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Queensland University of Technology
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ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Applied Economics | Applied Economics not elsewhere classified | Experimental Economics | Labour Economics | Applied Economics Not Elsewhere Classified | Industry Economics And Industrial Organisation | Public Economics- Public Choice | Econometric And Statistical Methods | Public Economics- Publically Provided Goods | Panel Data Analysis | Conceptual Modelling | Environment And Resource Economics | Economics Not Elsewhere Classified | Microeconomic Theory | Auditing And Accountability | Decision Making | Human Resources Management | Economic Theory | Economics of Education | Accounting, Auditing and Accountability | Health Economics | Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations) | Data Security |
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Microeconomic issues not elsewhere classified | Preference, Behaviour and Welfare | Information processing services | Human Capital Issues | Technological and organisational innovation | Information Services not elsewhere classified | Technological and Organisational Innovation | Micro Labour Market Issues | Social Ethics | Economic Framework not elsewhere classified | Industrial relations | Microeconomics not elsewhere classified | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Finance and investment services | Water services and utilities | Environmental education and awareness | Behaviour and Health | Work and Institutional Development not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Behaviour and health | Health Protection and/or Disaster Response
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Publications
Time-lapsed awards for excellence
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-07-2013
DOI: 10.1038/500029C
Using Reminders with Different Reward Opportunities to Reduce No-Show Behavior: Empirical Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment in Professional Sports
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3703040
Is it the economy, stupid? The role of social versus economic factors in people’s support for hosting the Olympic Games: evidence from 12 democratic countries
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 18-04-2017
Opportunities and Challenges of Portable Biological, Social, and Behavioral Sensing Systems for the Social Sciences
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2019
Finally! How time lapse in Nobel Prize reception affects emotionality in the Nobel Prize banquet speeches
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-05-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S11192-023-04739-W
Abstract: We have a limited understanding of the role emotions play in academia, as exploring emotions consistently and comparably is challenging due to the powerful influence of contextual factors. However, we have identified an interesting setting to empirically investigate the emotional response in academia by examining Nobel Prize winners. Scientists who aspire to earn a Nobel Prize are under pressure from their environment if they have not yet received the Prize. While there are various indicators that suggest the Nobel Prize is forthcoming, the question of “when” weighs heavily on the minds of leading candidates. Consequently, waiting for the Nobel Prize is emotionally taxing. We therefore hypothesize that Nobel laureates who have experienced a prolonged wait for the award would feel a stronger sense of relief upon receiving it. We are interested in measuring their level of emotionality after receiving the Nobel Prize by analyzing their banquet speeches using linguistic content analysis. Banquet speeches provide a consistent and controlled setting to compare emotionality across scientists and over time, as we can measure the same responses to the same recognition under the same circumstances. We expect that waiting longer for the Nobel Prize will increase the positive emotionality of Nobelists’ speeches. The waiting time is determined by calculating the years since the Nobel Prize-winning work was performed. By conducting this time-lapse study, we find a robust positive correlation between waiting time and positive emotions in Nobel Prize banquet speeches. We conclude that scientists who waited longer for the Nobel Prize reported higher levels of positive emotions during their speeches.
You are lying! How misinformation accusations spread on Twitter
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 21-09-2023
The determinants of women?s international soccer performances
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2008
Trust and power as determinants of tax compliance across 44 nations
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2019
Preference Versus Choice in Online Dating
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc
Date: 03-2017
Abstract: This study explores factors that influence matches of online dating participants' stated preference for particular characteristics in a potential partner and compares these with the characteristics of the online daters actually contacted. The nature of online dating facilitates exploration of the differences between stated preference and actual choice by participants, as online daters willingly provide a range of demographics on their ideal partner. Using data from the Australian dating website RSVP, we analyze 219,013 contact decisions. We conduct a multivariate analysis using the number of matched variables between the participants' stated preference and the characteristics of the in iduals contacted. We find that factors such as a person's age, their education level, and a more social personality all increase the number of factors they choose in a potential partner that match their original stated preference. Males (relative to females) appear to match fewer characteristics when contacting potential love interests. Conversely, age interaction effects demonstrate that males in their late 60's are increasingly more selective (than females) regarding who they contact. An understanding of how technology (the Internet) is impacting human mating patterns and the psychology behind the participants informs the wider social science of human behavior in large-scale decision settings.
Energy polarization and popular representation: Evidence from the Russian Duma
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2009
Relation of early career performance and recognition to the probability of winning the Nobel Prize in economics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-12-2017
TR57, an Inhibitor of the Integrated Stress Response, Is Synergistic with Venetoclax Against CLL Cells, Independent of Their TP53 Status
Publisher: American Society of Hematology
Date: 13-11-2019
DOI: 10.1182/BLOOD-2019-132160
Abstract: Introduction Despite recent advances in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a significant proportion of patients still relapse with drug-resistant disease. Patients with deletions and/or mutations in TP53 remain a poor prognostic sub-group. There remains a need for on-going research on identifying novel treatment strategies. We have investigated the therapeutic potential of TR57 (Madera Therapeutics, USA), as a single agent and in combination with the Bcl-2 inhibitor venetoclax in CLL. TR57 is an inhibitor of the integrated stress response (ISR) and has shown efficacy in pre-clinical studies of breast cancer. Methods TR57 and venetoclax, as single agents or in combination, were studied against primary CLL cells co-cultured with CD40L-expressing fibroblasts to mimic the tumour microenvironment (TME). The effects of the drugs were also assessed against an OSU-CLL TP53 knock-out cell line generated using CRISPr Cas-9. Cell viability was assessed using the mitochondrial membrane potential dye DiIC1(5), propidium iodide (PI) and flow cytometry. Cytotoxic synergy between TR57 and venetoclax was determined by calculating combination indices (CI) using the CompuSyn software, with CI values of indicative of synergy. Primary CLL cells were stimulated into cycle primary using Dsp30 in combination with IL-2. Cell cycle distribution and proliferation were analysed by flow cytometry using PI and CFSE, respectively. The migratory and adhesive capacities of primary CLL cells was assessed using stroma-derived factor 1a and by assessing expression of CXCR4 and CD49d. The mechanisms of the synergy between TR57 and venetoclax were studied by immunoblotting. Statistical analyses were performed using the students t-test with P-values of 0.05 considered significant. Results TR57 was cytotoxic towards primary CLL cells in a nanomolar range, with IC50 values of 38 ± 1.38 nM and 287 ± 50.45 nM against cells in medium and stromal cell co-culture, respectively. No significant difference was observed in the sensitivity of s les with ATM or TP53 aberrations (n=12). Synergy between TR57 and venetoclax against CLL cells in stromal cell co-culture was consistent with a significant (P 0.001) decrease in the IC50 for both drugs (Figure 1A). A CI value of 0.13 was calculated at a fractional effect of 0.5. TR57 was cytotoxic towards OSU-CLL and OSU-CLLTP53ko cells, with IC50 values of 3.98 ± 1.03 nM and 90.7 ± 3.51 nM, respectively. Synergy between TR57 and venetoclax was evident in both lines with a CI = 0.1 at Fa 0.5. Dose-response analyses in the OSU-CLLTP53ko line are shown in Figure 1B. Following stimulation of primary CLL cells with Dsp30/IL-2 we observed a significant (P 0.01) increase in the proportion of cells in S, G2 and M phases, which was consistent with an increase in cell proliferation. TR57 and venetoclax in combination had a greater effect than in idual drug treatments, significantly reduced the proportion of cells in these cell cycle phases and the proliferative fraction of cells. TR57 and venetoclax in combination also had a significantly greater effect on the migratory capacity (P 0.05) of CLL cells and on the expression of CXCR4 and CD49d (P 0.001) than either drug as a single agent. Immunoblotting of primary CLL and OSU-CLL cells showed that treatment with TR57 decreased expression of Grp78, which supports the notion that this drug may function through inhibition of the ISR. We also observed that TR57, alone and in combination with venetoclax, down-regulated the expression of the pro-survival Mcl-1 and Bcl-2 proteins, up-regulated expression of the pro-apoptotic Noxa and Bax proteins and inhibited the phosphorylation of AKT and ERK1/2-MAPK. Conclusions The data presented demonstrate that TR57 is cytotoxic towards CLL cells under in vitro conditions that mimic the TME and cells with lesions of the TP53 pathway. The synergy observed between TR57 and venetoclax suggests that the drug combination may be highly effective at limiting the survival and proliferation of CLL cells as well as their ability to migrate to, and be retained within, the TME. The mechanisms of this synergy include a shift towards a pro-apoptotic balance in Bcl-2 family proteins and inhibition of signalling via the AKT and ERK1/2-MAPK pathways. Collectively, these data suggest that TR57 alone and in combination with venetoclax may be a highly effective treatment strategy for high risk CLL. Iwanowicz: Madera Therapeutics, LLC: Other: President Ownership.
How much is too much? The effects of information quantity on crowdfunding performance
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 14-03-2018
Is There Hope after Despair? An Analysis of Trust Among China's Cultural Revolution Survivors
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2023
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.4332594
Collaboration incentives: Endogenous selection into single and coauthorships by surname initial in economics and management
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2018
Participation in environmental organizations: an empirical analysis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 24-05-2011
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X11000106
Abstract: The literature on volunteering has increased over the last few years. However, despite the importance of active environmental participation for solving public good and externality problems, there is still a lack of substantial empirical evidence regarding several interesting factors that influence this form of volunteering. This empirical study investigates the area by analyzing a cross-section of in iduals from 38 countries using micro-data from wave III of the World Values Survey (1995–1997). The results suggest that in iduals' active participation in environmental organizations is related not only to socioeconomic factors but also to political interest. We also find that a higher level of corruption is related to participation in environmental organizations. However, the situation is different for transition countries in which there was a collapse of institutional structures. The energy required to negotiate the ensuing chaos may have crowded out other forms of engagement.
