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The Inequality Process vs. The Saved Wealth Model. Two Particle Systems of Income Distribution; Which Does Better Empirically? [PDF]

open access: yes
The Inequality Process (IP) is a stochastic particle system in which particles are randomly paired for wealth exchange. A coin toss determines which particle loses wealth to the other in a randomly paired encounter.
Angle, John
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Does Climate Risk Affect Employment Decisions? International Evidence

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of climate risk on corporate employment decisions. Using a large sample from 41 countries, we find a positive association between climate risk and underinvestment in labor, notably manifesting as excessive employee layoffs.
Claude Francoeur   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Derivation of the Pareto Index in the Economic System as a Scale-Free Network and Introduction of New Parameters to Monitor Optimal Wealth and Income Distributions

open access: yesEconomies
The purpose of this work is twofold: first, it aims to derive an exact analytical form of the Pareto index based on the already developed model of the economy as a scale-free network comprising a given amount of either wealth or income (total number of ...
John G. Ingersoll
doaj   +1 more source

Some problems in Piketty: an internal critique

open access: yes, 2019
Thomas Piketty’s evidence on wealth distribution trends in Capital in the Twenty-First Century shows that – contra his own interpretation – there has been little rise in wealth inequality in Europe and America since the 1970s.
Tapper, Alan
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Target Firm's ESG Engagement and Post–M&A Performance: The Mediating Role of Acquirer's CSR Strategy

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines whether the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of target firms influences both accounting‐based and market‐based corporate financial performance (CFP) within the merger and acquisition (M&A) context and whether this relationship is mediated by the acquirer's corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy.
Francesco Gangi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Growth with Heterogeneous Households, Gender Division of Labor, and Elastic Labor Supply

open access: yes, 2013
The purpose of this study is to propose a growth model with gender-heterogeneous households and an elastic labor supply. The dynamic model describes an interaction among economic growth, time, gender, income, and wealth distribution.
Zhang, Wei-Bin
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Analyzing the Development of a Sustainable Enterprise in an Emerging Economy: Black Cacau and the Bean‐to‐Bar Philosophy

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines sustainable entrepreneurship (SE) in emerging economies through the case of Black Cacau, a Brazilian bean‐to‐bar enterprise integrating agroforestry, direct trade, and Afro‐Brazilian cultural empowerment. Adapting the Patagonia‐based framework of Allal‐Chérif et al., the study explores how SE operates under conditions of ...
Marcelo Dionisio
wiley   +1 more source

Wealth inequality, income inequality, and subjective well-being: A cross-country study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Management and Economics
There are conflicting theories about whether individuals like or dislike inequality, or in other words, whether living in an unequal country increases or decreases their subjective well-being.
Sałach-Dróżdż Katarzyna
doaj   +1 more source

Class Warfare and Middle Class Decline in America

open access: yes, 1998
Modern ideas about class war come primarily from the writings of Karl Marx. One key idea in Marxism is that of the class struggle between two classes.
Peterson, Wallace C.   +1 more
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Board Networks and Corporate Carbon Emissions: A Cross‐Country Analysis of Causal Effects

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether board networks influence corporate carbon emissions and the strategic pathways through which firms decarbonize. Using a sample of 1952 firms across 48 countries from 2003 to 2020, we employ dynamic stacked regressions that exploit exogenous carbon‐regulation shocks affecting firms connected through shared third ...
Katarzyna Burzynska   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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