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Journal of Social Science Education, 2018 Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate one effort to challenge the problematic assumptions of the dominant narrative of neoclassical economics within a teacher preparation program that focuses on addressing dominant narratives throughout the ...
Neil Graham Shanks
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CEO's Early‐life Experience of Disasters and Corporate Environmental Performance
Abacus, EarlyView.We investigate the nexus between the early‐life disaster experiences of chief executive officers (CEOs) and their firms’ environmental performance metrics. We hypothesize that first‐hand experience of the adversities of natural disasters in the formative years of a CEO can catalyze a transformation in their environmental cognizance and perspective ...
Shushu Liao +2 more
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Orthodox and heterodox economics in recent economic methodology
Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2015 This paper discusses the development of the field of economic methodology during the last few decades emphasizing the early influence of the "shelf" of Popperian philosophy and the division between neoclassical and heterodox economics.
D. Wade Hands
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The Ethics of Climate Policy: A Systematic Literature Review
Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change as we know it is a significant social, economic, and environmental problem. As such, it must be considered above all an ethical problem, and climate policy initiatives must be considered through an ethical lens. Utilising a systematic literature review of the ethics of climate policy, this paper reveals six distinct areas in the
Damian J. Bridge
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From outer circle to center stage: The maturation of heterodox economics [PDF]
This is chapter 2 of the book "Future Directions in Heterodox Economics" by John T. Harvey and Robert F. Garnett, Jr., Editors. The inner circle of neoclassical economics has limited its horizons, increasing the scope for heterodox economists to claim ...
Garnett (eds), Rob +2 more
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Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Revised GDP data suggest that Japan was more than one‐third richer in 1874 than suggested by Maddison, and that Meiji period growth built on earlier development. Despite trend GDP per capita growth during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the catching‐up process only started after 1890 with respect to Britain, and after World War I with respect to the ...
Stephen Broadberry +2 more
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Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Conventional recommendations emphasize increasing the use of inorganic fertilizer to enhance maize yields in African countries south of the Sahara, but it is not clear how smallholders’ exposure to violent conflicts affect demand, yield responses, and the profitability of fertilizers. Our study tackles this question. We analyze how maize yield
Mulubrhan Amare +4 more
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Examination of Afghanistan's Development Traps
Regional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022 Abstract We examine the factors behind Afghanistan's persistent underdevelopment. Drawing on various theories of development traps operating at the demographic, economic and institutional levels, we seek to assess whether and to what extent their functioning affects Afghanistan's development. To capture the functioning of development traps empirically,
Klemen Knez, Tina G. Lokar
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Farmers' pro‐social motivations and willingness‐to‐accept in markets with public goods
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract To explain how some farmers' decisions may diverge from profit‐maximization, we incorporate proactive social preferences for public goods in an expected utility framework, in addition to reactive risk preferences to uncertainty. We offer empirical evidence that proactive preferences influence farmers' decisions alongside reactive preferences ...
Jill Fitzsimmons +2 more
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