Tax Morale and Conditional Cooperation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2006
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.900359
Local autonomy, tax morale, and the shadow economy
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-11-2010
Vertrauen als Basis: warum verstärkte Kontrollen und schärfere Strafen nicht helfen
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 04-2008
Game Outcome Uncertainty and Television Audience Demand: New Evidence from German Football
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 05-2018
DOI: 10.1111/GEER.12120
Abstract: Despite its prominence in the economic literature, our knowledge regarding the role of game outcome uncertainty (GOU) in spectator decision-making is fairly limited. Even worse, studies testing the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis (UOH) by exploring TV demand for European football have further intensified the original ambiguity. In this paper, we revisit the role of GOU in spectator decision-making by testing the UOH with regard to two different sporting products: (1) domestic league and (2) knockout tournament games. Analyzing TV demand for almost 1,500 German football games, we find support for the UOH in league, though not in knockout tournament games.
Cognitive architectures for artificial intelligence ethics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-06-2023
DOI: 10.1007/S00146-022-01452-9
Abstract: As artificial intelligence (AI) thrives and propagates through modern life, a key question to ask is how to include humans in future AI? Despite human involvement at every stage of the production process from conception and design through to implementation, modern AI is still often criticized for its “black box” characteristics. Sometimes, we do not know what really goes on inside or how and why certain conclusions are met. Future AI will face many dilemmas and ethical issues unforeseen by their creators beyond those commonly discussed (e.g., trolley problems and variants of it) and to which solutions cannot be hard-coded and are often still up for debate. Given the sensitivity of such social and ethical dilemmas and the implications of these for human society at large, when and if our AI make the “wrong” choice we need to understand how they got there in order to make corrections and prevent recurrences. This is particularly true in situations where human livelihoods are at stake (e.g., health, well-being, finance, law) or when major in idual or household decisions are taken. Doing so requires opening up the “black box” of AI especially as they act, interact, and adapt in a human world and how they interact with other AI in this world. In this article, we argue for the application of cognitive architectures for ethical AI. In particular, for their potential contributions to AI transparency, explainability, and accountability. We need to understand how our AI get to the solutions they do, and we should seek to do this on a deeper level in terms of the machine-equivalents of motivations, attitudes, values, and so on. The path to future AI is long and winding but it could arrive faster than we think. In order to harness the positive potential outcomes of AI for humans and society (and avoid the negatives), we need to understand AI more fully in the first place and we expect this will simultaneously contribute towards greater understanding of their human counterparts also.
Tax morale in Asian countries
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2004
Nondiscretionary residential water use: the impact of habits and water‐efficient technologies
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-10-2013
How confidence in health care systems affects mobility and compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 15-10-2020
Perceived trade-off between education and sports career: evidence from professional football
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-12-2016
Academic honors and performance
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2014
Relative trust and tax morale
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-02-2023
Superstars as Drivers of Organizational Identification: Empirical Findings from Professional Soccer
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-08-2014
DOI: 10.1002/MAR.20731
The red mist? Red shirts, success and team sports
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-2012
Growth effects of public expenditure on the state and local level: evidence from a sample of rich governments
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-06-2006
Is there hope after despair? An analysis of trust among China's Cultural Revolution survivors
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2023
The Consequences of Corruption: Evidences from China
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1628567
Die Auswirkungen von Neid auf individuelle Leistungen: Ergebnisse einer Panelanalyse
Publisher: Gabler Verlag / Springer
Date: 2009
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-23411
Do Nobel laureates change their patterns of collaboration following prize reception?
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-09-2015
Exploring sexual orientation beyond genital arousal: Using large-scale online dating contact behavior to study male and female bisexuality
Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Date: 15-03-2021
Importance of Religion after Adversity
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 31-08-2023
DOI: 10.1111/JSSR.12879
Abstract: After major adversity, some people rely on their religious faith and networks for comfort, support, and material goods and services. Consistent with this behavior are findings that adversity has a positive causal effect on the importance of religion in people's lives. Using a large high‐frequency US dataset, we estimate the causal effects of natural disasters on stated religious importance and attendance at religious services. Effects are identified by comparing changes in outcomes over time within counties affected by a natural disaster with changes over time in other counties from the same state. We find that most estimates are near‐zero in magnitude for the full s le, for subgroups defined by religious affiliation, demographics, and income, and for different disaster types. However, significant negative effects are found immediately postdisaster, suggesting a short‐term crowding‐out effect in which recovery activities limit time for worship. This explanation is supported by a finding that people are less “well rested” in the first weeks postdisaster.
Positive affect and physiological stress are correlated but depend on past, current, and future activities
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 14-09-2022
Abstract: Self-reported subjective judgments about well-being, mood, or mental state are at the core of analytical and empirical tools in many social sciences. However, technological advances (particularly in neuroscience) are opening new ways of monitoring physiological processes through non-intrusive means. Such dense continuous data provide new and fruitful avenues for complementing self-reported data with a better understanding of human dynamics and human interactions. Thus, in this study, we follow more than 300 in iduals over a period of 24 hours, mapping their core activities (5,000 recorded activities in total) with measurements of their heart rate variability (HRV) and their assessment of subjective hedonic well-being (positive affect). Our results indicate a robust correlation between physiological measurements and self-reported affect. A lower HRV is positively correlated with self-reported positive affect. We also find that physical activities as well as relaxation are important for well-being, no matter what sort of actions follow, increasing positive feelings and inducing positive spillover effects on later endeavours. In iduals also report higher positive feelings prior to performing physical activities, providing new insights on how to harness activity data to extrapolate to the future.
Corruption and age
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 08-2006
A century of American economic review: Insights on critical factors in journal publishing
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Date: 2013
“Beauty” premium for social scientists but “unattractiveness” premium for natural scientists in the public speaking market
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-10-2020
DOI: 10.1057/S41599-020-00608-6
Abstract: In the face of scientists’ increasing engagement in public discourse, we examine whether facial attractiveness affects their market value (i.e., audience willingness to pay). For a s le of scientists who participate in public speaking, we find that facial attractiveness is uncorrelated with internal academic achievements (as measured by publications and citations) and is only weakly but positively linked to attention outside of academia. Notably, we find that the effect of facial attractiveness on external influence is only robust to measures where speakers’ physical appearance is likely to be most apparent to the public, such as invitations to give TED talks or Google web page counts while the effect on the number of book publications or book awards is not significant. Our results also suggest that these relationships do not differ across scientists’ fields of research. However, we find that in terms of speaking fees, social scientists benefit substantially from being more attractive, whereas unattractiveness is a comparative advantage for natural scientists. A similar ergence in the direction of the relationship between speaking fee and facial attractiveness is also evident for nonacademic speakers from different fields: whereas those from a natural science (job) background gain from unattractiveness, those with a social science history benefit from a beauty premium. This market premium for unattractiveness conforms not only to the common stereotype of the natural scientist but also to a belief that the more unattractive of these researchers engage in higher quality work. Overall, the findings indicate that facial appearance is important in the public perception of academics and, to some extent, their dissemination of knowledge.
Politicians: Be killed or survive
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-01-2013
Environmental and Pro-Social Norms: Evidence on Littering
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 21-04-2009
Abstract: The paper investigates the relationship between pro-social norms and its implications for improved environmental outcomes. This is an area, which has been neglected in the environmental economics literature. We provide empirical evidence to demonstrate a small but significant positive impact between perceived environmental cooperation (reduced public littering) and increased voluntary environmental morale. For this purpose we use European Values Survey (EVS) data for 30 European countries. We also demonstrate that Western European countries are more sensitive to perceived environmental cooperation than the public in Eastern Europe. Interestingly, the results also demonstrate that environmental morale is strongly correlated with several socio-economic and environmental variables. Several robustness tests are conducted to check the validity of the results.
Football Spectator No-Show Behavior in Switzerland: Empirical Evidence from Season Ticket Holder Behavior
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3782997
Willingness to pay to ensure a continuous water supply with minimum restrictions
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-10-2020
Letters to A Young Scientist by Edward O. Wilson
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2013
Do employees care about their relative income position? Behavioral evidence focusing on performance in professional team sport
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-04-2013
DOI: 10.1111/SSQU.12024
Certified Coronavirus Immunity as a Resource and Strategy to Cope with Pandemic Costs
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 15-04-2020
DOI: 10.1111/KYKL.12227
Interaction of natural survival instincts and internalized social norms exploring the Titanic and Lusitania disasters
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-44440
Transfer market activities and sportive performance in European first football leagues: A dynamic network approach
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 19-12-2018
Against all odds? Exploring the role of game outcome uncertainty in season ticket holders? stadium attendance demand
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2016
Resilience to disaster: Evidence from American wellbeing data
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
Research rigour: Use ’4Rs’ criteria to assess papers
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-2015
DOI: 10.1038/522034C
To the John Bates Clark Medal Committee
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 2019
Abstract: This humoristic piece pretends to offer a candidacy for the John Bates Clark Medal.
A GIS based spatial decision support system for analysing residential water demand: A case study in Australia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2017
Interaction of natural survival instincts and internalized social norms exploring the Titanic and Lusitania disasters (vol 107, pg 4862, 2010)
Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Date: 16-09-2011
Patient violence, physicians treatment decisions, and patient welfare: Evidence from China
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-2021
DOI: 10.1002/HEC.4260
Are all economics graduate cohorts created equal? Gender, job openings, and research productivity
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-05-2016
The effect of individual uncertainty on the specificity of human capital: empirical evidence from career developments in professional soccer
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-09-2016
Competing Social Identities and Intergroup Discrimination: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment with High School Students in Vietnam
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3768232
Patience and Vaccination
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 13-11-2021
Abstract: Vaccination against COVID-19 and other diseases is a pressing public health issue. We hypothesize that a short-term orientation (impatience) – as it heavily discounts the future benefits of actions taken today – leads to lower rates of vaccination. Using a recently constructed, experimentally validated measure of patience, we document four results consistent with our hypothesis. First, patience alone explains a large share (21%) of the global variation in COVID-19 vaccinations across countries as of November 2021 (Study 1a N = 76). An increase in patience of one S.D. is associated with 12 p.p. larger vaccination rates. Second, using duration models (Study 1b 4,180 ≤ N ≤ 9,973), we demonstrate that more patient countries are quicker to reach high COVID-19 vaccination thresholds. Third, our results are not specific to the COVID-19 pandemic: in Study 2a, we show that beliefs regarding the safety and effectiveness of vaccination against swine influenza (H1N1) in 2009 are also well-explained by patience in a s le of sub-national regions of Europe (N regions = 138 N countries = 17). Fourth, in Study 2b, we show that our results are not specific to pandemics: patience also explains the global variation in infant vaccinations against 12 common diseases (N = 75).
