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Strategic Behavior and Organizational Structure in Religions

Wittman, Donald - Economics Department, University of California-Santa … - 2012

Religions are organized in a variety of ways. They may resemble an elected autocracy, aparliamentary democracy, or … institutionalized and when the age of a person may be an important strategic factor in choosing a leader. I am thus able to explain what … otherwise would be very puzzling differences in the age of appointment across religions and within a particular religion …

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Skewed Norms under Peer Pressure: Formation and Collapse

Michaeli, Moti; Spiro, Daniel - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2014

This paper shows that peer pressure may lead to dynamic convergence to a norm that is skewed with respect to preferences in society, yet is endogenously upheld by the population. Moreover, a skewed norm will often be more sustainable than a representative norm. This may explain the skewness of...

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Computer Mediated Transactions

Varian, Hal R. - In: American Economic Review 100 (2010) 2, pp. 1-10

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Faithful Strategies : How Religion Shapes Nonprofit Management

Filistrucchi, Lapo; Prüfer, Jens - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013

Abstract: This paper studies the strategies employed by Catholic and Protestant nonprofit hospitals in Germany and traces them back to the theological foundations of those religions, which shape managers' values. We find that Catholic nonprofit hospitals follow a strategy of horizontal...

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Faithful Strategies: How Religion Shapes Nonprofit Management

Filistrucchi, Lapo; Prufer, Jens - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2014

This paper studies the strategies employed by Catholic and Protestant nonprofit hospitals in Germany and traces them back to the theological foundations of those religions, which shape managers' values. We find that Catholic nonprofit hospitals follow a strategy of horizontal diversification and...

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Nonprofits are not alike: The Role of Catholic and Protestant Affiliation

Filistrucchi, Lapo; Prüfer, Jens - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2013

There are no generally accepted results regarding the objectives, decisions, and economic outcomes of nonprofit organizations, as compared to for-profit or public firms. We posit that this inconclusiveness is due to a too broad definition of nonprofits and that different types of nonprofits...

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African Development,Partnership and Rationality Challenge:An Exposition

NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...

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With God We Trust: Religion, Trust and Cooperation in Large-Scale Societies

Gagnon, Julien - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2014

The first aim of this paper is to revisit the puzzle of cooperation in large-scale societies.It proposes a game theoretic model showing how endogenous emotion-based punishment can sustain ull cooperation when interactions are not repeated, provided that players' endogenous trust is high enough....

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Deliver us from Evil: Religion as insurance

Clark, Andrew; Lelkes, Orsolya - Departamento de Teoría e Historia Económica, Facultad … - 2006

This paper focusses on the insurance role of religion in buffering the well-being impact of stressful life events, and the ensuing economic and social implications. Using two large-scale European data sets, we show that the religious enjoy higher levels of life satisfaction, and that religion...

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Religion, Longevity, and Cooperation: The Case of the Craft Guild.

Richardson, Gary; McBride, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

When the mortality rate is high, repeated interaction alone may not sustain cooperation, and religion may play an important role in shaping economic institutions. This insight explains why during the fourteenth century, when plagues decimated populations and the church promoted the doctrine of...

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