Political Culture and Monopoly Price Determination [PDF]
In this paper we study the endogenous determination of monopoly price. Our proposed game of endogenous monopoly-price setting extends the literature on monopoly-price, monopoly rent-seeking contests and monopoly rent-seeking rent-avoidance contests by (i)
Gil S. Epstein, Shmuel Nitzan
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Safeguarding El Salvador’s Transition To Peace And Democracy: A View From The Cultural And Political Magazine Tendencias (1991-2000) [PDF]
, 2018 This article examines the role that the cultural and political magazine Tendencias (1991-2000) played in El Salvador’s transition to peace. Specifically, it studies how Tendencias’s contributors tackled some of the key issues of the transition—the ...
Buiza, Nanci
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Real Urban Images: Policy and Culture in Northern Britain [PDF]
, 2012 This paper explores recent attempts to re-imagine and re-brand northern British cities through processes of economic and (mainly) cultural regeneration.
Fenwick, John, Wharton, Chris
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Public sector efficiency and political culture [PDF]
The capability of a country's public sector to provide high-quality goods and services in a cost-effective way is crucial to fostering long-term growth. In this paper we study the determinants of public service efficiency (PSE) and in particular the role
Pietro Tommasino, Raffaela Giordano
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The Role of Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Kazim Tabatabayi Yazdi in Islamic Awakening Movement during the Era of Constitutionalism [PDF]
سپهر سیاست, 2014 The Islamic Awakening Movement, which has stirred up uprisings among the Islamic nations to regain their lost prestige and glory, is a sign of rising and awareness in the Islamic nation, whose most important features are Muslims’ self‐awareness of their ...
Abbas Emaadi, Masood Poorfard
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The Impact of Net Culture on Mainstream Societies: a Global Analysis [PDF]
arXiv, 1999 In this work the impact of the Internet culture on standard mainstream societies has been analyzed. After analytically establishing the fact that the Net can be viewed as a pan-societal superstructure which supports its own distinct culture, an ethnographic analysis is provided to find out the key aspects of this culture.
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A Hypothesis of Conspiracy to Re-Enchant the World
GenealogyMany scholars have understood conspiracy theories as sense-making mechanisms. Among them, a particular strand further inspected them in parallel with religion and magic.
Sofia Scacco
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Managing Cultural Diversity in the Multinational Corporate Workplace: Solution or Symptom? [PDF]
, 2009 The aim of this paper is to show the critical relevance of post-structuralist political theory to cross-cultural management studies. By emphasizing the key role that questions of identity, difference, and struggle play in the multinational corporate ...
Angouri, J, Glynos, J
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Culture, Politics, and Development [PDF]
, 2014 Abstract This article explores the value of the study of culture for understanding development. Important advances have been made in recent years in understanding how culture, politics, and development interact. Today, the leading theoretical approach to culture seeks to provide an empirically grounded, mechanisms-based account of how ...
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Use and Protection of Archaeological Sites in Greece: Policies and Practices 1975–2018
Heritage, 2019 The use of archaeological sites in Greece today is a controversial subject, often stirring public discussion and dispute. This paper, which presents some results of the author’s PhD research, focuses on the use of archaeological sites for artistic ...
Katerina Hartzoulaki
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