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Trust in public institutions over the business cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2011
the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial … sector. Finally, analysis of several repeated cross-sections of confidence within U.S. states yields similar qualitative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278438
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Do women prefer a co-operative work environment?
Kuhn, Peter J.; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2011
observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less pessimistic about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280692
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Fading hope in the US
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012
A substantial literature claims that the strong increase in inequality over the last decade in countries such as the US would lead to a collapse of society. Fading hopes in the population seem to confirm this. The paper rejects this interpretation since the decline in hopes cannot be traced back...
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Kausalität in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Welche Ursachen hat die Finanzkrise?
Bernholz, Peter; Faber, Malte; Petersen, Thomas - 2009
Die Frage nach der Kausalität fällt in die Methodologie. Methodologie ist in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften ein Bereich, der sowohl bei Ökonomen als auch bei Philosophen kaum Beachtung findet. Ökonomik hat sich ursprünglich als eine kausal erklärende Wissenschaft verstanden. Sie wollte für...
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Trust in public institutions over the business cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2011
the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial … sector. Finally, analysis of several repeated cross-sections of confidence within U.S. states yields similar qualitative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274853
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A Framework for Monitoring Relational Quality in B2B Technology Partnerships
Bidault, Francis; Lüth, Manfred; Plötner, Olaf - 2009
The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for the monitoring of new technology introduction in a B2B environment. We focus on B2B environments, i.e. on projects where a new technological solution is implemented (and often jointly developed) with a client being either a company or an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352071
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Aging and attitudes towards strategic uncertainty and competition: An artefactual field experiment in a Swiss bank
Madies, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - 2012
We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...
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Public debt in an OLG model with imperfect competition
Skott, Peter; Ryoo, Soon - 2011
confidence. No variations in taxes will be needed if households correctly anticipate future taxes: the tax policy functions as an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287811
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Trust and Identity in a Small, Post-Socialist, Post-Crisis Society
Bjornskov, Christian; Bogetic, Zeljko; Hillman, Arye; … - 2014
The principal focus in the substantial literature on impediments to economic development has been on the inadequacies of policies and governance. However, successful economic development requires effectiveness of markets and incentives for investment, which in turn require trust. This paper...
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Confidence via correction: The effect of judgment correction on consumer confidence
Espinoza Petersen, Francine; Hamilton, Rebecca W. - 2013
previous research, it is unclear whether this correction process will increase or decrease consumers' confidence in their … judgments. We find that source credibility moderates the effect of correction on confidence: correction decreases confidence … when a product recommendation comes from a high credibility source but increases confidence when the same message comes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352112