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A Behavioral Model of Conumption Patterns: The Effects of Cognitive Dissonance and Conformity [PDF]
Cognitive dissonance causes people to rationalize actions that differ from their own preferences.Conformity, on the other hand, causes people to change their behavior as a result of pressure from others.This paper investigates the consequences of ...
Nir, A.
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A Nonparametric Analysis of the Cournot Model [PDF]
An observer makes a number of observations of an industry producing a homogeneous good. Each observation consists of the market price, the output of individual rms and perhaps information on each rm's production cost. We provide various tests (typically,
Carvajal, Andres, Quah, John K.-H.
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Growth cycles: transformation and regional development [PDF]
Departing from the renewed interest within economic history and neo-Schumpeterian perspectives on growth and economic transformation, we will suggest a theoretical framework for analyzing long term regional economic growth and transformation.
Karl-Johan Lundquist, Lars-Olof Olander
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The main drawback of the public-policy contest is that the notion of contest success function, a crucial component of the contest model, does not have micro-foundations and, therefore, the random behavior of the government seems ad-hoc.
Gil S. Epstein, Shmuel Nitzan
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The dominant view regards weakness of will an anomaly facing the standard theory of rationality. The paper argues the opposite: What is anomalous is that weakness of will is not pervasive enough.
Elias Khalil
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The Comeback of the Swiss Watch Industry on the World Market: A Business History of the Swatch Group (1983-2010) [PDF]
The objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the comeback of the Swiss watch industry on the world market since the end of the 1980s. It focuses on the Swatch Group (SG), currently the worldfs biggest watch company.
Pierre-Yves DONZ�
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Risk and Rationalization – The role of affect and cognitive dissonance for sexual risk taking [PDF]
This paper analyzes the mechanisms underlying excessive sexual risk taking in the presence of HIV. Drawing ideas from psychology on decision-making processes and risk evaluation, a theoretical model interacting affect-induced myopia and cognitive ...
Mannberg, Andréa
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Long Run Profit Maximization in the Turkish Manufacturing Sector [PDF]
The purpose of this research is to investigate whether the long-run relationship implied by profit maximization is valid for the Turkish manufacturing industry for the period of 1950-2001. During this period, the Turkish economy has experienced important
Avni Onder Hanedar +3 more
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Regional Development Perspectives of Production and Utilisation Renewable Fuels in Hungary [PDF]
, 2007 The main aim of the present article is to highlight the regional development perspectives of production and utilization renewable energy fuels in Hungary. Due to our model it is possible to examine the relations between the terms mentioned above.
Csete, Mária +2 more
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Land Tenure and the Management of Land Resources in Trinidad and Tobago [PDF]
The potential of the agricultural sector in Trinidad and Tobago has not been realized in recent decades. The more productive land resources of the country are underutilized, while many of the more fragile ecosystems are in danger.
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