This study develops a model of water extraction with endogenous social norms. Many users are connected by a unique shared resource that can become scarce in case of over-exploitation. Preferences of individuals are guided by their extraction values and their taste for conformity to social norms...

If Russia has become a market economy, how does it function on a grassroots level? In addition to market mechanisms, what kinds of social and moral principles are at work in the new Russian economy? Is the 'Soviet legacy' still present in post-Soviet business practices? This book searches for...

Cover -- An Economic Theory of Greed, Love, Groups, and Networks -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and preview -- Part I Greed and love -- 1 Individual materialism, organizations, and power: The view[3pt] from mainstream economics...

This book focuses on the concepts of social capital, corporate social responsibility, and economic development in relation to economic theory of institutions and behavioural economics. It also takes a macroeconomic and empirical approach, on the relationship between social capital, ethical...

Labor market discrimination is very difficult to pinpoint, even more difficult to measure and almost impossible to “prove”. It has been studied in many disciplines of which economics and sociology are prime. The latter has focused more on the manner in which discrimination plays out and how...

This paper studies the role of job search frictions and gender norms in shaping intrahousehold labor market outcomes in developing countries. We conduct a field experiment in Delhi, India where we randomly offer access to a hyper-local digital job search and matching platform either to married...

Conceptions and explanations of trust / Russell Hardin -- Solving the problem of trust / Carol A. Heimer -- Trust as a form of shallow morality / David M. Messick and Roderick M. Kramer -- Trust as a form of social intelligence / Toshio Yamagishi -- Trust in signs / Michael Bacharach and Diego...