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The path of economics research production : insights into the seesaw between theory and empirics

Faria, João Ricardo; Goel, Rajeev K.; Manage, Neela D. - 2023

This paper provides insights into the apparent seesaw between the generation of theoretical versus empirical economics research over time. A dynamic model considers the incentives of researchers to focus on empirical versus theoretical papers. It yields the main characteristics of the...

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Overconfidence and gender equality in the labor market

Bastani, Spencer; Giebe, Thomas; Gürtler, Oliver - 2023

Using a promotion signaling model in which wages are realistically shaped by market forces, we analyze how male overconfidence combined with competitive workplace incentives affects gender equality in the labor market. Our main result is that overconfident workers exert more effort to be...

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Unobserved variables in archival research : achieving both theoretical and statistical identification

Miller, Jason; Balthrop, Andrew; Davis-Sramek, Beth; … - In: Journal of business logistics 44 (2023) 3, pp. 292-299

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Theoretical analysis of the social entrepreneur's mode of being

Rodríguez-Ramírez, Alfonso; Zapata-Domínguez, Álvaro; … - In: Journal of social entrepreneurship 15 (2024) 3, pp. 1183-1205

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Maps, apps and race : the market as a theoretical machine

Migozzi, Julien - In: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 115 (2024) 3, pp. 346-352

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A theoretical analysis of the effectiveness of sustainable development assistance on environmental quality

Pindiriri, Carren - In: Cogent economics & finance 2 (2014) 1, pp. 2-11

effectiveness and impact of SDA on environmental quality can be derived. The paper applies the classical consumer theory of utility …

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Determinants of the influence of voters and interest groups on the political decision making process

Bischoff, Ivo - 2001

This paper provides a comprehensive theoretical model of the political decision making process. Therein two ideologically different political parties compete for power. Their primary instrument in this competition are programmatic concessions in favor of voters and interest groups. As any...

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Causal theories, models and evidence in economics : ome reflections from the natural sciences

Joffe, Michael - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-17

. This paper takes a complementary, comparative approach, examining theory development in the natural sciences. Examples show … process occurring over a long timescale. Models are typically nested within this broader theory. This could be a good model … sector raises the question, how to realise what has been omitted? Nesting models in an empirically based causal theory could …

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Where do migrants from countries ridden by environmental conflict settle? : On the scale, selection and sorting of conflict-induced migration

Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura; Schmid, Lena - 2019

Environmentally induced conflicts can trigger migration. This paper analyzes the location decisions of migrants, i.e., the "sorting" of migrants into alternative destinations. We argue that this sorting depends on a variety of factors. The selection of migrants affects preferences over where to...

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Financial times : competing temporalities in the age of finance capitalism

Kloeckner, Christian; Mueller, Stefanie - In: Finance and society 4 (2018) 1, pp. 1-14

logic of finance and foundational concepts of financial theory to the intersection between objective structures and social …

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