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Climatic roots of loss aversion
Galor, Oded; Savitskiy, Viacheslav - 2018
This research explores the origins of loss aversion and the variation in its prevalence across regions, nations and ethnic group. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the evolution of loss aversion in the course of human history can be traced to the adaptation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011800629
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Geographical origins and economic consequences of language structures
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016
This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557658
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The impact of the prehistoric out-of-Africa migration on cultural diversity
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B.; Wainstock, Daniel … - 2023 - Original version: April 2023, this version: May 2023
Evidence suggests that the prehistoric Out of Africa Migration has impacted the degree of intra-population genetic and …. Leveraging a folklore catalogue of 958 oral traditions across the world, we find that ethnic groups further away from East Africa …, phenotypic, and phonemic traits along the Out of Africa migration routes, setting conditions for the emergence and proliferation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014251953
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The macrogenoeconomics of comparative development
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Galor, Oded - 2017
vibrant literature, highlighting the roles played by the Neolithic Revolution and the prehistoric "out of Africa" migration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610901
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The epistemic vices of democracies in the age of populism
Bonatti, Luigi - 2023
The subject of this paper is how the epistemic limitations of individuals and their biases in reasoning affect collective decisions and in particular the functioning of democracies. In fact, while the cognitive sciences have largely shown how the imperfections of human rationality shape...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315089
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Roots of autocracy
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B. - 2017
of the exodus of human from Africa tens of thousands of years ago, contributed to the differential formation of pre …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011645955
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The agricultural origins of time preference
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer - 2015
This research explores the origins of the distribution of time preference across regions. It advances the hypothesis, and establishes empirically that geographical variations in the natural return to agricultural investment have had a persistent effect on the distribution of time preference...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479924
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What do lost wallets tell us about survey measures of social capital?
Tannenbaum, David; Cohn, Alain; Zünd, Christian Lukas; … - 2020
We validate survey measures of social capital with a new data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252455
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The causal effect of cultural identity on cooperation
Butler, Jeffrey; Fehr, Dietmar - 2021
The impact of culture on non-kin cooperation has been singled out as critical for economic activity. However, causal evidence of culture's influence on cooperation remains scant. In this paper we provide such evidence, focusing on two key components of culture: preferences and beliefs. Adopting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012508741
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The power of a diverse mindset in shaping prosperity
Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc P. B.; Wainstock, Daniel C. - 2024
Research spanning various disciplines underscores the significance of cultural diversity in facilitating cross-pollination of ideas, while diminishing social cohesiveness. Yet, the exploration of the impact of an equally intriguing dimension of diversity has remained uncharted: has the...
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