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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
wiley   +1 more source

On Courage

Academic Medicine, 2010
openaire   +3 more sources

What Program for Love in the 21st Century? Thinking With and Beyond Luhmann

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From a sociological perspective, the paper examines how normative frameworks for intimate relationships have changed since the publication of Luhmann's Love as Passion (1982). Building on Luhmann's notion of a program for love, we discuss his claim that late 20th century love semantics were organized around a program of understanding. We argue
Chiara Piazzesi, Martin Blais
wiley   +1 more source

The Question of Courage

, 2012
Courage is first among virtues in heroic epic and in cultures of honor. Men cared to be known for their courage. It not only took courage to fight well, but the issue often being fought over was who had more of it. Courage was competitive.
Miller, William I.
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A cross-sectional network analysis of courage, fresh start mindset, and depression across gender and educational stage in adolescents. [PDF]

Front Psychol
He K, Cai Y, Zhan D, Yang Y, He J, Chen S, Chen K, Wang L.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Emergent Innovation in Systemic Programme Design: Retrospective Reflections on the Development of a Student‐Centred Masters in Systems Thinking

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Our theory of education, based on a systemic understanding of the subjective and intersubjective construction of knowledge, is that students are motivated to study what is most meaningful to them. Meaningfulness is grounded in the students' prior experiences, which are highly diverse.
Wendy J. Gregory, Gerald Midgley
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of moral distress on emergency nurses' burnout: mediating role of moral resilience and moderating role of moral courage. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Dong Q, Bao J, Yang Y, Ma S, Huang F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Angry Place Claims and the Deceptive Female Body

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In this article, we explore bodily challenges women can experience when making angry place claims in social interactions based on interviews with 47 women across two generations and Candace Clark's concepts of social place claims and micro‐hierarchy. Our empirical analysis explores situations where women experience that their bodies negatively affect ...
Morten Kyed, Betül Özkaya
wiley   +1 more source

An examination of courageous behavior in a laboratory setting

, 2008
textPsychological research has given much consideration to fear; yet courage has received comparably little research attention. Thus far, the study of courage has been confined mostly to the examination of person variables that distinguish courageous ...
Cougle, Jesse Ray, 1975-
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Dare to take care of yourself: the relationship between psychological courage and the intention to undergo mammography screening. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Pajestka G, Skałacka K.
europepmc   +1 more source