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Size, fungibility, and the strength of lobbying organizations
2017
Available online: 12 January 2017 How can a small special interest group successfully get an inefficient transfer at the expense of a much larger group with many more resources available for lobbying? We consider a simple model of agenda setting where two groups of different size lobby a politician over a transfer from one group to the other, and the group which sets the agenda can choose the size of the proposed transfer. The groups have resources which are used to pay the politician and to overcome the public goods problem within the group. Our key result is that which group prevails in the agenda setting game depends crucially on whether the transfers can also be used to pay the politici…
Discrimination by microcredit officers: Theory and evidence on disability in Uganda
2015
This paper studies the relationship between a microfinance institution (MFI) and its loan officers when officers discriminate against a particular group of micro-entrepreneurs. Using survey data from Uganda, we provide evidence that loan officers are more biased than other employees against disabled micro-entrepreneurs. In line with the evidence, we build an agency model of a non-profit MFI and a biased loan officer in charge of granting loans. Since incentive schemes are costly and the MFI's budget is limited, the MFI faces a trade-off between combating discrimination and granting loans. We show that the optimal incentive premium is a non-decreasing function of the MFI's budget. Moreover, …
When Financial Economics Influences Physics: The Role of Econophysics
2018
This paper aims at analyzing the unexpected influence of Financial economics on Physics. The rise of Econophysics, a fundamentally new approach in finance, suggests that the influence between the two disciplines becomes less unilateral than in the past. Methodological debates emerging in Econophysics led physicists to acknowledge that dealing with financial complex systems contributed to a wider modelling of their field. The approach of econophysicists suggests that physicists might try to conceptualize physical phenomena by integrating elements they faced with in Financial economics, and more generally in Economics. Surprisingly, many of econophysicists’ argumentations have some methodolog…
Taceoceosu bichǝwǝ
1933
Apskats par izglītības politiku Sibīrijā. Teksts nanaju (goldu) valodā (latīņu rakstībā).
Experiencia de marca minorista omnicanal: desarrollo de una escala para su medición y modelización de sus antecedentes y consecuencias
2017
La tesis doctoral “Experiencia de marca minorista omnicanal: desarrollo de una escala para su medición y modelización de sus antecedentes y consecuencias” se basa en el análisis y estudio de la experiencia de marca minorista omnicanal, investigando su medición y analizando cuáles son sus antecedentes, así como en qué medida este constructo afecta a otras variables vinculadas con la relación entre el consumidor y la marca. La tesis se ha estructurado en cuatro bloques. Un primer bloque introductorio, donde se justifica el interés de la investigación y se exponen tanto los objetivos generales como los objetivos específicos de la misma. El segundo bloque, que se corresponde con el marco teóric…
La producción científica sobre distribución comercial en España, 1990-2000
2002
Este trabajo presenta una revisión bibliográfica de la investigación académica sobre distribución comercial publicada en España en el horizonte temporal de 1990 a 2000. Tras una revisión de los trabajos sobre el estado de la cuestión de la investigación en marketing, y las aportaciones más específicas en el campo de la distribución comercial, presentamos la metodología y los principales resultados de la revisión de un número de trabajos procedentes de las publicaciones más relevantes en el campo del marketing. Se extraen conclusiones sobre el carácter científico de los trabajos, los grupos de investigación, la metodología empleada y el contenido de los trabajos y, finalmente, se proponen lí…
Latvijas Universitātes un Tallinas Universitātes krievu studentu piedalīšanās Latvijas un Igaunijas informatīvajā telpā
2019
Maģistra darbā tiek prezentēta jauna perspektīva par krievu studentu integrāciju Igaunijā un Latvijā, izvērtējot veidus, kādos viņi piedalās un tiek iesaistīti igauņu un latviešu valodas informācijas vidē. Padomju Savienības sabrukums izraisīja milzīgas pārmaiņas abu valstu sabiedrībā, un universitāšu studenti ir vieni no pirmajiem šo valstu iedzīvotājiem, kuri pilnībā izauguši, socializējušies un tapuši izglītoti atjaunotās neatkarības laikā. Darbā ir izmantota zinātniskā literatūra par nacionālo identitāti, informācijas vidi, kā arī sociolingvistisko un etnokulturālo situāciju Latvijā un Igaunijā. Tāpat, tika veiktas intervijas ar krievu studentiem Tallinas Universitātē un Latvijas Univer…
Planning Research ‘with’ Minorities in Palermo: Negotiating Ethics and Commitments in a Participatory Process
2008
The paper will explore some ethical issues which arise when undertaking research with minorities (ethnic groups, children, poor people) in the context of an uncollaborative planning process, like the Palermo Local Agenda 21. There are important ethical issues that have to be carefully considered when undertaking research with people, particularly when these people are marginalised or excluded by wider society. Here, issues of powerlessness and vulnerability abound. If this is accepted, some questions arise. How are we supposed to consider planning researchers – understood as immersed in the policy process – as moral/political agents, given their political commitments? Here there are both ge…
A defense of the moral and legal right to secede
2021
We defend the moral and legal right to secede in accordance with plebiscitary theory. Our paper has three main goals. First, by offering a schematic characterization of plebiscitary theory, the main arguments in its favour (and the main objections to them), we contribute to clarify the structure of this complex debate. Second, we stress the point that, if the moral right to secede is established, the resistance for its inclusion into positive law is unjustified. Finally, by addressing old and new objections to plebiscitary theory, we hope to make a compelling case for a wider recognition of secessionist rights.