Abstract The problem of the accumulation of capital in labor-managed firms and worker cooperatives has being attracting considerable attention among researchers. The Furubotn-Pejovich effect is considered […]
Abstract We examine the behavior of a profit maximizing monopolist in a horizontal differentiation model in which consumers differ in their degree of social responsibility (SR) […]
Abstract We present a wide collection of experiments which show how human behavior deviates substantially with respect to the predictions derived from standard homo economicus assumptions. […]
Abstract The main idea behind this paper is that social capital is not, as generally suggested by the socio-economic literature, an individual attitude towards something which […]
Abstract The analysis of the empirical studies relative to the Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) case highlights the necessity to enlarge the set of categories used to […]
Introduction The process of globalisation affects more and more the life quality of people around the world. In particular it impinges in different ways upon their […]
Abstract In our model of ethical product differentiation two duopolists (a zero profit socially concerned producer and a profit maximizing producer) compete over prices and (costly) […]
Abstract In this note, we rstly discuss Chakravartys (2003) axiomatic foundation of the Generalized Human Development Index (GHDI) then we propose a different set of axioms […]
Abstract In this paper we set up an evolutionary game-theoretic model aimed at addressing the issue of local public good provision via direct commitment of voluntary […]