The Journal of Socio-Economics articles from June 1995

The Journal of Socio-Economics archives from June 1995

Toward a theory of choice: socially embedded preference construction.
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION The problem of individual choice lies at the core of socioeconomics.(1) Indeed, one of the exciting potentials of socioeconomics is that it will provide an intellectual forum in which divergent perspectives on choice can be...

Imitation versus rationality: an experimental perspective on decision making.
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION Imitation frequently occurs. Children imitate their parents and peers. Entrants into an industry imitate more established firms. Governments in less developed countries imitate governments in more developed countries. Yet, in...

Creating ethical work climates: a socioeconomic perspective.
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION In the last several years, studies of moral climate in organizations have been appearing regularly in the management literature (Cohen, 1993a; Gaertner, 1992; Trevino & McCabe, 1994; Newman, 1993; Paine, 1994; Trevino &...

Benefit-cost analysis at the EPA.
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION It has been over a dozen years since then-president Ronald Reagan signed Executive Order 12291, requiring formal benefit-cost analyses for all federal regulations expected to cost more than $100 million. While presidents...

Love thy parents and care for thy children: filial piety and intergenerational cooperation in traditional China.
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION Agriculture in traditional China had many differences from the agriculture in traditional Europe. In traditional China, agriculture was organized primarily around peasant farms, not manors' or capitalist farms. For the past...

Cross-cultural correlates of the ownership of private property: Two samples of Murdock's Data.
June 22, 1995... Floyd Webster Rudmin (*) INTRODUCTION The 1990s are likely to see a resurgence in theorizing on property. Several developments in the 1980s suggest this possibility. The collapse of communist political unions and their economies means...