The Journal of Socio-Economics articles from September 1994

The Journal of Socio-Economics archives from September 1994

Lying as standard operating procedure: deception in the weapons testing process.
September 22, 1994... The Supreme Court, in Boyle vs. United Technology (1988), limited the ability of citizens to sue private defense contractors. The core reasoning assumed a high degree of honesty in the procurement process, and in particular in the weapons...

Work as a disutility: comment. (comment on article by Robert E. Lane in The Journal of Social Economics, vol. 21, p. 43, 1992)
September 22, 1994... In a recent article in this journal, Robert E. Lane (1992) examined the economist's notion of the "marginal disutility of labor." Christian views of labor are one of several perspectives singled out for fostering the idea that labor is painful...

The embeddedness of service "products" in value systems.
September 22, 1994... The definition and measurement of productivity is a controversial issue in many service activities. In this article, it is argued that the core of the difficulty lies in the embeddedness of the "product"--considered as as social...

Enforcement risk and deterrence: a re-examination.
September 22, 1994... Empirical measures of the risk of apprehension for alleged criminal offenses have taken two forms: (1) police presence (inputs) and (2) arrest/clearance rates (outputs). Both types of measures have been used in economic research as objective...

Gratuities and customer appraisal of service: evidence from Minnesota restaurants.
September 22, 1994... Why do restaurant patrons leave gratuities when there is no legal obligation to do so? Do patrons tip a fixed percentage of bill size, irrespective of the amount of service received, or are tips based on conscientious appraisal of service? Do...

An institution for entrepreneurship in Chinese economic reform.
September 22, 1994... The selection of institutions facilitating entrepreneurship in China is constrained by existing organizations, absorption capacity, and a concern for income equality. One institution, the locally based group enterprises, is feasible and has...

Stakeholder democracy: redesigning the governance of firms and bureaucracies.
September 22, 1994... The objective of this article is to consider design principles for improving the socioeconomic performance of firms and government bureaucracies. Criteria are developed from an analysis of firms which have excelled in creating competitive...

In Search of Community: Essays in Memory of Werner Stark, 1910-1985.
September 22, 1994... Lack of an extenisve common literature is one handicap too often endured by participants in an interdisciplinary endeavor, such as socioeconomics. Discussion of the meaning and relevance of such literature is a useful mechanism by which fellow...