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Learning, Institutions, and Economic Performance [PDF]
Perspectives on Politics, 2004 In this article, we provide a broad overview of the interplay among cognition, belief systems, and institutions, and how they affect economic performance. We argue that a deeper understanding of institutions' emergence, their working properties, and their effect on economic and political outcomes should begin from an analysis of cognitive processes. We
Chrysostomos Mantzavinos +2 more
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PERFORMATIVITY, ECONOMICS AND POLITICS [PDF]
Journal of Cultural Economy, 2010 Presenting the theme of performativity in a journal named the Journal of Cultural Economy makes the role performativity plays in the economy a logical place to start and the debt to Michel Callon (1998) an obvious one to acknowledge. Callon’s idea was that ‘economics does not describe an existing external ‘‘economy’’, but brings that economy into being:
Cochoy, Franck +2 more
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Happiness and Economic Performance [PDF]
The Economic Journal, 1997 If a nation's economic performance improves, how much extra happiness does that buy its citizens? Most public debate assumes -- without real evidence -- that the answer is a lot. This paper examines the question by using information on well-being in Western countries.
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Effect of democratic reforms on child mortality: a synthetic control analysis
The Lancet Global Health, 2016 Background: The effects of political regimes on health are unclear because empirical evidence is neither strong nor robust. Traditional econometric tools do not allow the direction of causality to be established clearly.
Dr. Hannah Pieters, MSc +3 more
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Local institutional adaptation for sustainable water management under increasing climatic variability and change: A case in the mid-Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe [PDF]
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 2018 Purpose – The study aims to explore institutional adaptation for sustainable water resources management at the local level in the context of increasing climate-related challenges in Zimbabwe using the case of a semi-arid area in the mid-Zambezi Valley ...
Admire Mutsa Nyamwanza
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Job stress, sense of coherence and work wellness in an electricity supply organisation
South African Journal of Business Management, 2005 The objective of this study was to test a causal model of work wellness for engineers, technicians and electricians in an electricity supply organisation. An ex post facto correlational design was used.
S. Rothmann, L. J. Steyn, K. Mostert
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Revealing the social face of innovation
South African Journal of Science, 2015 Despite the introduction of social innovation in the 1996 White Paper on Science and Technology, the concept of social innovation has not been actively implemented or even diffused outside of the policy arena in South Africa.
Tim G.B. Hart +3 more
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THE WELFARE STATE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE [PDF]
National Tax Journal, 1995 The Welfare State has come under attack from economists, particularly in Western Europe, who argue that it is responsible for poor economic performance, and that public spending should be reduced.
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ISPEC Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2023 To study the effect of sulphur (S) and boron (B) on the performance of yield, agronomic efficiency, economic return of boro rice (cv. BRRI dhan28) was evaluated at the Reseahc Field of the Department of Crop Science and Technology, University of ...
AKM Abdul Bari +7 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Historical Overview and Conceptual Framework
Journal of Environmental Management and TourismThe emergence of unprecedented socio-environmental challenges has highlighted the need for a profound transformation of traditional business models.
Lamia EL BADRI +3 more
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