paper analyzes the effects of the revolving door, concentrating not only on the dynamics between regulators and firms but also on whether regulating the revolving door is optimal from the point of view of society. The study explores the trade-off between two interconnected aspects related...
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Purpose: This study investigates which message appeals more effectively induce consumers' ethical consumption by using combinations of self- or other-benefit appeals with future or present benefits and determines whether priming personal norms or social norms influences the effect....
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Das Splittingverfahren dient dazu, horizontale Steuergerechtigkeit zu schaff en. Es wird gezeigt, dass das Splittingverfahren selbst nicht Ursache für die Zurückhaltung von Frauen am Arbeitsmarkt ist. Mit diesem Verfahren bleibt der Gesetzgeber neutral gegenüber den privaten Entscheidungen...
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I examine the association between college education and left-leaning views in Bolivia using novel survey data. My findings suggest that college education is associated with left-leaning social preferences (college-educated individuals favor social equality and a tax system in which not everybody...
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Purpose - find differences in the core principles of implementation of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) practices in subsidiaries of foreign multinationals in Slovak and Czech Republic, two similar yet different countries. Research methodology - the questionnaire was distributed to local...
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