Showing 1 - 10 of 1,972
common to believe that economists are more selfish than non-economists. This literature resembles a 'moral trial' against the … elaboration is in order to draw meaningful implications from the current charge (i.e. economists are more selfish than non-economists … to sustain the charges. In order to make a compelling case against economists or economics, several alternative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014223186
What role do personal values play in the practice of economists? By means of a survey among economists working inside … values summarize the value structure of economists: achievement, serving the public interest, and conformity to rules … economists who value achievement are the ones who are more likely to embrace mainstream methodological principles: thinking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893845
This article strengthens Calabresi’s call for a bilateral relationship between law and economics with two claims. The first claim is that the fitness analysis of Law and Economics (“concept-based fitness”) requires studying legal reasons and reasoning. This is a remarkable difference with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244556
Is it possible to use the moral judgments of economists to predict their findings on positive, empirical economic … propositions, as well as a series of propositions used for measuring moral intuitions. Our analysis of economists' responses to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013010578
This document describes the data collection and use of data for the computation of rankings within RePEc (Research Papers in Economics). This encompasses the determination of impact factors for journals and working paper series, as well as the ranking of authors, institutions, and geographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014167536
Ronald Coase (1910-2013), who sadly died at the remarkable age of 102, made significant contributions to economics based on common sense and the detailed study of his topics. Coase was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1991 “for his discovery and clarification of the significance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014152719
Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been afirst author more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372501
Network neutrality is a policy proposal that would regulate how network providers manage and price the use of their networks. Congress has introduced several bills on network neutrality. Proposed legislation generally would mandate that Internet service providers exercise no control over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012711457
economists in 19 countries, we examine the effect of ideological bias on views among economists. Participants were asked to … evaluate statements from prominent economists on different topics, while source attribution for each statement was randomized …-/non-mainstream, or removing them, significantly reduces economists' reported agreement with statements. This contradicts the image …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890296
economists in 19 countries, we examine the effect of ideological bias on views among economists. Participants were asked to … evaluate statements from prominent economists on different topics, while source attribution for each statement was randomized …-/non-mainstream, or removing them, significantly reduces economists' reported agreement with statements. This contradicts the image …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859734