Risk attitudes and human mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-11-2020
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-76763-2
Abstract: Behavioural responses to pandemics are less shaped by actual mortality or hospitalisation risks than they are by risk attitudes. We explore human mobility patterns as a measure of behavioural responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results indicate that risk-taking attitudes are a critical factor in predicting reductions in human mobility and social confinement around the globe. We find that the sharp decline in mobility after the WHO (World Health Organization) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic can be attributed to risk attitudes. Our results suggest that regions with risk-averse attitudes are more likely to adjust their behavioural activity in response to the declaration of a pandemic even before official government lockdowns. Further understanding of the basis of responses to epidemics, e.g., precautionary behaviour, will help improve the containment of the spread of the virus.
The Causes of Corruption: Evidence from China
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1628107
Author Correction: National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-04-2022
Personality and individual characteristics as indicators of lifetime climbing success among Everest mountaineers
Publisher: No publisher found
Date: 2020
Retaining the thin blue line
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 05-04-2013
DOI: 10.1108/03068291311315359
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between workplace factors and the intentions of police officers to quit their current department. Data from a survey of Baltimore officers, designed to examine the relationship between police stress and domestic violence in police families were used. Using multivariate regression analysis, the authors focus on the officers' stated intentions to look for alternative employment, with proxies for social and workplace factors. Higher levels of cooperation (trust), interactional justice and work‐life‐balance reduce police officers' intentions to quit. While high levels of physical and psychological strain and trauma are not correlated with intentions to quit. A discernible limitation of this study is the age of the data analyzed and that many changes have occurred in recent times (policing and social). It would be of great interest to repeat this study to gauge the true effect. There are policy implications for retention and recruitment: it may possible to decrease the ethnic and gender gaps, through identifying officers at risk and creating programs to hold existing minorities, recruit more, whilst maintaining a strong, happy and healthy department. This study examines the impact of workplace factors on quitting intention for police officers. It is demonstrated that social capital, fairness and work‐life balance are moderators for quitting, adding to the literature on worker retention, as little research has been done using multivariate analysis on quitting intentions.
Heart rate variability, the autonomic nervous system, and neuroeconomic experiments
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Date: 05-2011
DOI: 10.1037/A0022245
Quantum-sapiens: the quantum bases for human expertise, knowledge, and problem-solving
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-05-2021
You should know better! Do health students have different risk attitudes to unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-03-2017
Citation success over time: Theory or empirics?
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-11-2013
Football Spectator No-Show Behavior
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 07-2019
Abstract: In this article, we aim to contribute to the ever-growing economic literature on the determinants of football stadium attendance by exploring the increasingly important yet underresearched phenomenon of spectator no-show behavior. More specifically, we analyze a panel data set containing unique information on no-show behavior observed in the stadiums of 25 Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs. Our results suggest that no-show behavior is primarily shaped by explanatory factors related to a football games’ quality aspects (e.g., an appearance by superstars, an away team rich in tradition, and geographical derbies). Interestingly, these effects seem to significantly differ across Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2.
A Message from the Editors
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2008
Commitment to pay taxes: Results from field and laboratory experiments
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Noblesse oblige? Determinants of survival in a life-and-death situation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2010
Predicting season ticket holder no-show behaviour: more nuanced evidence from Switzerland
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2021
Introduction to the Special Issue on Tax Compliance and Tax Policy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2008
Beyond performance? The importance of subjective and objective physical appearance in award nominations and receptions in football
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
The power of public choice in law and economics
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-02-2022
DOI: 10.1111/JOES.12490
Abstract: In this paper I discuss how Law and Economics can benefit from incorporating some insights from Public Choice into their analyses. Within this argument, I examine the evolution of experimental methods by looking at laboratory, field, and natural experiments and conducting a very simple scientometrics analysis on the relative frequency of experimental studies in journals such as Public Choice, European Journal of Political Economy, Constitutional Political Economy, Journal of Law and Economics , and Journal of Law, Economics and Organization compared with top economics journals such as American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica , or Review of Economic Studies . I also refer to the connectivity of Behavioral Law and Economics and Behavioral Public Choice. The paper then finishes with a discussion of a selected number of topics covering areas such as corruption, tax compliance, shitstorms/firestorms, constitutional choices, globalization, and international organizations all of which present scientific challenges when applying pure Law and Economics approaches without also implementing a Public Choice analysis.
The impact of tax morale and institutional quality on the shadow economy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2009
Financial Shocks, Financial Stress and Financial Resilience of Australian Households during COVID-19
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 22-03-2022
DOI: 10.3390/SU14073736
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide a review of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australian household finances and understand how the pandemic has had significant repercussions for household finances and behaviours toward saving and spending goals. Based on a national survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in December 2020, we report that financial shocks continued to hit low-income households and one-parent families with dependent children the hardest. The lowest-income households had to forfeit a week’s worth of income on a less expensive shock but three times their weekly income to absorb a more expensive shock. The low-income households and one parent family with dependent children did well in following a budget, however, they were in a weak position when considering the ability to save regularly. The overall households also had a low rate of seeking financial information, counselling or advice from a professional. These findings will have implications for the policymakers and advisors who assist households in sustaining their finances and well-being.
Gender differences in performance of top cited scientists by field and country
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 14-10-2020
Tax Compliance and Data: What Is Available and What Is Needed
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2016
Nerves of steel? Stress, work performance and elite athletes
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-05-2011
The power of social cues in the battle for attention: Evidence from an online platform for scholarly commentary
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2020
Speaking to theorists and searching for facts: Tax morale and tax compliance in experiments
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-2002
Are academics messy? Testing the broken windows theory with a field experiment in the work environment
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Date: 31-01-2012
Risk Attitudes and Human Mobility during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 15-06-2020
Abstract: Behavioral responses to pandemics are less shaped by actual mortality or hospitalization risks than they are by risk attitudes. We explore human mobility patterns as a measure of behavioral responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results indicate that risk-taking attitude is a critical factor in predicting reduction in human mobility and increase social confinement around the globe. We find that the sharp decline in movement after the WHO (World Health Organization) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic can be attributed to risk attitudes. Our results suggest that regions with risk-averse attitudes are more likely to adjust their behavioral activity in response to the declaration of a pandemic even before most official government lockdowns. Further understanding of the basis of responses to epidemics, e.g., precautionary behavior, will help improve the containment of the spread of the virus.
Work Values in Western and Eastern Europe
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2012
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1991060
Methods and Insights on How to Explore Human Behavior in the Disaster Environment
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2021
Justifiability of Littering: An Empirical Investigation
Publisher: White Horse Press
Date: 05-2012
DOI: 10.3197/096327112X13303670567378
Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between voluntary participation in environmental organisations and the justifiability of littering behaviour. Previous empirical work regarding determinants of littering and littering behaviour remains scarce, particularly in socio-economic analysis. We address these deficiencies, demonstrating a strong empirical link between environmental participation and reduced public littering in the European Values Survey (EVS) data for 30 Western and Eastern European countries. The results suggest that membership in environmental organisations is related to a stronger commitment to anti-littering behaviour, thereby supporting improved environmental quality.
The economics of the FIFA football worldcup
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-2004
Effectiveness of two pricing structures on urban water use and conservation: a quasi-experimental investigation
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-11-2017
Participation in Environmental Organizations
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 02-07-2010
Tax morale and conditional cooperation
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2007
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-2490
Exploring the impact of terminology differences in blood and organ donor decision making
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 09-01-2020
Russian attitudes toward paying taxes - Before, during, and after the transition
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 12-2006
DOI: 10.1108/03068290610714670
Abstract: This paper examines citizens' attitudes toward paying taxes – what is sometimes termed their “tax morale” or the intrinsic motivation to pay taxes – focusing on the experience of in iduals in the Russian Federation before, during, and after the transition from a planned socialist economy to a market‐based economy. Micro‐level data for Russia from the World Values Survey and the European Values Survey for the years 1991, 1995, and 1999 are used to estimate the determinants of in iduals' attitudes toward paying taxes. The data also allow the examination of the evolution of tax morale in the regions of Russia. The estimation results show decay in tax morale in the first four years of the transition, and a small recovery in 1999. Significant regional differences in tax morale are also found. The results are consistent with the relevance of social norms in tax compliance, where the widespread perception of tax evasion and of a corrupt and inefficient state led initially to a decline of tax morale. The results also indicate that the restoration of a higher level of trust in the state, after some progress in the transition to a market economy, positively influenced tax morale. The results suggest, once tax morale is crowded out, it is difficult for government to raise tax morale very quickly back to previous levels. Doing so requires designing tax systems, tax administrations, and government structures that inspire trust and pride in governmental and legal institutions. A unique aspect of the analysis is the ability to study tax morale at the in idual level before (1991), during (1995), and shortly after (1999) the Russian transition.
Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 05-07-2022
DOI: 10.1093/PNASNEXUS/PGAC093
Abstract: At the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 became a global problem. Despite all the efforts to emphasize the relevance of preventive measures, not everyone adhered to them. Thus, learning more about the characteristics determining attitudinal and behavioral responses to the pandemic is crucial to improving future interventions. In this study, we applied machine learning on the multi-national data collected by the International Collaboration on the Social and Moral Psychology of COVID-19 (N = 51,404) to test the predictive efficacy of constructs from social, moral, cognitive, and personality psychology, as well as socio-demographic factors, in the attitudinal and behavioral responses to the pandemic. The results point to several valuable insights. Internalized moral identity provided the most consistent predictive contribution—in iduals perceiving moral traits as central to their self-concept reported higher adherence to preventive measures. Similar was found for morality as cooperation, symbolized moral identity, self-control, open-mindedness, collective narcissism, while the inverse relationship was evident for the endorsement of conspiracy theories. However, we also found a non-negligible variability in the explained variance and predictive contributions with respect to macro-level factors such as the pandemic stage or cultural region. Overall, the results underscore the importance of morality-related and contextual factors in understanding adherence to public health recommendations during the pandemic.
Masculinity cues, perceptions of politician attributes, and political behavior*
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-09-2020
DOI: 10.1111/ECPO.12164
Abstract: How are masculine‐looking politicians perceived by voters? Are these judgments accurate? We asked Australian survey participants to rate images of unknown‐to‐them Swiss politicians. We find that politicians with prominent markers of masculinity (including facial hair, baldness, and higher facial width‐to‐height ratio) are perceived as less honest and competent. To determine whether these perceptions correlate with political behavior, we exploit two unique features of Swiss politics. First, to check for politician–voter congruence, we match each politician's voting record to that of their constituents on identically worded legislative proposals. We find that bearded politicians are less likely to behave according to constituents' preferences. Second, by exploiting the mandatory disclosure of lobby group affiliations, we show that bearded politicians are less likely to be captured by interest groups. Our results suggest that more masculine‐looking politicians are recognized by both voters and lobby groups as less amenable to being controlled.
What women want in their sperm donor: A study of more than 1000 women's sperm donor selections
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2016
DOI: 10.1016/J.EHB.2016.06.001
Abstract: Reproductive medicine and commercial sperm banking have facilitated an evolutionary shift in how women are able to choose who fathers their offspring, by notionally expanding women's opportunity set beyond former constraints. This study analyses 1546 in idual reservations of semen by women from a private Australian assisted reproductive health facility across a ten year period from 2006 to 2015. Using the time that each s le was available at the facility until reservation, we explore women's preference for particular male characteristics. We find that younger donors, and those who hold a higher formal education compared to those with no academic qualifications are more quickly selected for reservation by women. Both age and education as proxies for resources are at the centre of Parental Investment theory, and our findings further build on this standard evolutionary construct in relation to female mate preferences. Reproductive medicine not only provides women the opportunity to become a parent, where previously they would not have been able to, it also reveals that female preference for resources of their potential mate (sperm donor) remain, even when the notion of paternal investment becomes redundant. These findings build on behavioural science's understanding of large-scale decisions and human behaviour in reproductive medical settings.
Trust in international organizations: An empirical investigation focusing on the United Nations
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 17-05-2008
Behavior under extreme conditions: the Titanic disaster
Publisher: American Economic Association
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-50635
Do monetary and non-monetary incentives influence environmental attitudes and behavior? Evidence from an experimental analysis
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2019
Determinants of superstition
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2007
The emergence of emotions and religious sentiments during the September 11 disaster
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-11-2013
Awards Are Career Catalysts for Young Talents in Highly Competitive Job Markets
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3758520
On the Role of Race Outcome Uncertainty in the TV Demand for Formula 1 Grands Prix
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 26-01-2018
Abstract: This study analyzes 400 broadcasts of Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Formula One (F1) World Ch ionship Grands Prix between 1993 and 2014 in order to explore the question of whether race outcome uncertainty affects the TV demand for F1 racing in Germany. The results reveal that demand is shaped by race outcome uncertainty as proxied by performance differences between those drivers with the best performances during the qualifying as well as additional factors primarily related to Grand Prix circuit and scheduling. From a TV demand perspective, FIA, therefore, is well advised to keep the competition among F1 teams balanced.
The Times They Are A Changin’: The Effect of Institutional Change on Cooperative Behaviour at 26,000 ft over Sixty Years
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Date: 2015
Online sperm donors: the impact of family, friends, personality and risk perception on behaviour
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2022
DOI: 10.1016/J.RBMO.2017.08.023
Abstract: As informal sperm donation becomes more prevalent worldwide, understanding donor psychology and interactions is critical in providing effective policy, equitable legislative frameworks and frontline health support to an ever-growing number of global participants. We analyse data of informal sperm donors who were members of the connection website PrideAngel to identify the role and effect of several factors, e.g. kinship, social networks, personality, and risk perception, on behaviour. A key strength of the study is the ability to analyse various factors, such as the level and history of informal donation, risk concerns, number of women to whom donations are informally made and the number of offspring. Our results indicate donors who have also been active in formal clinical settings (compared with those who exclusively donate informally), donate to more women in the informal market and realise more offspring. Donor's sexual orientation also affects activity. From a personality perspective, conscientiousness provides comparative advantage. It is possible this characteristic provides positive externalities, as more conscientious men may be more efficient or organised in a market that requires increased cooperation and communication. The importance of kin and social networks seems to affect frequency of donation only, possibly representing a time constraint (or opportunity cost).
Attitudes toward paying taxes in the USA: An empirical analysis
Publisher: Springer New York
Date: 25-11-2012
Do certain personality traits provide a mating market competitive advantage? Sex, offspring & the big 5
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2019
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the happiest of them all?
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 14-04-2008
Volunteering, pro-environmental attitudes and norms
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2012
Gender Variations of Physiological and Psychological Strain Amongst Police Officers
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-04-2011
Game Outcome Uncertainty in the English Premier League: Do German Fans Care?
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 15-11-2018
Abstract: Despite the increasing internationalization of marketing activities by professional sporting clubs, previous research exploring the role of game outcome uncertainty (GOU) in spectator demand has been exclusively conducted within national contexts. As a consequence, very little is known about the preferences of international television (TV) spectators watching games from abroad. Hence, this study analyzes all 571 English Premier League (EPL) games broadcast in Germany between the seasons 2011-2012 and 2015-2016 in order to explore whether TV demand for transnational football games is affected by GOU. In line with the prominent uncertainty of outcome hypothesis, the results of this analysis reveal a significant and positive relation between German EPL demand and GOU. This result, however, is not consistent for male and female spectators.
Noblesse oblige? Determinants of survival in a life-and-death situation
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2010
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-44406
National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 26-01-2022
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-021-27668-9
Abstract: Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In a large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions (e.g., closing bars and restaurants) during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic (April-May 2020). Respondents who reported identifying more strongly with their nation consistently reported greater engagement in public health behaviours and support for public health policies. Results were similar for representative and non-representative national s les. Study 2 ( N = 42 countries) conceptually replicated the central finding using aggregate indices of national identity (obtained using the World Values Survey) and a measure of actual behaviour change during the pandemic (obtained from Google mobility reports). Higher levels of national identification prior to the pandemic predicted lower mobility during the early stage of the pandemic ( r = −0.40). We discuss the potential implications of links between national identity, leadership, and public health for managing COVID-19 and future pandemics.
DO POSITIONAL CONCERNS DESTROY SOCIAL CAPITAL: EVIDENCE FROM 26 COUNTRIES
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-10-2012
The implications of daylight saving time: A quasi-natural experiment on cognitive performance and risk taking behaviour
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2018
Relative Income Position and Performance: An Empirical Panel Analysis
Publisher: University of Zurich
Date: 2006
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-52239
A field experiment in moral suasion and tax compliance focusing on underdeclaration and overdeduction
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Date: 2013
Women’s volleyball demand across different distribution channels
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-09-2023
Behavior under Extreme Conditions: The Titanic Disaster
Publisher: American Economic Association
Date: 02-2011
DOI: 10.1257/JEP.25.1.209
Abstract: During the night of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg on her maiden voyage. Two hours and 40 minutes later she sank, resulting in the loss of 1,501 lives—more than two-thirds of her 2,207 passengers and crew. This remains one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history and by far the most famous. For social scientists, evidence about how people behaved as the Titanic sunk offers a quasi-natural field experiment to explore behavior under extreme conditions of life and death. A common assumption is that in such situations, self-interested reactions will predominate and social cohesion is expected to disappear. However, empirical evidence on the extent to which people in the throes of a disaster react with self-regarding or with other-regarding behavior is scanty. The sinking of the Titanic posed a life-or-death situation for its passengers. The Titanic carried only 20 lifeboats, which could accommodate about half the people aboard, and deck officers exacerbated the shortage by launching lifeboats that were partially empty. Failure to secure a seat in a lifeboat virtually guaranteed death. We have collected in idual-level data on the passengers and crew on the Titanic, which allow us to analyze some specific questions: Did physical strength (being male and in prime age) or social status (being a first- or second-class passenger) raise the survival chance? Was it favorable for survival to travel alone or in company? Does one's role or function (being a crew member or a passenger) affect the probability of survival? Do social norms, such as “Women and children first!” have any effect? Does nationality affect the chance of survival? We also explore whether the time from impact to sinking might matter by comparing the sinking of the Titanic over nearly three hours to the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, which took only 18 minutes from when the torpedo hit the ship.
Trust and Tax Morale
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 06-09-2017
DOI: 10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780190274801.013.23
Abstract: This empirical chapter examines the relation between trust and tax morale at both country and in idual levels using a combined World Values Survey and European Values Study dataset covering 400,000 observations across 108 countries. The results overall indicate that although vertical trust matters, horizontal trust in the form of generalized trust is not linked to tax morale. We do, however, identify intercountry differences that warrant further exploration. We also demonstrate that generalized trust uncertainty, in contrast to vertical trust uncertainty, is negatively correlated with tax morale. Lastly, we provide some evidence that generalized trust varies under different vertical and governance conditions, but we are unable to identify any indirect path from generalized trust to tax morale using governance quality as a mediator.
The inner quality of an article: Will time tell?
