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Gert Tinggaard Svendsen
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Open AccessToward a third-generation rational choice theory: the multiple player approach to collective action problems
This paper aims to contribute to the development of a “third-generation” rational choice theory by introducing a Multiple Player Approach for analysing collective action problems. Drawing on the foundational f...
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Social trust and public digitalization
Modern democratic states are increasingly adopting new information and communication technologies to enhance the efficiency and quality of public administration, public policy and services. However, there is s...
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Open AccessCan we provide appropriate tools to measure the effectiveness of climate agreements? The Paris agreement and the role of the European External Action Service
Can we provide appropriate tools to measure the effectiveness of climate agreements? How effective will, for example, the Paris Agreement be? Global emissions levels can be applied as a sole measure of perform...
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Open AccessTechnology Diffusion and Climate Action: A Leader–Follower Model
Can a small technology-develo** country increase technology diffusion to develo** countries in climate action? We argue that when a country takes into account all direct and indirect benefits from pushing ...
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The survival game: Impression management and strategies of survival under extreme conditions in a Soviet Gulag prison camp
How do people survive under extreme conditions? Will selfish, non-cooperating free-rider types – the solo players – have the best chances of surviving? Or would cooperating, hard-working types – the team players ...
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Open AccessFree riding in NATO after the Rise of Russia: cost sharing, free riding and selective incentives in NATO from 2009 to 2019
After a period of relative overperformance due to the focus on output indicators in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) burden-sharing debate, we ask whether the shift back to input indicators prio...
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Olson, Mancur (1932–1998)
Mancur Olson (1932–1998) belongs to the public choice school, i.e., the study of how economic decisions are made within organizations. A central premise in this tradition is that economically rational individu...
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Olson, Mancur (1932–1998)
Mancur Olson (1932–1998) belongs to the public choice school, i.e., the study of how economic decisions are made within organizations. A central premise in this tradition is that economically rational individu...
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Collective Action Problem
Collective action refers to group action whenever two or more individuals are involved. A basic hypothesis is that “…the incentive system may be regarded as the principal variable affecting organizational beha...
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Open AccessDoes higher health literacy lead to higher trust in public hospitals?
Does higher health literacy lead to higher trust in public hospitals? Existing literature suggests that this is the case since a positive association between the level of health literacy and the level of trust...
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Two bandits or more? The case of Viking Age England
The Olsonian distinction between roving and stationary bandits outlines the rationale behind the transition from anarchy to the emergence of the predatory state. This two-bandit model may, however, be expanded to...
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Collective Action Problem
Collective action refers to group action whenever two or more individuals are involved. A basic hypothesis is that “…the incentive system may be regarded as the principal variable affecting organizational beha...
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How robust is the welfare state when facing open borders? An evolutionary game-theoretic model
How robust is the welfare state when confronting open borders? To answer that question, we develop an evolutionary game-theoretic model combined with an ingroup–outgroup model. The simulations reveal that welf...
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Public choice, political economy and development: an introduction to the life, times and themes of Martin Paldam
Martin Paldam is one of the most prominent figures of Danish economics and European public choice. In this introduction to the special issue, we identify five of the areas, where he has made significant contri...
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Why does bureaucratic corruption occur in the EU?
Why does bureaucratic corruption occur in the EU system? Several examples suggest that bureaucratic corruption exists and that the Commission’s anti-fraud agency, OLAF, is not a fully independent authority. We...
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Does social trust determine the size of the welfare state? Evidence using historical identification
Most modern welfare states offer an extensive array of services and benefits that are wholly or partly financed by tax revenue. One missing link in explaining the long-run sustainability of such comprehensive ...
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Trust and corruption: The influence of positive and negative social capital on the economic development in the European Union
Why are the Scandinavian countries in the European Union significantly richer than Southern/Eastern European countries? We try to answer this question from an empirical social capital perspective. In particula...
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Government intervention in green industries: lessons from the wind turbine and the organic food industries in Denmark
Government intervention in green infant industries may be justified as a strategy to increase the provision of public goods. How should government policies be designed to promote such industries? One way to an...
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Social Capital and Endogenous Preferences
In this paper we analyze whether social capital can emerge endogenously from a process of preference evolution. We define social capital as preferences that promote voluntary cooperation in a one-shot Prisoner...
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On the wealth of nations: Bourdieuconomics and social capital
