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Ambiguity, Pessimism, and Religious Choice [PDF]
Using a relatively mild restriction on the beliefs of the MMEU-apreference functional, in which the decision maker’s degree of ambiguity and degree of pessimism are each parameterized, we present a rather general theory of religious choice in the ...
Mark Pingle, Tigran Melkonyan
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Irrationality and Happiness: A (Neo-)Shopenhauerian argument for rational pessimism [PDF]
, 2016 There is a long tradition in philosophy of blaming passions for our unhappiness. If only we were more rational, it is claimed, we would live happier lives.
Billon, Alexandre
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Staying Offline or Going Online? Managing the Establishment of Service Platforms
Managerial and Decision Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We study a global game in which consumers and sellers decide whether to join a service platform and interact more efficiently online. Uncertainties about the platform's technology value and users' participation behavior on both market sides cause a coordination problem.
Marit Holler +2 more
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Can sanctions induce pessimism? An experiment [PDF]
We run an experiment in which two subjects play a two-round minimum effort game in the presence of a third player (principal) who is the only one informed about past effort choices and benefits from a higher minimum effort of the others.
Joël van der Weele +2 more
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ChemistryOpen, EarlyView.This study employed density functional theory (DFT) and conceptual DFT (CDFT) to calculate the structures and properties of potential antibacterial compounds derived from 16‐membered lactone ring‐containing secondary metabolites of extremophiles, as well as midecamycin.
Dilong Li +6 more
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes the Taliban's post‐2021 governance model through the Islamic Public Administration (IPA) framework, focusing on justice, equality, and women's inclusion. It asks: (1) How does the Taliban's governance align with core IPA principles?
Parwiz Mosamim +1 more
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Views from the hill: Deer stalkers' perspectives on land‐use change in the Scottish Highlands
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Land‐use and wildlife management are changing globally as part of efforts to address contemporary environmental challenges. In the Scottish Highlands, the hunting—or ‘stalking’—of deer has entered a period of considerable flux primarily because of national policy changes to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss.
Callum Leavey‐Wilson +2 more
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2019 In humans, the short allele of a common polymorphism in the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene is associated with a higher risk to develop depression and anxiety disorders.
Viktoria Krakenberg +9 more
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We provide a discipline for beliefs formation through a model of subjective beliefs, in which agents hold incorrect but strategic beliefs. More precisely, we consider beliefs as a strategic variable that agents can manipulate to maximize their utility ...
Clotilde Napp, Elyès Jouini
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Pessimism, Hope, and the Tragic-Art of the Greeks (Nietzsche and the Pandora Myth) [PDF]
, 2020 This essay is focused on Nietzsche’s unique reading of the Pandora myth as it appears in Human, All Too Human and develops an interpretation of Hope, the most profound evil of the many evils released by Pandora infecting the human condition, as it might ...
Magrini, James
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