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Is Baltic Crime Economically Rational? [PDF]
Baltic Journal of Economics, 2009 AbstractThe purpose of this study is to investigate whether crime in the Baltic countries is governed by economic rationality. According to a simple economic model of rational behaviour, it is expected that the propensity to commit criminal activities should be negatively related to the risk of deterrence. Potential presence of higher risk profiles for
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Knowledge Hiding by Salespeople in a B2C Context
Knowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sought to explore the possible reasons why salespeople hide knowledge from customers in a business‐to‐consumer context (B2C). Based on the existing literature on knowledge hiding at the individual, organizational, and sales levels, an exploratory methodology with a qualitative approach was adopted.
Clarisse Cordeiro Medeiros Mondego +1 more
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Harmonizing tax policies in Central America [PDF]
This report proposes an action plan for the rationalization of tax structures for Central America. To harmonize tax policies among Central American nations, the report recommends the following: (a) continuing trade liberalization, by reducing thelevel ...
Baran, Yalcin M.
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Principles of Economic Rationality in Mice
Scientific Reports, 2017 AbstractHumans and non-human animals frequently violate principles of economic rationality, such as transitivity, independence of irrelevant alternatives, and regularity. The conditions that lead to these violations are not completely understood.
Marion Rivalan +2 more
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Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Consuming luxury products and services has received little systematic attention as a potential pathway to consumer well‐being, despite sporadic evidence suggesting that luxury experiences may catalyse self‐transformational processes and happiness‐related outcomes.
Solon Magrizos +2 more
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The Weak Rationality Principle in Economics [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2005 SummaryThe weak rationality principle is not an empirical statement but a heuristic rule for how to proceed in social sciences. It is a necessary ingredient of any ‘understanding’ social science in the Weberian sense. In this paper, first this principle and its role in economic theorizing are discussed.
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How do cultural stereotypes influence the likelihood that minority street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) will actively represent marginalized subgroups within their ethnocultural community? While existing scholarship on representative bureaucracy has focused on the conditions under which minority SLBs engage in active representation, this study ...
Sohad Amaria, Einat Lavee, Nissim Cohen
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corruption, particularly in the corporate sector, is a major sustainable development problem since it affects the balanced development of society, the environment, and the economy. Although it is well acknowledged that a unified organizational culture is essential for fostering a sustainable enterprise and that a suitable culture can reduce ...
Pana Ratanabanangkoon +1 more
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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong +3 more
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Rationalization in the Canadian Retail Gasoline Industry: The Role of Environmental Regulations [PDF]
The number of gasoline stations in Canada fell by 40 percent between 1989 and 2000. Many demand and competition related explanations have been offered for this rationalization, while industry sources cite stiffer environmental regulations as a factor in ...
Eckert, Andrew, Eckert, Heather
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