Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 77
Cover Image
MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPINESS : A PRIORITY IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Dr.VSR.Subramaniam - EconWPA - 2005
infers that, all nations, irrespective their level of development, should evaluate Productivity/Management Decisions with …, Local, International and Universal in nature. Author’s Research and Development approach for these vicious combination … reference to Socio-Economic Development units, and Intangible components should have priority over Tangibles (Algebraic Model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408439
Cover Image
The Role and Evolution of Central Authorities
Frijters, Paul; Tieman, Alexander F. - EconWPA - 1999
In this paper we consider the way in which authorities arise in response to the need for coordination. In a model of local interaction, an authority is understood as a self-enforcing coordination selection structure, where the threat of violence ensures compliance. Such authorities form if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550871
Cover Image
An Evolutionary Analysis of Bagwell's Example
Oechssler, Jorg; Schlag, Karl - EconWPA - 1997
In a recent paper Bagwell (1995) pointed out that only the Cournot outcome, but not the Stackelberg outcome, can be supported by a pure Nash equilibrium when actions of the Stackelberg leader are observed with the slightest error. The Stackelberg outcome, however, remains close to the outcome of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550927
Cover Image
Preference Evolution and Reciprocity
Sethi, Rajiv; Somanathan, E. - EconWPA - 1999
This paper provides an evolutionary theory of reciprocity as an aspect of preference interdependence. It is shown that reciprocal preferences, which place negative weight on the payoffs of materialists and positive weight on the payoffs of sufficiently altruistic individuals can invade a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550958
Cover Image
The Evolution of Algorithmic Learning Rules: A Global Stability Result
Anderlini, Luca; Sabourian, Hamid - EconWPA - 1995
This paper consider the dynamic evolution of algorithmic (recursive) learning rules in a normal form game. It is shown …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550961
Cover Image
Unified Growth Theory
Galor, Oded - EconWPA - 2005
This chapter examines the process of development from an epoch of Malthusian stagnation to a state of sustained … economic growth. The analysis focuses on recently advanced unified growth theories that capture the intricate evolution of …-unified growth models with the main characteristics of the process of development across most of human history induced growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556052
Cover Image
What sustains social norms and how they evolve? The case of tipping
Azar, Ofer H. - EconWPA - 2003
The paper presents a model of the evolution of social norms. When a norm is costly to follow and people do not derive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556145
Cover Image
Virtual Branding: Turning a stone into a Jewel
Ward, David; Secondi, Dario - EconWPA - 2005
This short paper discusses the evolution of branding and its projection in the near and distant future. In particular …, that the authors have baptised as V-Branding (Virtual Branding), and 2. the development of a framework, process and … paper also looks at the transition from lifestyles to mindstyles, the evolution of the consumer and how these link to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556570
Cover Image
The Demographic Transition and the Emergence of Sustained Economic Growth
Galor, Oded - EconWPA - 2004
The demographic transition that swept the world in the course of the last century has been identified as one of the prime forces in the transition from stagnation to growth. The unprecedented increase in population growth during the early stages of industrialization was ultimately reversed and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556697
Cover Image
Ideologies, Beliefs, and Economic Advice - A Cognitive- Evolutionary View on Economic Policy-Making
Slembeck, Tilman - EconWPA - 2000
Economists often perceive the “ideological beliefs“ held by political actors as obstacles to rational policy-making. In contrast, it is argued that ideologies have characteristics that appear desirable in policy- making in that they allow political actors to credibly commit themselves to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556964