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Empirical studies have shown that preferences for redistribution are significantly correlated with expectations of … significantly and positively affects preferences for redistribution. On the other hand, living in an area where most citizens do not … stigmatize rent seeking, makes men more favourable to redistribution, which may be seen as a social equalizer in an unfair …
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This paper presents an index of institutionalized social technologies covering its two main dimensions namely Risk reducing technologies and Anti Rent seeking technologies and in turn covers several social, institutional, political and economic aspects. Specifically it attempted to classify and...
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This paper presents an index of institutionalized social technologies for Pakistan, covering its two main dimensions namely Risk reducing technologies and Anti Rent seeking technologies and in turn covers several social, institutional, political and economic aspects. It is also analyzed...
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The role of institutions in promoting economic growth and development has generated considerable interest among researchers and practitioners in recent years. This paper explores the role of state institutions in promoting growth using a GMM econometric model. Specifically it attempted to test...
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We study the economic structure of the life of Harry Potter and his co-actors as an economic model that governs the social organization of their economic activities. Our goal is to study and understand the internal consistency of the Potterian economic model and explore the relationships between...
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"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...
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Research on the effects of positional concerns on individuals’ attitudes and behavior is sorely lacking. To address this deficiency, we use the International Social Survey Programme 1998 data on 25’000 individuals from 26 countries to investigate the impact of relative income position on...
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This paper explores how a perceived tax burden is influenced by the degree that neighbors prefer income redistribution … more likely to support redistribution policies. Further, this neighbor effect increases when community participation rates … for redistribution leads rich people to consider the tax burden as low. Further, the effect of the norm increases when …
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This paper explores how individual preferences for income redistribution are influenced by social capital, which is … examine how social capital accumulated in residential areas influences an individual’s preference for income redistribution … income redistribution in areas with higher rates of community participation. This tendency is more clearly observed in high …
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This paper explores how individual preferences for income redistribution are influenced by social capital, which is … examine how social capital accumulated in residential areas influences an individual’s preference for income redistribution … income redistribution in areas with higher rates of community participation. This tendency is more clearly observed in high …
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