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A Logic of Multi-Level Change of Routines

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

This paper tries to account for endogenous change of multi-level routines in terms of nested cycles of discovery, in a hierarchy of scripts.Higher-level scripts constitute the selection environment for lower level ones.On any level, a cycle of discovery proceeds from established dominant...

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Income Contributions of Child Work in Rural Ethiopia

Cockburn, John - EconWPA - 2004

child labour variables are compared. We conclude that children and adults are perfect labour substitutes and that the … marginal productivity of children is roughly one-third to one-half that of male adults. The average contribution of each …

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Income Contributions of Child Work in Rural Ethiopia

Cockburn, John - EconWPA - 2004

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Learning to Trust

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

Trust is full of puzzle and paradox.Trust is both rational and emotional. Trust can go beyond calculative self-interest, but has its limits.People may want to trust, while they may also feel threatened by it.If trust is not in place prior to a relationship, on the basis of institutions, prior...

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Genetic Endowments, Parental and Child Health in Rural Ethiopia

Kebede, Bereket - EconWPA - 2004

preparation, their siblings probably compete with their children more than that of the husband’s. Years of marriage, probably … level heterogeneity. Unlike most previous studies, the influence of parental health on children is examined. In addition … the health literature, no significant correlation between children’s health and per capita expenditures is found. This …

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Decomposition of Household Expenditure and Child Welfare in Rural Ethiopia

Kebede, Bereket - EconWPA - 2004

also important. Pre-marriage wealth, particularly for the female spouse, positively affects allocations to children. Length … of marriage and the existence of a written marriage contract increase relative expenditures on children. Both measures … children. Some specific estimation procedures are modified and cross section-time series (panel) data are used to control for …

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Intra-household Distribution of Expenditures in Rural Ethiopia: A Demand Systems Approach

Kebede, Bereket - EconWPA - 2004

This paper examines the combined effects of changes in prices, income and demographic composition on adult and young, male and female members of households. The recently developed Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) is used since a demand system provides a unified framework for...

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Organization, Evolution, Cognition and Dynamic Capabilities

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

Using insights from 'embodied cognition' and a resulting 'cognitive theory of the firm', I aim to contribute to the further development of evolutionary theory of organizations, in the specification of organizations as 'interactors' that carry organizational competencies as 'replicators', within...

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An Evolutionary Analysis of Bagwell's Example

Oechssler, Jorg; Schlag, Karl - EconWPA - 1997

In a recent paper Bagwell (1995) pointed out that only the Cournot outcome, but not the Stackelberg outcome, can be supported by a pure Nash equilibrium when actions of the Stackelberg leader are observed with the slightest error. The Stackelberg outcome, however, remains close to the outcome of...

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