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Human capital, screening theory and education in agriculture

Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2007
Human capital theory views education as a specific production factor and as a specific sort of capital. Besides this theory, alternative concepts of education were developed.
A. Soukup
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Does Climate Risk Affect Employment Decisions? International Evidence

Business 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, Faten Lakhal, Hamza Nizar, Zvi Singer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the Market Wage the Just Wage?

Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 2018
Do markets generate a “just” wage? The answer to this question will depend upon the particular theory of the market that the political economist employs.
Peter J. Boettke, Rosolino Candela, Kaitlyn Woltz   +2 more
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Material ESG Performance and Bid Premium in Merger and Acquisition Deals

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the firm‐level and country‐level environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance on bid premiums in cross‐border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. We document considerable variations in bid premiums. Higher carbon emissions are associated with higher bid premiums, suggesting that acquirers may perceive ...
Ndubuisi Ezenwa, Ibrahim Ayoade Adekunle, Robin Maialeh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Come back Marshall, all is forgiven? : Complexity, evolution, mathematics and Marshallian exceptionalism [PDF]

, 2013
Marshall was the great synthesiser of neoclassical economics. Yet with his qualified assumption of self-interest, his emphasis on variation in economic evolution and his cautious attitude to the use of mathematics, Marshall differs fundamentally from ...
Bannister R.C, Black M., Blaug M., Bowler P.J, Bowler P.J, Burkhardt R.W., Capek M., Corning P.A, Cournot A., Currie M., Darwin C.R, de Lamarck J.B., Edgeworth F.Y, Fine B., Fisher I., Foss N. J., Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Groenewegen P.D, Hesse M.B, Hodgson G.M, Hofstadter R., Jevons W.S., Johnson M., Keller E.F., Keynes J.M., Krueger A.O, La Vergata A., Laurent J., Maasen S., Marshall A., Marshall A., Marshall A., Marshall A., Marshall A., Marshall A., Mayr E., Mayr E., Menger C., Metcalfe J.S., Milonakis D., Mirowski P., Moss L.S., Nelson R.R., Peel J.D.Y., Peirce C.S., Peirce C.S., Pigou A.C., Raffaelli T., Schumpeter J.A., Shackle G.L.S., Sober E., Spencer H., Spencer H., Spencer H., Spencer H., Turner J.H., Veblen T.B., Walras L., Waters C.K., Weismann A., Weismann A., Whitaker J.K, Whitaker J.K., Wiltshire D.   +63 more
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Does Digital Banking Promote Remittance Receipts? Evidence From Developing Countries

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the realm of technological advancement, like many sectors, the financial sector swiftly embraced digital transformation to help facilitate financial transactions, especially remittance receipts. The digitalisation of the banking sector has made transfers and access to funds quite easier, faster, and more economical by reducing transaction ...
Syed Ali Abbas, Eliyathamby A. Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan   +2 more
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The Bazaar as a Model for Knowledge Work

Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents fieldwork that extends existing metaphors of knowledge work as a process shaped by hierarchical or market forces. A qualitative, ethnographic study of six knowledge‐intensive businesses in two countries identifies striking parallels with the Middle Eastern bazaar in contrast to Western impersonal markets and hierarchies. We
Reed Elliot Nelson, Andrew B. Hargadon, José Osvaldo De Sordi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critique of the neoclassical theory of growth and distribution

PSL Quarterly Review, 2000
The paper surveys the main theories of income distribution in their relationship with the theories of economic growth. First, the Classical approach is considered, focusing on the Ricardian theory.
Luigi L. Pasinetti
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How social norms are integrated in natural resource co‐management

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Social norms are increasingly recognized as central elements in fostering cooperation and compliance in natural resource co‐management, especially where communities and governments share authority. Yet, their conceptualization and application across disciplines remain fragmented.
Caetano L. B. Franco, Michael G. Sorice, Liliana S. Castillo, Eranga K. Galappaththi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Old Institutionalism Vs. Mainstream Economics: An Intellectual [PDF]

Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2015
In the arena of Economic thought, there has always been some intellectual confrontation between the two major economic schools, i.e. Institutionalism and Neoclassical economics.
Mahmoud Mashhadi-Ahmad
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