Max Weber Programme (MWP): Recent submissions
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Title:Contagious corruption : cross-country comparisons Author(s):SCHRAM, Arthur
; ZHENG, Jin Di; ZHURAVLEVA, TatyanaDate:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2019/06Abstract:We investigate how prescriptive and descriptive norms affect the development of corruption over time. In particular, we are interested in whether the extent of corruption converges. If it does, we study how the level at ...
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Title:Social norms in corruption : a bribery experiment Author(s):GUERRA, Alice; ZHURAVLEVA, TatyanaDate:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2019/07Abstract:This paper analyzes social norms in corruption by exploring whether engagement in bribery induces costly third-party punishment. By introducing third-party punishment in a bribery experiment we disentangle social norms ...
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Title:Crisis, capitalism and common policies : Greek and Norwegian responses to common shipping policy efforts in the 1960s and 1970s Author(s):IKONOMOU, Haakon A.; TSAKAS, Christos
Date:2019Citation:European review of history : revue européenne d'histoire, 2019, OnlineFirstType:ArticleAbstract:This article argues that the global liberal outlook of the major European maritime powers and the international framework of international organizations and regimes already in place made any strictly regional Common Shipping ...
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Title:Slaves, migrants and development in Brazil, 1872-1923 Author(s):PAPADIA, AndreaDate:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2019/05Abstract:Brazil was the largest importer of slaves during the Atlantic slave trade. Yet, the lack of disaggregated data able to capture the intensity of slavery across time and space means that researchers have struggled to identify ...
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Title:Asset bubbles and product market competition Author(s):QUEIRÓS, Francisco VitorinoDate:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI MWP; 2019/04Abstract:This paper studies the interactions between rational bubbles and product market competition. It offers two main insights. The first is that, by providing an entry or production subsidy, asset bubbles may reduce entry ...
