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Why is the Workplace Racially Segregated by Occupation?
Naqvi, Nadeem - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Ken Arrow (1998) asks, “What has economics to say about racial discrimination?” He replies – entirely correctly – that racial “segregation within an industry – that is, firms with either all black or all white labor forces” – may be explained by economic theory, but “the...
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A Litmus Test of Academic Quality
Orkodashvili, Mariam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper discusses the major issues connected with the accreditation procedures in higher education system in the U.S. The questions raised are as follows: what are the reliable and credible indicators of quality instruction that could be measured in the process of accreditation of higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596413
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Математическая модель экономической системы с распределенными правами собственности
Kolesnik, Georgiy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
property rights allocation on the economic efficiency of the management strategies is studied. …
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Corporate competition: A self-organized network
Braha, Dan; Stacey, Blake; Bar-Yam, Yaneer - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A substantial number of studies have extended the work on universal properties in physical systems to complex networks in social, biological, and technological systems. In this paper, we present a complex networks perspective on interfirm organizational networks by mapping, analyzing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211228
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An Approach To Indicators Designed To Measure The Impact On Consumer Welfare
Saavedra, Herrera; Pablo, Juan; Lis-Gutiérrez, Jenny-Paola - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper presents some theoretical foundations underlying the welfare analysis that can be established in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109080
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Diseguaglianza, conflitto sociale e sindacati in America
Lettieri, Antonio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
A comparison of the 2007-08 crisis with that of 1929 showed its extreme gravity, but it also may have implied that the old harmful mistakes would not be repeated. After four years, the crisis has not been solved and it even threatens to worsen. Neo-conservative Republicans claim that this is...
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Mixed Feelings: Theories and Evidence of Warm Glow and Altruism
Konow, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper presents theoretical and empirical analyses of experiments that test competing theories of altruism, including pure altruism (a preference for the well-being of others), warm glow (a good feeling from giving) and impure altruism (a combination of pure altruism and warm glow). These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622094
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Ética y Justicia. Reflexiones a partir de The Idea of Justice de Amartya Sen
Mejía Cubillos, Javier - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper carries out a brief analysis of Amartya Sen’s thinking on Justice, based on Part IV of his book The Idea of … Justice. Besides of describing Sen’s thoughts on the subject, the paper aims to contextualize it in the evolution of Sen …’s work and in the general discussion on Justice in economic theory, reconsidering his identity as a non utilitarian …
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Concepts of price fairness: Empirical research into the Dutch coffee market
Gielessen, R.; Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper researches perceptions of the concept of price fairness in the Dutch coffee market. We distinguish four alternative standards of fair prices based on egalitarian, basic rights, capitalistic and libertarian approaches. We investigate which standards are guiding the perceptions of price...
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Perceptions of price fairness: An empirical research
Gielissen, R.; Dutilh, C.E.; Graafland, J.J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper researches factors that influence price fairness judgements. The empirical literature suggests several factors: reference prices, the costs of the seller, a self-interest bias and the perceived motive of sellers. Using a Dutch sample, we find empirical evidence that these factors...
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