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-04-2015
Can psychological traits explain mobility behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 03-06-2020
Abstract: The current COVID19 pandemic is a global exogenous shock, impacting in iduals’ decision making and behaviour allowing researchers to test theories of personality by exploring how traits, in conjunction with in idual and societal differences affect compliance and cooperation. Study 1 used Google Mobility data and nation-level personality data from 31 countries, both before and after region-specific legislative interventions, finding that agreeable nations are most consistently compliant with mobility restrictions. Study 2 (N=105,857) replicated these findings using in idual-level data, showing that several personality traits predict sheltering in place behavior, but extraverts are especially likely to remain mobile. Overall, our analyses reveal robust relationships between traits and regulatory compliance (mobility behaviour) both before and after region specific legislative interventions, and the global declaration of the pandemic. Further, we find significant effects on reasons for leaving home, as well as age and gender differences, particularly relating to female agreeableness for previous and future social mobility behaviours. These sex differences, however, are only visible for those living in households with two or more people, suggesting that such findings may be driven by ision of labour.
Preferences towards redistribution and equality: How important is social capital?
Publisher: Emerald (MCB UP )
Date: 2007
Self-esteem, self-symbolizing, and academic recognition: behavioral evidence from curricula vitae
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-02-2019
The effects of money saliency and sustainability orientation on reward based crowdfunding success
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2021
Culture differences and tax morale in the United States and in Europe
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2006
Turbulence in the financial markets: Cross-country differences in market volatility in response to COVID-19 pandemic policies
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 14-08-2020
Abstract: COVID-19 has had far-reaching global effects on the health and wellbeing of in iduals on every continent. The economic and financial market response has been equally disastrous with high levels of volatility. This study explores temporal relations between structural breaks, market volatility and government policy interventions for 28 countries and their respective financial market indices.File description:Scripts:breaks.do – test for the unknown structural breaks in the turnover data.turnover.do – merge the mobility dataset (change in mobility to residential), stay-at-home policy, COVID stats, and turnover. It also generates the dataset for the R code (should upload yours) and the rest of the analysis.hurstexponent.R - estimates/calculates log returns, performs STL Decomposition and MFDFA analysis. Data:mobility.dat - Google mobility databloomberg_turnover.dat - Raw traded value from Bloombergturnover.do - merged traded value datacsse.dat - COVID-19 statisticsPlease contact steven.bickley@hdr.qut.edu.au for questions and refer to our accompanying paper. Recommended Citation: TBAData use policy: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY standard.
Government accountability and fiscal discipline: A panel analysis using Swiss data
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2007
Tax morale, Eastern Europe and European enlargement
Publisher: University of California Press
Date: 03-2012
DOI: 10.1016/J.POSTCOMSTUD.2012.02.005
Abstract: This study tries to remedy the current lack of tax compliance research analyzing tax morale in 10 Eastern European countries that joined the European Union in 2004 or 2007. By exploring tax morale differences between 1999 and 2008 we show that tax morale has decreased in 7 out of 10 Eastern European countries. This lack of sustainability may support the incentive based conditionality hypothesis that European Union has only a limited ability to influence tax morale over time. We observe that events and processes at the country level are crucial to understanding tax morale. Factors such as perceived government quality, trust in the justice system and the government are positively correlated with tax morale in 2008.
Tax morale in transition countries
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-2003
Patriotism's Impact on Cooperation with the State: An Experimental Study on Tax Compliance
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 28-08-2015
DOI: 10.1111/POPS.12294
Introduction to the Special Issue on Tax Evasion and the Underground Economy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2012
Tax morale and conditional cooperation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2007
Recognition and longevity: an examination of award timing and lifespan in Nobel laureates
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-05-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S11192-022-04379-6
Abstract: Using data for 387 Nobel Prize winners in physics, chemistry, or physiology/medicine from 1901 to 2000, this study focuses on the relation between the timing of prestigious awards and human longevity. In particular, it uses a linear regression model to examine how a winner’s longevity is affected by (1) the age at which the prestigious award is won, (2) the total number of prestigious awards collected, and (3) the delay between the Nobel Prize work and recognition. To alleviate estimation issues stemming from survival selection, we conduct our analyses using subs les of surviving in iduals and controlling for age-specific life expectancy. Our results suggest that receiving the Nobel Prize at a younger age is related to a longer expected lifespan (e.g., obtaining the Nobel Prize 10 years earlier is associated with an additional 1 year of lifespan compared to the average population life expectancy). The results also point to a strong negative association between the age of receiving major scientific awards and relative life expectancy, which further indicates the benefit of early recognition. Yet, we did not find evidence suggesting that the number of prestigious awards received at an earlier age correlated with longevity. Nor are we able to observe that the duration between Nobel Prize work and the award reception (waiting time for the Nobel Prize recognition) is associated with changes in longevity.
Tax Morale and Conditional Cooperation
Publisher: University of Zurich
Date: 2006
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-52243
Change of guard for economic analysis and policy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2008
Work ethic, Protestantism, and human capital
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2010
Tax Compliance and Tax Morale
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 26-07-2007
Environmental and pro-social norms: evidence on littering
Publisher: Berkeley Electronic Press
Date: 2009
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-25409
The Evolution of Tax Morale in Modern Spain
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2009
Do Ethics Matter? Tax Compliance and Morality
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-01-2011
Assortative mating in the online market for sperm donation
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 22-07-2016
Moral suasion: An alternative tax policy strategy? Evidence from a controlled field experiment in Switzerland
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-2004
Attitudes towards paying taxes in Austria: An empirical analysis
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-2005
Anticipated feelings and support for public mega projects: Hosting the Olympic Games
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2020
Exit polls, turnout, and bandwagon voting: Evidence from a natural experiment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2015
Bounded Rationality and Voting Decisions over 160 Years: Voter Behavior and Increasing Complexity in Decision-Making
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 31-12-2013
GENDER AND PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD CORRUPTION AND TAX EVASION
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 26-02-2010
Optimism and Positivity Biases in Performance Appraisal Ratings: Empirical Evidence from Professional Soccer
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-06-2020
DOI: 10.1111/APPS.12266
Abstract: Using unique assessment data for players from a German Bundesliga club’s youth academy, we tested four core hypotheses on how player ratings and rater or ratee‐related characteristics reflect the (prospective) optimism bias and (retrospective) positivity bias. The results indicate not only that the ratings of predicted and remembered performance are indeed higher than the talents’ actual performance throughout a season, but that these differences depend positively on the rater’s organizational experience and negatively on the amount of ratee data available. They also suggest that (prospective) anticipation is even more positively biased than (retrospective) recollection of player performances, underscoring the asymmetry between looking forward and looking backward.
Tax amnesties and political participation
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-2005
Abstract: In many countries, thinking about a (new) tax amnesty is currently in vogue. However, international experience shows that the financial success of such a tax amnesty is not guaranteed, in part because it is thought that tax amnesties may over time undermine tax compliance. This article conducts experiments in two different countries (Switzerland and Costa Rica) to examine the effects of amnesties on compliance. In contrast to other experiments, these experiments analyze the relationship between tax compliance and subjects’ possibility to vote for or against an amnesty. The results suggest that tax compliance only increases after voting, when people get the opportunity to discuss the amnesty prior to voting. Thus, voting with discussion may induce a kind of civic duty, as taxpayers become aware of the importance of contributing to the provision of public goods.
Suicide and religion: New evidence on the differences between protestantism and catholicism
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-2014
DOI: 10.1111/JSSR.12117
Committees or Markets? An Exploratory Analysis of Best Paper Awards in Economics
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 09-05-2022
DOI: 10.3390/ECONOMIES10050110
Abstract: Despite the general usefulness of citations as a sort of test of the value of one’s work in the marketplace of ideas, journals and publishers tend to use alternative bases of judgment, namely committees, in selecting candidates for the conferral of journals’ best paper awards. Given that recognition—sometimes in the form of compensation and on other occasions in the form of awards—in academe is geared toward incentivizing the production of impactful research and not some less desirable goal or outcome, it is important to understand the sensitivity in the outcomes of best paper award selection processes to the types of processes used. To that end, this study compares the selection of best paper awards for journals affiliated with several of the world’s top economic associations by committees to a counterfactual process that is based on citations to published studies. Our statistical exploration indicates that in most cases and for most awards, the most cited paper was not chosen. This requires further discussion as to the core characteristics that quantitatively represent the highest impact.
The importance of key celebrity characteristics for customer segmentation by age and gender: Does beauty matter in professional football?
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-05-2016
Expectation formation in an evolving game of uncertainty: New experimental evidence
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2018
Things change with age: Educational assortment in online dating
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2017
The determinants of individuals' attitudes towards preventing environmental damage
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2007
Scientists’ opinion, attitudes, and consensus towards immunity passports
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Date: 03-02-2021
DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.02.21250796
Abstract: We measured attitudes towards “immunity passports” in the context of COVID-19 of a large s le of scientists. Consensus of scientists’ opinions on a different aspect of immunity passports was assessed. We designed and implemented a survey to capture what scientists from around the world and different scientific background think about immunity certification. The survey was sent to the corresponding authors of scholarly articles published in the last five years in the top 20-ranked journals in each of the 27 subject areas between May and June 2020. Responses from 12,738 scientists were captured, and their distribution was tabulated by participants in health science and other fields. Consensus of responses was calculated using a variant of Shannon Entropy, made suitable for the ordinal response variables. Half of the scientists surveyed, regardless of academic background agree that a potential immunity passport program will be good for public health (50.2%) and the economy (54.4%), with 19.1% and 15.4% of participants disagree, respectively. A significant proportion of scientists raised concerns about immunity certification over fairness to others (36.5%) and social inequality (45.5%). There is little consensus in the different aspects of immunity passport among scientists. Overall, scientists with health background hold a more conservative view towards immunity certification. Our findings suggest a lack of general agreement regarding the potential health and economic benefits, societal costs, and ethical issues of an immunity certification program within the scientific community. Given the relevant and important implications of immunity passport due to the increasing vaccine availability and efficacy, more attention should be given to the discussion of the design and implementation of immunity certification program. First cross-disciplinary survey with a large and international s le size that enables mapping of scientists’ opinions and attitudes towards COVID-19 immunity certificates. From the survey responses, we measured, reported, and compared the levels of consensus of scientists between health-related and non-health-related discipline. Response rate and s le representativeness are moderate.
