Results 81 to 90 of about 20,116 (290)

(Dis)trust in Digital Insurance: How Datafied Practices Shift Uncertainties and Reconfigure Trust Relations

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
wiley   +1 more source

Friedman’s Methodology: A Puzzle and A Proposal for Generating Useful Debates through Causal Comparisons (with a postscript on positive vs. normative theories) [PDF]

open access: yes
Milton Friedman’s “The Methodology of Positive Economies” is still one of the most widely read pieces on economic methodology. One reason for this might be Friedman’s attractive proposal that economists use theories and hypotheses as pragmatic devices to
Khan, Haider A.
core   +1 more source

Retirement Savings Incentives for Low‐ and Middle‐Income Individuals: Does Government Funded Matching Change Behaviour?*

open access: yesEconomic Record, EarlyView.
We evaluate a government‐funded matching policy for retirement savings contributions targeted at low‐ and middle‐income individuals. Using a difference‐in‐difference approach, we exploit administrative changes to the Australian Government's retirement contribution matching (co‐contribution) policy to identify the impact of the programme on savings ...
Kristen Sobeck, Robert Breunig
wiley   +1 more source

History of consumer demand theory 1871-1971: A Neo-Kantian rational reconstruction [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the history of the neoclassical theory of consumer demand from 1871 to 1971 by bringing into play the knowledge theory of the Marburg School, a Neo-Kantian philosophical movement.
Ivan Moscati
core  

Environmental Performance Evaluation Under the Frontier Analysis Framework: A Farm‐Level Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Quantifying and improving the environmental performance (EP) of agriculture has become an urgent research and policy priority. Over the past three decades, frontier‐based analytical frameworks have been widely applied to evaluate farm‐level EP.
Fissha Asmare   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Relations Research Methodology: Realism

open access: yesVestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2015
The article examines the origins and conceptual analysis capabilities of international relations in the framework of a realistic paradigm. We research political conditions and preconditions of the creation of realism’s theory and axiological features of ...
Andrey Vladimirovich Shabaga
doaj  

Russian-Belarusian Integration: Internal Political Reasons for Creation

open access: yesДискурс Пи, 2018
The article is devoted to the Russian-Belarusian integration. A lot of attention is paid to reviewing theoretical approaches to explaining regional integration in political science. It is shown that these methodological directions and schools explain the
R.S. Mukhametov
doaj   +1 more source

Friedman’s Methodology: A Puzzle and A Proposal for Generating Useful Debates through Causal Comparisons [PDF]

open access: yes
Milton Friedman’s “The Methodology of Positive Economies” is still one of the most widely read pieces on economic methodology. One reason for this might be Friedman’s attractive proposal that economists use theories and hypotheses as pragmatic devices to
Khan, Haider
core   +1 more source

The Meaning of Work in the Digital Era: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As digital technologies continue to reshape the nature of work, their impact on workers' experience of the meaning of work has attracted growing scholarly interest. However, the existing body of findings remains largely fragmented and conceptually inconsistent.
Yukun Liu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy