The Handbook of Economics and Ethics portrays an understanding of economic methodology in which facts and values, though distinct, are closely interconnected in a variety of ways. From theory building to data collection, and from modelling to policy evaluation, this encyclopaedic Handbook is at...

This article argues that state (re)construction and functioning involves negotiated governance between both state and non-state actors, in which power relations between local actors are not just implicitly present or co-influencing policies but are of uttermost importance to the formation of...

Whether or not Mitterand's famous thesis that ‘there can be no democracy without development and no development without democracy‘-super-1is correct, Zaire during the 1990s was a clear case demonstrating the absence of a close relationship between development and democratisation. On the...

If the standard of living of people is always in part the result of good or bad luck, in part this luck does not only originate in ?nature? but also in the behaviour of the people on whom one depends. In our contribution we try to come to a closer understanding of the possibilities to prevent...

In this paper we set out to deepen our understanding of the importance of fairness in decision-making within the context of Prisoners' Dilemma games. A review of the “historic” Flood-Dresher experiment provides a useful empirical basis, as it allows us to look in considerable detail at how...