Determinants of online sperm donor success: how women choose
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-10-2016
The relationship between stress, strain and social capital
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 23-08-2011
DOI: 10.1108/13639511111157546
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of social capital with the negative externalities associated with stress, or the psychological and physiological strains experienced by police officers. Using data collected in 1999 from a survey of Baltimore Police officers designed to examine questions about the relationship between police stress and domestic violence in police families and using multivariate regression analysis, the paper focuses on five different proxies for stress and strain, and two proxies for social capital and conducting several robustness checks. Results show that an increase in social capital is significantly correlated to a decrease in the level of strain, in the psychological, physical, burnout and health areas. While this study examines the social capital/strain relationship with US officers, more research is needed, as these findings may not extrapolate well into other national settings. It may also be interesting to further explore sub‐cultures within departments. Additionally, the data may be dated and, as major changes and events have occurred since the survey, a newer study of officers would be needed to observe whether these changes have had significant impact. From a policy perspective, the findings suggest that stress reduction programs should actively engage employees to build stronger social networks. This study comprehensively examines the ability of social capital at negating the impacts of strains, and significantly reduces the impact of major trauma events. This paper adds to the literature as there are few multivariate analyses of the social capital/strain relationship.
Early COVID-19 Government Communication Is Associated With Reduced Interest in the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Date: 31-08-2021
DOI: 10.3389/FPSYG.2021.681975
Abstract: Does inadequate risk communication during uncertain times trigger the rise of conspiratorial ideas? We hypothesize that, where government COVID-19 risk communication started early, as measured by the number of days between the start of the communication c aign and the first case in the country, citizens are less likely to turn to conspiratorial explanations for the pandemic, which typically assign blame to powerful actors with secret interests. In Study 1a, we find strong support for our hypothesis in a global s le of 111 countries, using daily Google search volumes for QAnon as a measure of interest in QAnon, which is a conspiracy theory contending, among other things, that COVID-19 is a conspiracy orchestrated by powerful actors and aimed at repressing civil liberties. The effect is robust to a variety of sensitivity checks. In Study 1b, we show that the effect is not explainable by pre-pandemic cross-country differences in QAnon interest, nor by ‘secular’ rising interest in QAnon amid the pandemic. A one-standard deviation (26.2days) increase in communication lateness is associated with a 26% increase in QAnon interest. In pre-registered Study 2, we find limited support for the proposition that early communication reduces self-reported pandemic-related conspiratorial ideation in a s le of respondents from 51 countries. Overall, our results provide evidence that interest in extreme ideas, like QAnon, are highly responsive to government risk communication, while less extreme forms of conspiracism are perhaps less so.
What shapes attitudes toward paying taxes? Evidence from multicultural European countries
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 19-04-2007
Response Times and Tax Compliance
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 04-11-2019
DOI: 10.3390/G10040045
Abstract: Inspired by the work of Rubinstein, this study revisits data from a previous lab experiment to explore the relation between response times and tax compliance and understand the potential non-linearity between them by classifying decisions and in iduals into compliance types. We find that in iduals’ decision response time is related to their compliance decisions. Full-non compliant in iduals (those who did not declare any earned income) have shorter response times than those who fully or partially complied. Full-compliant in iduals also tend to declare income faster than partially compliant subjects. Such results are robust throughout time and when controlling for contextual characteristics of experimental design. We find non-linearity via an inverted U-shape function that reaches its maximum declaration time around a compliance rate of 60%, even after controlling for contextual experimental design factors. In addition, we observe a non-linear relation between cognitive skills, response time, and tax compliance. Participants with relatively high cognitive skills and very low or very high tax compliance level have low response times, while subjects with relatively lower cognitive skills tend to report higher decision times for higher compliance levels.
What shapes player performance in soccer? Empirical findings from a panel analysis
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2007
The stabilizing effect of social distancing
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2021
The importance of faith: Tax morale and religiosity
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2006
Heartbeat and Economic Decisions: Observing Mental Stress among Proposers and Responders in the Ultimatum Bargaining Game
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 23-09-2014
Measured data from sensor Q2 at Maisbich for month 2005-12
Publisher: University of Zurich
Date: 2005
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-52225
Politicians: Be Killed or Survive
Publisher: University of Zurich
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-52344
Noblesse Oblige? Determinants of Survival in a Life and Death Situation
Publisher: University of Zurich
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-52342
Variation in risk seeking behaviour following large losses: A natural experiment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2014
Effects of supervision on tax compliance: Evidence from a field experiment in Austria
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2014
The first cut is the deepest: repeated interactions of coauthorship and academic productivity in Nobel laureate teams
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-11-2015
Causes of corruption: Evidence from China
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2013
Can Psychological Traits Explain Mobility Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 23-09-2020
Abstract: The current COVID-19 pandemic is a global, exogenous shock, impacting in iduals’ decision making and behavior allowing researchers to test theories of personality by exploring how traits, in conjunction with in idual and societal differences, affect compliance and cooperation. Study 1 used Google mobility data and nation-level personality data from 31 countries, both before and after region-specific legislative interventions, finding that agreeable nations are most consistently compliant with mobility restrictions. Study 2 ( N = 105,857) replicated these findings using in idual-level data, showing that several personality traits predict sheltering in place behavior, but extraverts are especially likely to remain mobile. Overall, our analyses reveal robust relationships between traits and regulatory compliance (mobility behavior), both before and after region-specific legislative interventions, and the global declaration of the pandemic. Further, we find significant effects on reasons for leaving home, as well as age and gender differences, particularly relating to female agreeableness for previous and future social mobility behaviors. These sex differences, however, are only visible for those living in households with two or more people, suggesting that such findings may be driven by ision of labor.
Higher turnout increases incumbency advantages: Evidence from mayoral elections
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 22-09-2022
DOI: 10.1111/ECPO.12226
Abstract: We analyze the effect of electoral turnout on incumbency advantages by exploring mayoral elections in the German state of Bavaria. Mayors are elected by majority rule in two‐round (runoff) elections. Between the first and second ballot of the mayoral election in March 2020, the state government announced an official state of emergency. In the second ballot, voting in person was prohibited and only postal voting was possible. To construct an instrument for electoral turnout, we use a difference‐in‐differences strategy by contrasting turnout in the first and second ballot in 2020 with the first and second ballots from previous elections. We use this instrument to analyze the causal effect of turnout on incumbent vote shares. A 10‐percentage point increase in turnout leads to a statistically robust 3.4 percentage point higher vote share for incumbent mayors highlighting the relevance of turnout‐related incumbency advantages.
Who gets promoted? Personality factors leading to promotion in highly structured work environments: evidence from a German professional football club
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 14-12-2016
Causes and Consequences of Tax Morale: An Empirical Investigation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2008
Extraordinary wealth, globalization, and corruption
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 12-03-2013
DOI: 10.1111/ROIW.12027
Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing in Sports
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Date: 2020
Sexual economic theory & the human mating market
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-08-2019
A Non-Bayesian Approach to Scientific Inference on Treatment-Effects
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 15-07-2020
Abstract: Because the use of p-values in statistical inference often involves the rejection of a hypothesis on the basis of a number that itself assumes the hypothesis to be true, many in the scientific community argue that inference should instead be based on the hypothesis’ actual probability conditional on supporting data. In this study, therefore, we propose a non-Bayesian approach to achieving statistical inference independent of any prior beliefs about hypothesis probability, which are frequently subject to human bias. In doing so, we offer an important statistical tool to biology, medicine, and any other academic field that employs experimental methodology.
Awards before and after the Nobel Prize: A Matthew effect and/or a ticket to one's own funeral?
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 08-05-2014
Awards are career catalysts for young talents in association football
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 15-09-2022
Trust in government in times of crisis: A quasi-experiment during the two world wars✰
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2021
Tax morale affects tax compliance: Evidence from surveys and an artefactual field experiment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2009
Tax policy measures to combat the sars-cov-2 pandemic and considerations to improve tax compliance: a behavioral perspective
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.1628/FA-2020-0014
Pharmacist compliance with therapeutic guidelines on diagnosis and treatment provision
Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)
Date: 17-07-0011
To evade taxes or not evade: That is the question
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2003
Interaction of natural survival instincts and internalized social norms exploring the Titanic and Lusitania disasters
Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Date: 03-2010
Abstract: To understand human behavior, it is important to know under what conditions people deviate from selfish rationality. This study explores the interaction of natural survival instincts and internalized social norms using data on the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania . We show that time pressure appears to be crucial when explaining behavior under extreme conditions of life and death. Even though the two vessels and the composition of their passengers were quite similar, the behavior of the in iduals on board was dramatically different. On the Lusitania , selfish behavior dominated (which corresponds to the classical homo economicus) on the Titanic , social norms and social status (class) dominated, which contradicts standard economics. This difference could be attributed to the fact that the Lusitania sank in 18 min, creating a situation in which the short-run flight impulse dominated behavior. On the slowly sinking Titanic (2 h, 40 min), there was time for socially determined behavioral patterns to reemerge. Maritime disasters are traditionally not analyzed in a comparative manner with advanced statistical (econometric) techniques using in idual data of the passengers and crew. Knowing human behavior under extreme conditions provides insight into how widely human behavior can vary, depending on differing external conditions.
Fame in the sciences: a culturomics approach
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-12-2018
Does the John Bates Clark Medal boost subsequent productivity and citation success?
