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A Model of Dynamic Balance among the Three Spheres of Society – Markets, Governments, and Communities – Applied to Understanding the Relative Importance of Social Capital and Socia...

Wicks, Rick - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

fields make use of a taxonomy of society consisting of three “spheres”: markets, governments, and communities. It is argued … taxonomy are explored, especially Fiske’s (1991, 2004) Relational Models theory. Then – after communities and their products … economic thinking and market ideology, including the notion of social capital, can be destructive of communities and their …

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Can a Sovereign Protect Investors from Itself? Tribal Institutions to Spur Reservation Investment

Haddock, David D. - 2012

A bilateral danger of underperformance exists when two parties sink investments with payoffs dependent on the behavior of the other. There are five general categories of defense against that danger: (1) Legal action against a misbehaving co-investor; (2) Reliance on a reputation for...

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The Visible Hand : The Role of Government in Chinaâ€™S Long-Awaited Industrial Revolution

Wen, Yi - 2019

China is undergoing its long-awaited industrial revolution. There is no shortage of commentary and opinion on this dramatic period, but few have attempted to provide a coherent, in-depth, politicaleconomic framework that explains the fundamental mechanisms behind Chinaâ€™s rapid...

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Should law keep pace with society? : relative update rates determine the co-evolution of institutional punishment and citizen contributions to public goods

Roithmayr, Daria; Isakov, Alexander; Rand, David - In: Games 6 (2015) 2, pp. 124-149

Until recently, theorists considering the evolution of human cooperation have paid little attention to institutional punishment, a defining feature of large-scale human societies. Compared to individually-administered punishment, institutional punishment offers a unique potential advantage: the...

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Should Law Keep Pace with Society? Relative Update Rates Determine the Co-Evolution of Institutional Punishment and Citizen Contributions to Public Goods

Roithmayr, Daria; Isakov, Alexander; Rand, David G. - 2016

Until recently, theorists considering the evolution of human cooperation have paid little attention to institutional punishment, a defining feature of large-scale human societies. Compared to individually administered punishment, institutional punishment offers a unique potential advantage: the...

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A Study of Economic Aspects of FM Radio Channels in India

Wandhe, Priyanka - 2020

This paper starts by highlighting the recent auctions held in India with a brief detailing on the bidding made by different private players. The paper then proceeds by explaining the growth story of radio communication in India, also highlighting the time spent on radio. The study further...

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The Counter-Reformation, Science, and Long-Term Growth : A Black Legend?

Cabello, Matías - 2023

Is it true that the Catholic reaction to Protestantism—the Counter-Reformation—lead to scientific and economic decline for hundreds of years? Introducing biography-based evidence, I show that Catholic and Protestant European cities long shared comparable trends of scientists per capita. But...

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The Counter-Reformation, Science, and Long-Term Growth : A Black Legend?

Cabello, Matías - 2023

To identify effects of science on growth in the long-term, we need a shock to science which is sufficiently persistent. Was the Counter-Reformation—the Catholic reaction to Protestantism—such a shock? Did it harm science, unintentionally but enduringly, and thereby depress economic growth,...

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Chapter 5 The Economic Theory of Gift-Giving: Perfect Substitutability of Transfers and Redistribution of Wealth

Mercier Ythier, Jean - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 227-369). 2006

This chapter reviews the theory of the voluntary public and private redistribution of wealth elaborated by economic analysis in the last forty years or so. The central object of the theory is altruistic gift-giving, construed as benevolent voluntary redistribution of income or wealth. The theory...

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Stewards and Gatekeepers : Human and Technological Agency in the Governance of DeFi Protocols

McCarthy, Sam - 2023

Decentralized finance (“DeFi”) is a fast-growing, under-explored sector in the cryptocurrency industry. DeFi leverages blockchain technology to facilitate financial transactions between users, as well as create the conditions for new forms of governance. This research focuses on the...

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