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Are optimistic expectations keeping the Chinese happy?

Frijters, Paul; Liu, Amy Y.C.; Meng, Xin - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 1, pp. 159-171

In this paper we study the effect of optimistic income expectations on life satisfaction amongst the Chinese population … strong in the countryside and amongst rural-to-urban migrants. The importance of these expectations for life satisfaction is … particularly pronounced in the urban areas, though also highly significant for the rural area. If expectations were to reverse from …

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The costs of conflict

Smith, Adam C.; Houser, Daniel; Leeson, Peter T.; … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 97 (2014) C, pp. 61-71

Violent conflict destroys resources. It generates “destruction costs.” These costs have an important effect on individuals’ decisions to cooperate or conflict. We develop two models of conflict: one in which conflict's destruction costs are independent of individuals’ investments in...

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Institutional changes: Alternative theories and consequences for institutional design

Brousseau, Eric; Garrouste, Pierre; Raynaud, Emmanuel - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 79 (2011) 1, pp. 3-19

equilibria that are self-enforcing (in terms of mutual expectations about others’ behaviors) can collapse and so induce switching …

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Constitutions and crisis

Coyne, Christopher J. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80 (2011) 2, pp. 351-357

A crisis is an unexpected event that creates uncertainty and poses a direct or perceived threat to the goals and norms of an organization or society. While crises are ubiquitous, how societies respond to crises, and the way crises affect societies, is largely a matter of constitutional political...

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Interest-group size and legislative lobbying

Schneider, Maik T. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 106 (2014) C, pp. 29-41

We develop a model of legislative decision making in which lobbying and public policy are jointly determined. We examine how policy outcomes depend on the sizes of the interest groups. While a larger size typically involves favorable effects on policy, we also identify threshold levels of...

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A tale of an unwanted outcome: Transfers and local endowments of trust and cooperation

Accetturo, Antonio; de Blasio, Guido; Ricci, Lorenzo - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 102 (2014) C, pp. 74-89

Transfers can do good; however, they can also result in massive failures. This paper presents a model that highlights the ambiguous nature of the impact of transfers on local endowments of social capital. It then describes an empirical investigation that illustrates that the receipt of EU...

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