Publisher: University of Zurich
Date: 2013
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-74222
Competing social identities and intergroup discrimination: Evidence from a framed field experiment with high school students in Vietnam
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 09-12-2021
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0261275
Abstract: We conducted a framed field experiment to explore a situation where in iduals have potentially competing social identities to understand how group identification and socialisation affect in-group favouritism and out-group discrimination. The Dictator Game and the Trust Game were conducted in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City on two groups of high school students with different backgrounds, i.e., French bilingual and monolingual (Vietnamese) students. We find strong evidence for the presence of these two phenomena: our micro-analysis of within- and between-school effects show that bilingual students exhibit higher discriminatory behaviour toward non-bilinguals within the same school than toward other bilinguals from a different school, implying that group identity is a key factor in the explanation of intergroup cooperation and competition.
External Influence as an Indicator of Scholarly Importance
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 11-05-2015
Tax morale and direct democracy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2005
“La Grande Boucle”: Determinants of Success at the Tour de France
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 18-04-2007
Abstract: Cycling has not been analyzed intensively in the literature on the economics of sports. This article reports empirical evidence of in iduals' performance in the 2004 Tour de France, searching for factors that shape riders' total ranking performance. A main aim is to investigate to what extent riders' performance is influenced by their teammates and their positions on their teams. The results show that teammates' attributes and riders' positions matter. The author also observes that riders who were successful in previous tours perform better than other participants. Furthermore, a lower body mass index leads to better performance. Finally, the author also observes differences between participating countries.
Voting on Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Citizens More Supportive than Politicians
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 26-01-2017
Artificial intelligence in the field of economics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-03-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S11192-022-04294-W
Abstract: The history of AI in economics is long and winding, much the same as the evolving field of AI itself. Economists have engaged with AI since its beginnings, albeit in varying degrees and with changing focus across time and places. In this study, we have explored the diffusion of AI and different AI methods (e.g., machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, expert systems, knowledge-based systems) through and within economic subfields, taking a scientometrics approach. In particular, we centre our accompanying discussion of AI in economics around the problems of economic calculation and social planning as proposed by Hayek. To map the history of AI within and between economic sub-fields, we construct two datasets containing bibliometrics information of economics papers based on search query results from the Scopus database and the EconPapers (and IDEAs/RePEc) repository. We present descriptive results that map the use and discussion of AI in economics over time, place, and subfield. In doing so, we also characterise the authors and affiliations of those engaging with AI in economics. Additionally, we find positive correlations between quality of institutional affiliation and engagement with or focus on AI in economics and negative correlations between the Human Development Index and share of learning-based AI papers.
Understanding the Reasons Why Men and Women Do Not Donate Gametes
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-11-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S43032-022-01112-9
Abstract: The global under-supply of sperm and oocyte donors is a serious concern for assisted reproductive medicine. Research has explored self-selected populations of gamete donors and their ex-post rationalisations of why they chose to donate. However, such studies may not provide the necessary insight into why the majority of people do not donate. Utilising the unique open form responses of a large s le ( n = 1035) of online survey respondents, we examine the reasons participants cite when asked: “ Why haven’t you donated your sperm/eggs? .” We categorise these responses into four core themes ( conditional willingness , barriers , unconsidered , and conscientious objector ) and eleven lower-order themes. We find that, on average, women are more conditionally willing (8.2% difference p = 0.008) to participate in gamete donation than men. We also find that women are more likely than men to justify their non-donation based on their reproductive history (21.3% difference p = 0.000) or kin selection and inclusive fitness (5.7% difference p = 0.008). However, compared to women, men are more likely to validate their non-donation based on sociocultural or social norms (6% difference p = 0.000) or religion (1.7% difference p = 0.030). That so many of our study participants report in-principal willingness for future participation in gamete donation speaks to the need for increased research on understanding non-donor population preferences, motivations, and behaviours.
National pride and tax compliance: A laboratory experiment using a physiological marker
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 19-01-2023
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0280473
Abstract: This paper reports on a laboratory experiment designed specifically to test the influence of national pride on tax honesty while using a physiological marker to observe emotional responses to patriotic priming. Participants were exposed to one of three framing videos before earning income in a real effort task and were given the chance to declare their taxable income. We find that psychological priming through exposure to symbols of Australian national pride and national identity had a positive effect on the level of tax compliance among Australian but not non-Australians. In addition, non-Australians report lower tax compliance ratios in the treatment groups than in the control group which may indicate an outgroup effect. When exploring the potential of a physiological marker of national pride we observe two different types of physiological responses to the activation and effects of national pride and its impact on tax compliance among Australians. Iconic images activate the parasympathetic nervous system while sports scenes activate the sympathetic nervous system, but both types of images and responses are positively associated with tax compliance. In addition, we find that non-Australians resident in the country for more than a year report a higher level of tax compliance, and that there are some similarities in heart rate variability (HRV) responses between Australian citizens born in the country and those born overseas who have been in Australia for a longer period. Overall, the results support the proposition that identifying with an ingroup at a national level is important for tax compliance.
Tax morale, rule-governed behaviour and trust
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 2003
There and back again: Adaptation after repeated rule changes of the game
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2019
Age and organizational identification: empirical findings from professional sports
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 27-10-2016
Cash and the Hidden Economy: Experimental Evidence on Fighting Tax Evasion in Small Business Transactions
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 18-07-2022
DOI: 10.1007/S10551-022-05186-Y
Abstract: Increasing the tax compliance of self-employed business owners—particularly of trade-specific service providers such as those involved in construction and repair work—remains an ongoing challenge for tax authorities. From a compliance point of view, cash transactions are particularly problematic when services are paid for on the spot, as these exchanges are difficult to audit. We present experimental evidence testing ten different policy strategies rooted in the enforcement, service, and trust/social paradigms, in a setting that allows payment either via a transaction that directly reports income for tax collection purposes or in cash, where taxes are only collected on reported income. Our s le includes both a typical subject pool of students, as used in most previous studies, and non-students who are active within service industries characterised by the opportunity to engage in cash transactions. While our comparative results show that, for both student and non-student participants, interventions that rely on greater enforcement by the tax authority have the greatest effect on compliance in our cash economy setting, treatments involving cooperative elements may be similarly effective in enhancing tax compliance. Given their effectiveness, cooperative approaches should therefore be considered for addition to the policy mix if implemented at relatively low costs, making both carrot and stick approaches promising to increase compliance in an environment where cash-for-service payments offer a common benefit for small businesses and their customers from implicit collusion that enables tax evasion.
Tax morale, theory and empirical analysis of tax compliance
Publisher: (:unav)
Date: 2003
Do great minds appear in batches?
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 02-06-2015
How confidence in health care systems affects mobility and compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 03-07-2020
Abstract: Trust in the health care system requires being confident that sufficient and appropriate treatments will be provided if needed. The COVID-19 public health crisis is a significant, global, and (mostly) simultaneous test of the behavioral implications arising from this trust. We explore whether populations reporting low levels of confidence in the health care system exhibit a stronger behavioral reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. We track the dynamic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic across 38 countries and 621 regions by exploiting a large dataset on human mobility generated between February 15 and June 5, 2020 and a broad range of contextual factors (e.g. deaths or policy implementations). Using a time-dynamic framework we find that societies with low levels of health care confidence initially exhibit a faster response with respect to staying home. However, this reaction plateaus sooner, and after the plateau it declines with greater magnitude than does the response from societies with high health care confidence. On the other hand, regions with higher confidence in the health care system are more likely to reduce mobility once the government mandates that its citizens are not to leave home except for essential trips, compared to those with lower health care system confidence. Regions with high trust in the government but low confidence in the health care system dramatically reduce their mobility, suggesting a correlation for trust in the state with respect to behavioral responses during a crisis.
Which female makes it to the top? Exploring the gender differences in the role of nuanced personality and psychosocial traits in elite sports career progression
Publisher: No publisher found
Date: 2022
Scientists have favorable opinions on immunity certificates but raise concerns regarding fairness and inequality
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 07-07-2021
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-021-93148-1
Abstract: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, we collected over 12,000 responses from a survey of scientists, who were asked to express their opinions on immunity certificates (also called “immunity passports”) as a potential instrument to lessen the impact of the crisis. Overall, we find that scientists perceive immunity certificates as favorable for public health (50.2%) and the state of the economy (54.4%) while one-fifth (19.1%) and one-sixth (15.4%) disagree. Scientists stipulate some concerns about fairness (36.5%) and inequality (22.4%) arising from implementation of immunity certification. We find some smaller differences among scientific fields, particularly between health scientists and social scientists, with the latter being slightly more positive about the effect of immunity certification. Scholars in the United States, including health scientists, are more likely to view the immunity certificates favorably and mention fewer concerns about this policy’s effect on fairness and inequality. Female scholars are significantly less in favor of immunity certificates, while scientists with more conservative political views hold more favorable opinions. Our results reveal that given the uncertainties during an early phase of a pandemic, scientists see scope for immunity certification to lessen the general societal impacts of the crisis.
Improving the peer review process: a proposed market system
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-03-2019
Looking Awkward When Winning and Foolish When Losing: Inequity Aversion and Performance in the Field
Publisher: University of Zurich
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-52323
Economics of Sports: A Note to this Special Issue
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2009
The Power of Positional Concerns
Publisher: University of Zurich
Date: 2008
DOI: 10.5167/UZH-52322
Conditional corruption
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2012
Serious tax noncompliance Motivation and guardianship
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-07-2010
Tax compliance and psychic costs: Behavioral experimental evidence using a physiological marker
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2016
Synchronization and diversity in business cycles: a network analysis of the European Union
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 18-10-2016
Corruption and social interaction: Evidence from China
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2012
Tax Policy Measures to Combat the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic and Considerations to Improve Tax Compliance: A Behavioral Perspective
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3692370
Why do people go to war?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-2003
Man, Woman, “Other”: Factors Associated with Nonbinary Gender Identification
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-09-2018
DOI: 10.1007/S10508-018-1307-3
Abstract: Using a unique dataset of 7479 respondents to the online Australian Sex Survey (July-September 2016), we explored factors relevant for in iduals who self-identify as one of the many possible nonbinary gender options (i.e., not man or woman). Our results identified significant sex differences in such factors in particular, a positive association between female height, higher educational levels, and greater same-sex attraction (female-female) versus a negative effect of lower income levels and more offspring. With respect to sex similarities, older males and females, heterosexuals, those with lower educational levels, and those living outside capital cities were all more likely to identify as the historically dichotomous gender options. These factors associated with nonbinary gender identification were also more multifaceted for females than for males, although our interaction terms demonstrated that younger females (relative to younger males) and nonheterosexuals (relative to heterosexuals) were more likely to identify as nonbinary. These effects were reversed, however, in the older cohort. Because gender can have such significant lifetime impacts for both the in idual and society as a whole, our findings strongly suggest the need for further research into factors that impact gender ersity.
