infonet-economy

We propose a general theoretical model of decision‐rights allocation and choice, formulated in the context of a dynamic psychological game. Decision rights are valued not only instrumentally, i.e. according to the expected utility associated with the achieved outcomes, but also intrinsically, i.e. according to the procedure by which outcomes are achieved. As such procedural...

In this paper, we quantify the effects of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) from a macroeconomic perspective. We analyze jointly the labor supply and saving responses to changes in tax credit generosity and their aggregate and distributional implications. Our results show that the EITC raises labor force participation, provides insurance to working poor households but also...

We study the impact of liquidity constraints on home ownership by comparing the tenure and housing choice of households who receive intra-family wealth transfers to those that do not. Our analysis is based on household-level panel data providing annual information on household characteristics, wealth transfers, tenure status as well as changes in the size and quality of housing. Our...

Gemäss einer weit verbreiteten Meinung ist der kombinierte Verkehr (KV) Strasse–Schiene ab einer Strecke von 300 bis 500 km wirtschaftlich. Es mangelt jedoch an aktuellen Untersuchungen, die diese «kritische Distanz» systematisch herleiten oder überprüfen. Besonders im Hinblick auf die Schweiz liegt die Vermutung nahe, dass der KV aufgrund zahlreicher Fördermassnahmen des Bundes...

Social identity theory offers an important lens to improve understanding of founders as enterprising individuals, the venture creation process, and its outcomes. Yet, further advances are
hindered by the lack of valid scales to measure founders' social identities. Drawing on social identity theory and a systematic classification of founders' social identities (...

Der Artikel «Der Richter und sein Publikum» hat eine Debatte zum Thema Urteilspublikation ausgelöst. Es bringt wenig, den Gerichten vorzuwerfen, sie seien zu wenig transparent - selbst wenn dies in vielen Fällen zutreffen sollte. Es gehört nicht zu den Kernaufgaben des Gerichts, seine Urteile einem grösstmöglichen Publikum zur Kenntnis zu bringen. Trotzdem muss der Zugang zu Urteilen...

This article introduces ‘destituent entrepreneurship’ as a way of imagining the political thrust of entrepreneurship under conditions of crisis. Taking its cues from Giorgio Agamben’s work on destituent power, and from theories of prefigurative praxis by other thinkers, this analysis uses the occupied-enterprise movement in Argentina as an illustrative case to cultivate sensitivity...