How to Make Institutional Economics Policy-Relevant: Theoretical Considerations and an Application to Rural Credit Markets in Developing Countries [PDF]
Welfare economics as the traditional, prescriptive theory framework used in agricultural economics has been criticised by institutional economists as being largely irrelevant to real-world policy issues.
Petrick, Martin
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Does Contract Law Need Morality? [PDF]
In The Dignity of Commerce, Nathan Oman sets out an ambitious market theory of contract, which he argues is a superior normative foundation for contract law than either the moralist or economic justifications that currently dominate contract theory.
Krawiec, Kimberly D., Liu, Wenhao
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From Bounded Rationality to Behavioral Economics [PDF]
The paper provides an brief overview of the “state of the art” in the theory of rational decision making since the 1950’s, and focuses specially on the evolutionary justification of rationality.
Massimo Egidi
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Political economics and normative analysis [PDF]
The approaches and opinions of economists often dominate public policy discussion. Economists have gained this privileged position partly (or perhaps mainly) because of the obvious relevance of their subject matter, but also because of the unified ...
Colin Jennings, Iain McLean
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Theorizing competition: An interdisciplinary framework. [PDF]
Altreiter C+4 more
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Decision Frameworks for Assessing Cost-Effectiveness Given Previous Nonoptimal Decisions. [PDF]
Coyle D+3 more
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Precis of <i>Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences</i>. [PDF]
Shan Y, Williamson J.
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The impact of peer effects on college students' sports normative behavior intention: a moderated mediation model. [PDF]
Liu L, Yang Y, Liu H, Chen S, Liu C.
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Institutional financial incentives in healthcare: a review of normative considerations. [PDF]
Jegan R, Rose A, Dierickx K.
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Front-of-package labelling: A public health imperative rooted in the right to health. [PDF]
Radu YT, Mahomedy S.
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