Baron von Richthofen (the Red Baron) arguably the most famous fighter pilot of all time painted his plane the vividest of red hues, making it visible and identifiable at great distance, showing an aggressive pronouncement of dominance to other pilots. Can colour affect aggression and performance...

Research on happiness has produced valuable insights into the sources of subjective well-being that are of importance to economics. A major nding from this literature is that people exhibit a "baseline" level of happiness that shows persistent strength over time. Here we explore the extent to...

Despite extensive literature on female mate choice, empirical evidence on women’s preferences in the search for a sperm donor is scarce, even though this search, by isolating a male’s genetic impact on offspring from other factors like paternal investment, offers a naturally 'controlled'...

Using information collected from American Economic Review publications of the last 100 years, we try to provide answers to various questions: Which are the top AER publishing institutions and countries? Which are the top AER papers based on citation success? How frequently is someone able to...

Les médias s’accordent, comme les publics auxquels ils rapportent les événements d'urgence (catastrophes naturelles, incendies, accidents domestiques, émeutes, guerres civiles ou non, boycotts, rumeurs, krachs boursiers, etc.), pour reconnaître que certaines situations, constituent des...

This paper explores the methodological implications of non-representational approaches of organizational complexity. Representational theories focus on the syntactic complexity of systems, whereas organizing processes are predominantly characterized by semantic and pragmatic forms of complexity....

Devenir directeur de recherche à l’université… Quelles motivations ? Quelles difficultés ? Quels « sacrifices » ? L’auteur présente différents points, en particulier la pluridisciplinarité des matières et des approches, les grands types de recherche et le travail de recherche en...

La méconnaissance réciproque de deux univers constitués d’un côté par les universitaires et de l’autre par les artisans est totale. Leur origine cependant est fondamentalement comparable, le désir de comprendre et de maîtriser des phénomènes c’està- dire la connaissance et de...