Franziska Marfurt, Fabian Käser, Samuel Lustenberger
Despite increased scientific interest in the phenomenon of large-scale land
acquisitions (LSLA), accurate data on implementation processes remain sparse.
This paper aims at filling this gap by providing empirical in-depth knowledge on
the case of the Swiss-based Addax Bioenergy Ltd. in Sierra Leone. Extensive
fieldwork allowed the interdisciplinary research team (1) the identification of
different... hiện toàn bộ
A central issue in behavioral economics is the role of fairness, and whether it
is hard-wired or acquired as a result of self-interested considerations. Binmore
(Crooked thinking or straight talk: Modernizing epicurean scientific philosophy,
Springer, 2020) has recently argued that fairness does not always occur, and
when it does, it is caused by self-interest. The ultimatum game is well known
for... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractDemocratic politics suffers from numerous diseases such as lack of
inclusiveness, time-inconsistency, short-termism, negative campaigning, lack of
trust in and between governments, and many more. These diseases affect all
countries, albeit to a differing extent. How can they be cured? From a
politico-economic perspective, an institutional approach is required. We look at
a country where th... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractMany negotiations (for instance, among political parties or partners in
a business) are characterized by dynamic bargaining: current agreements affect
future bargaining possibilities. We study such situations using bargaining games
á la Rubinstein (Econometrica 50:97–109, 1982), with the novelty that players
can decide how much to invest, as well as how to share the residual surplus for
th... hiện toàn bộ
This paper in honor of Hans Albert ‘@100’ seeks to show how adhering to critical
rationalist ‘economic philosophy’ avoids contradictions in James Buchanan’s
contractarianism: restricting constitutional economic advice to what serves the
ends of all potential addressees simultaneously Buchanan not only blurs the
borderline between value-neutral economic philosophy and substantive moral
philosophy b... hiện toàn bộ