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Labour market effects of unemployment accounts: insights from behavioural economics [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper reconsiders the behavioural effects of replacing the existing unemployment insurance system with unemployment accounts (UAs). Under this alternative system, workers are required to save a fraction of their wage in special accounts whereas the ...
Janneke Plantenga, Thomas van Huizen
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Harnessing γ‐Valerolactone: Green and Low‐Toxic Solvent for Enhanced Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells Performance Under Indoor Lighting

open access: yesAdvanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This research explores the use of γ‐valerolactone (γ‐VL), a sustainable and low‐toxic solvent, as an alternative for dye‐sensitized solar cell electrolytes. Results indicate that while γ‐VL is less suitable for outdoor applications, it significantly outperforms traditional solvents like acetonitrile and 3‐methoxypropionitrile under indoor lighting ...
Roberto Speranza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioural determinants of Foreign Direct Investment [PDF]

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The paper presents a behavioural economics approach to foreign direct investment. Starting from the behavioural finance literature, it uses content analysis based on interviews and questionnaires covering 12% of the Portuguese firms with investments ...
Pinheiro-Alves, Ricardo
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What Behavioural Economics Has to Say about Financial Literacy

open access: yesApplied Finance Letters, 2013
Gaps in financial literacy are arguably responsible for significant errors in decision-making by consumers and investors alike. Unlike the conventional neoclassical economic wisdom, behavioral economics opens the analytical door to the significance of ...
Morris Altman
doaj   +1 more source

Who is willing to pay a premium for leafy greens produced by indoor agriculture? A comparative choice experiment with US consumers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Indoor agriculture (IA) presents a pathway to producing leafy greens more sustainably by strictly controlling the growing environment, increasing the efficiency of water and land resources use, reducing pesticide application, and enhancing quality characteristics.
Joseph Seong   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioural economic methods

open access: yes, 2023
This chapter describes how psychological concepts and measurements have been applied in behavioural economics and integrated into economic models. It starts introducing anomalies, indicating violation of standard economic assumptions, such as unstable preferences, intransitive preferences and preference reversals.
openaire   +1 more source

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