Sex differences in sexual attraction for aesthetics, resources and personality across age
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 19-05-2021
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0250151
Abstract: Because sexual attraction is a key driver of human mate choice and reproduction, we descriptively assess relative sex differences in the level of attraction in iduals expect in the aesthetic, resource, and personality characteristics of potential mates. As a novelty we explore how male and female sexual attractiveness preference changes across age, using a dataset comprising online survey data for over 7,000 respondents across a broad age distribution of in iduals between 18 and 65 years. In general, we find that both males and females show similar distribution patterns in their preference responses, with statistically significant sex differences within most of the traits. On average, females rate age, education, intelligence, income, trust, and emotional connection around 9 to 14 points higher than males on our 0–100 scale range. Our relative importance analysis shows greater male priority for attractiveness and physical build , compared to females, relative to all other traits. Using multiple regression analysis, we find a consistent statistical sex difference (males relative to females) that decreases linearly with age for aesthetics , while the opposite is true for resources and personality , with females exhibiting a stronger relative preference, particularly in the younger aged cohort. Exploring non-linearity in sex difference with contour plots for intelligence and attractiveness across age (mediated by age) indicates that sex differences in attractiveness preferences are driven by the male cohort (particularly age 30 to 40) for those who care about the importance of age, while intelligence is driven by females caring relatively more about intelligence for those who see age as very important (age cohort 40 to 55). Overall, many of our results indicate distinct variations within sex at key life stages, which is consistent with theories of selection pressure. Moreover, results also align with theories of parental investment, the gender similarities hypothesis, and mutual mate choice–which speaks to the fact that the broader discipline of evolutionary mate choice research in humans still contains considerable scope for further inquiry towards a unified theory, particularly when exploring sex-difference across age.
Cash and the Hidden Economy: Laboratory and Artefactual Field Experimental Evidence on Fighting Tax Evasion in Small Business Transactions
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.3761506
Predicting season ticket holder loyalty using geographical information
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 21-04-2017
A Systematic Approach to Public Health – Novel Application of the Human Factors Analysis and Classification System to Public Health and COVID-19
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2021
Who perished on the Titanic? The importance of social norms
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 02-2011
Abstract: This paper seeks to empirically identify what factors make it more or less likely for people to survive in a life-threatening situation. Three factors relate to in idual attributes of the persons onboard: physical strength, economic resources, and nationality. Two relate to social aspects: social support and social norms. The Titanic disaster is a life-or-death situation. Otherwise-disregarded aspects of human nature become apparent in such a dangerous situation. The empirical analysis supports the notion that social norms are a key determinant in extreme situations of life or death.
Do the best scholars attract the highest speaking fees? An exploration of internal and external influence
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-07-2014
Scholarly impact and the timing of major awards in economics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 15-06-2017
Policies, institutions and the dark side of economics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 2001
Selection criteria in the search for a sperm donor: behavioural traits versus physical appearance
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-12-2015
Auswirkungen von Macht auf das Überleben in Extremsituationen: Ein Vergleich der Titanic und Lusitania Schiffskatastrophen
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-05-2011
Cross-culture comparison of tax morale and tax compliance: Evidence from Costa Rica and Switzerland
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 05-2004
Abstract: This paper analyzes the effects of internal and external social norms on tax morale and tax compliance behavior. Field data and data derived from laboratory experiments are used to examine tax morale and tax compliance behavior in Costa Rica and Switzerland. The results indicate that internal and external social norms have a significant effect on tax morale and tax compliance.
Evaluation of an Incentive Program on Educational Achievement of Indigenous Students
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-06-2016
Developing Alternative Frameworks for Explaining Tax Compliance
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 10-06-2010
How does globalization affect COVID-19 responses?
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-05-2021
DOI: 10.1186/S12992-021-00677-5
Abstract: The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the vast differences in approaches to the control and containment of coronavirus across the world and has demonstrated the varied success of such approaches in minimizing the transmission of coronavirus. While previous studies have demonstrated high predictive power of incorporating air travel data and governmental policy responses in global disease transmission modelling, factors influencing the decision to implement travel and border restriction policies have attracted relatively less attention. This paper examines the role of globalization on the pace of adoption of international travel-related non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the coronavirus pandemic. This study aims to offer advice on how to improve the global planning, preparation, and coordination of actions and policy responses during future infectious disease outbreaks with empirical evidence. We analyzed data on international travel restrictions in response to COVID-19 of 185 countries from January to October 2020. We applied time-to-event analysis to examine the relationship between globalization and the timing of travel restrictions implementation. The results of our survival analysis suggest that, in general, more globalized countries, accounting for the country-specific timing of the virus outbreak and other factors, are more likely to adopt international travel restrictions policies. However, countries with high government effectiveness and globalization were more cautious in implementing travel restrictions, particularly if through formal political and trade policy integration. This finding is supported by a placebo analysis of domestic NPIs, where such a relationship is absent. Additionally, we find that globalized countries with high state capacity are more likely to have higher numbers of confirmed cases by the time a first restriction policy measure was taken. The findings highlight the dynamic relationship between globalization and protectionism when governments respond to significant global events such as a public health crisis. We suggest that the observed caution of policy implementation by countries with high government efficiency and globalization is a by-product of commitment to existing trade agreements, a greater desire to ‘learn from others’ and also perhaps of ‘confidence’ in a government’s ability to deal with a pandemic through its health system and state capacity. Our results suggest further research is warranted to explore whether global infectious disease forecasting could be improved by including the globalization index and in particular, the de jure economic and political, and de facto social dimensions of globalization, while accounting for the mediating role of government effectiveness. By acting as proxies for a countries’ likelihood and speed of implementation for international travel restriction policies, such measures may predict the likely time delays in disease emergence and transmission across national borders.
Behavioral Taxation: Opportunities and Challenges
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.1628/FA-2022-0003
Corruption and political interest: Empirical evidence at the micro level
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 09-2009
DOI: 10.1177/02601079X09002100304
Abstract: The topic of corruption has recently attracted a great deal of attention, yet there is still a lack of micro level empirical evidence regarding the determinants of corruption. Furthermore, the present literature has not investigated the effects of political interest on corruption despite the interesting potential of this link. We address these deficiencies by analyzing a cross-section of in iduals, using the World Values Survey. We explore the determinants of corruption through two dependent variables (perceived corruption and the justifiability of corruption). The impact of political interest on corruption is explored through three different proxies, presenting empirical evidence at both the cross-country level and the within-country level. The results of the multivariate analysis suggest that political interest has an impact on corruption controlling for a large number of factors. JEL classification: K420, D720, 0170, J240
Church Voting Recommendations, Voter Preferences, and Political Decisions
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 22-07-2020
DOI: 10.1111/JSSR.12669
A Century of American Economic Review
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2011
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1802367
A knight without a sword? the effects of audit courts on tax morale
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Date: 2005
Do Men and Women Know What They Want? Sex Differences in Online Daters’ Educational Preferences
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 22-06-2018
Abstract: Using a unique cross-sectional data set of dating website members’ educational preferences for potential mates ( N = 41,936), we showed that women were more likely than men to stipulate educational preferences at all ages. When members indifferent to educational level were excluded, however, the specificity of men’s and women’s preferences did differ for different age groups. That is, whereas women expressed more refined educational preferences during their years of maximum fertility, their demand specificity decreased with age. Men’s specificity, in contrast, remained stable until the 40s, when it was greater than that of postreproductive women, and then was higher during their peak years of career-earnings potential. Further, when in iduals’ level of education was controlled for, women (compared with men) were more likely to state a higher minimum preference for educational level in a potential mate.
Perceptions of Fairness and Allocation Systems
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2010
Tax Effort in Developing Countries and High Income Countries: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2008
Measuring Global Economic Interdependence: A Hierarchical Network Approach
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-07-2013
DOI: 10.1111/TWEC.12080
Superstars and disloyal football fans: factors influencing attraction to competition
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 07-10-2014
Abstract: – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of superstars (and other factors) on football fans’ attraction to competition (i.e. disloyal behavior). – A proprietary data set including archival data on professional German football players and clubs as well as survey data of more than 900 football fans is used. The hypotheses are tested with two-s le mean-comparison t -tests and multivariate probit models. – This study provides evidence that superstars both attract new fans and contribute to the retention of existing fans. While the presence of superstars, team loyalty and team identification prevent football fans from being attracted to competition, the team's recent performance seems to have no effect. Fans who select their favorite player from a competing team rather choose superstars, young players, players who are known for exemplary behavior and defenders. – This paper contributes to existing research by expanding the list of antecedents of disloyalty and by being the first to employ independent, quantitative data for the assessment of superstar characteristics in the context of team loyalty.
The implications of educational and methodological background for the career success of Nobel laureates: an investigation of major awards
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-07-2014
Co‐movements in commodity prices: a note based on network analysis
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-07-2014
DOI: 10.1111/AGEC.12126
Tax morale in Latin America
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 2005
EAP is Moving Forward
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2009
Volunteering and life or financial shocks: does income and wealth matter?
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 30-10-2017
The Determinants of Women's International Soccer Performances
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2005
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.680502
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