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Mathematics, Applied
Linjie Liu, Xiaojie Chen
Summary: Altruistic punishment plays an important role in supporting public cooperation, but its positive effects are undermined when corruption is involved. Stronger leaders and richer economic potential are crucial in enhancing cooperation.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION
(2022)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Tian Guo, Chunpeng Du, Lei Shi
Summary: This study delves into the impact of asymmetric punishment on the development of cooperation and unveils a synchronization phenomenon of strategies within interdependent networks when punishment costs are high, leading to the emergence of cooperative clusters and higher payoffs. The findings emphasize the pivotal role played by asymmetric punishment in shaping cooperative behavior.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION
(2024)
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Economics
Shanye Yang, Qianwei Ying, Jinsong Liu
Summary: Our study suggests that regulatory punishment against financial media weakens its corporate governance function and leads to a more conservative approach with less critical news being published.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Lei Zhang, Yan Jin, Lin Xia, Bibo Xu, Syed Mohamad Syed Abdullah
Summary: The behavior decisions in social dilemmas are influenced by social distance and rewards and punishment. The results of two studies showed that cooperative behavior is affected by social distance and symmetry of rewards or punishment. Asymmetric punishment had a greater impact on cooperative behavior compared to asymmetric rewards. There was a marginal interaction effect between social distance and symmetry of punishment, with symmetry of punishment being a significant mediator in the relationship between social distance and individual cooperation.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Economics
Shivangi Chandel, Shubhro Sarkar
Summary: This study examines corruption in first and second-score procurement auctions with two asymmetric bidders. It is found that the agent tends to approach the weaker bidder for a bribe as the level of bidder asymmetry increases in both auction formats. Numerical simulations suggest that the procurer prefers the first-score auction when the agent colludes with the stronger bidder, while switching to the second-score auction when the weaker bidder is favored and the corruption probability is high. Neither auction mechanism is efficient in the presence of corruption.
ECONOMIC MODELLING
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Zhenyu Shi, Wei Wei, Hongwei Zheng, Zhiming Zheng
Summary: Corruption is a serious problem that affects the efficiency of the third party punishment mechanism. This study proposes a bidirectional supervision mechanism to suppress corruption, and the results show that it has a significant effect in preventing corruption and defection.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Ceramics
Angelo Oliveira Silva, Dachamir Hotza, Ricardo Machado, Kurosch Rezwan, Michaela Wilhelm
Summary: An asymmetric alumina microfiltration membrane with high performance was prepared by combining freeze and tape casting techniques followed by two sintering steps. The morphology influences were investigated for different solid loadings, additives content and the assembled layer membrane structures. The assembled ceramic membrane had an average pore size between 30 and 50 m, suitable for microfiltration separation with porosity in the range of 26-50% and water flux of 11-32 m(3) m(-2) h(-1) bar(-1).
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Business
Wanyu Zhao, Liguo Wang, Xin Ning, Lei Ju, Yujia Mu
Summary: The government environment plays a crucial role in attracting private investment in PPP projects, particularly in developing countries. Reasonable levels of red tape enhance transparency and promote private investment, while excessive red tape poses risks for private investors. This study explores the impact of red tape on private investment in PPP projects in developing countries, and finds an inverted U-shaped relationship. Corruption weakens the positive relationship between red tape and private investment at low levels, and mitigates their negative relationship at high levels.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Chris Florackis, Xi Fu, Jingjing Wang
Summary: Using hand-collected data on violations of environmental regulations, this study investigates the impact of political connections on punishment for breach of such regulations in China. The enactment of Rule 18, which required politically connected independent directors to resign, was used as a regulatory reform to analyze the relationship. The results show that firms from which politically connected directors resigned experience increased likelihood and frequency of punishment for environment-related violations.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Francesco Decarolis, Cristina Giorgiantonio
Summary: This paper contributes to the analysis of quantitative indicators to detect corruption in public procurement. It presents an approach to evaluate corruption risk in public tenders through standardized ML tools applied to detailed data. The study expands the set of indicators and validates their effectiveness using firm-level corruption risk data. It also quantifies the increased corruption-prediction ability when indicators unavailable to corruption-monitoring authority are included.
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Dun Han, Youxin He
Summary: This study investigates the impact of labor subsidy, taxation, and corruption mechanism on individual behavior in the public goods game. The focus is on how individuals can obtain labor subsidies through reward and punishment strategies based on taxation. The results show that a moderate labor subsidy promotes stable alliances between cooperators and executors, effectively excluding defectors, even under high tax levels. It is also found that only rewards can incentivize defectors. Interestingly, the corruption mechanism has minimal influence on individual behavior when executors receive increased labor subsidies.
APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION
(2023)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Natalia Cristina Fontao, Michaela Wilhelm, Kurosch Rezwan
Summary: Asymmetric porous SiOC membranes with different pore characteristics and morphology were successfully produced using the phase inversion tape casting technique. By adjusting the pyrolysis temperature and slurry composition, the structure and surface characteristics of the membrane can be tailored, resulting in improved mechanical strength and water permeation fluxes. The asymmetric structure of the membranes was found to minimize mass transport limitations, showing advantages in water filtration applications.
MATERIALS & DESIGN
(2021)
Article
Economics
Kashif Islam, Ahmad Raza Bilal, Zeeshan Saeed, Samina Sardar, Muhammad Husnain Kamboh
Summary: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of government integrity and corruption control on sustainable stock market development in Pakistan. The authors used two comparative approaches and found that both variables have a significant association with the stock market. Under the ARDL framework, government integrity and corruption control positively influence the equity market, while under the NARDL framework, corruption has a strong positive impact on stock market development, and corruption control has an inverse impact with partial causality. Government integrity has a highly significant and long-lasting impact on stock market development. Higher government integrity reduces investment barriers and promotes the local stock market by controlling corruption.
ECONOMIC CHANGE AND RESTRUCTURING
(2023)
Article
Ethics
Miles Little, Wendy Lipworth, Ian Kerridge
Summary: Corruption is a widely used term to describe distasteful actions. It undermines trust, wastes money, causes injustice, and provokes anger. Preventing corruption within beneficent organizations is challenging, although transparency and accountability may be helpful. Punishment and redress for corruption are complex issues.
JOURNAL OF BIOETHICAL INQUIRY
(2022)
Review
Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Applications
Wenhui Zhu, Yuhang Zheng, Kunhui Ye, Qian Zhang, Minjie Zhang
Summary: A study proposes a system dynamics model to evaluate the impact of punitive measures on regular bidders' decision-making for collusion, finding that certainty of punishment is more effective than severity of punishment. These two punitive measures are not interchangeable in deterring collusion decisions.
Article
Economics
Rashmi Barua, Ian Hoefer-Marti, Marian Vidal-Fernandez
Summary: No Pass No Drive laws revoke or deny driver's licenses to minors who drop out of school, are frequent truants, have behavioral problems, or perform poorly academically. Research suggests that these laws significantly reduce total crime, DUI, and property crimes among 16 to 18 year old males, as well as DUI among 16 to 18 year old females. They also decrease in-school risky activities. However, when combined with strict academic or behavioral requirements, they may have unintended consequences for in-school risky behavior.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Jan Feld, Corinna Lines, Libby Ross
Summary: This study suggests that writing quality plays a significant role in the scientific impact of papers. By comparing the judgments of 30 economists on edited and original versions of papers, it was found that the edited versions were perceived as higher quality, more likely to be accepted for conferences, and more likely to be accepted by reputable journals.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Martine Visser, Leonard le Roux, Chalmers K. Mulwa, Byela Tibesigwa, Mintewab Bezabih
Summary: This paper explores the risks of weather patterns and land tenure faced by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and their influence on investment in adaptive agricultural technologies and land certification.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Muhammad Asali, Aamer Abu-Qarn, Michael Beenstock
Summary: This article provides theoretical foundations and empirical evidence for the complex interplay between violence and cooperation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The study finds evidence of asymmetric cycles of cooperation alongside cycles of violence, and highlights the causal effect of cooperation on reducing violence.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Klaus Gruendler, Niklas Potrafke, Timo Wochner
Summary: The beauty premium not only affects the election of politicians, but also their parliamentary work. Attractive MPs are more likely to be absent from parliamentary work and less active in labor-intensive background work. However, they have higher outside earnings and appear more frequently on television talk shows.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Maurizio Motolese, Hiroyuki Nakata
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between macroeconomic indicators (such as GDP) and market price volatility indices and social welfare, and it points out that there are significant discrepancies between these indicators and actual welfare when heterogeneous beliefs are present.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Yi-Shuai Ren, Pei-Zhi Liu, Tony Klein, Lisa Sheenan
Summary: Based on China's low-carbon pilot cities policy, this study examines the implementation repercussions of the policy by analyzing urban carbon intensity data. The findings show that the policy has significantly reduced carbon intensity in the pilot cities. The analysis also suggests that the policy is more prevalent in regions with higher concentrations of secondary industries and has achieved decarbonization through technological innovation, particularly in eastern China.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
F. Ceren Ay, Joel W. Berge, Katrine B. Nodtvedt
Summary: This study investigates the motives behind additional rolling behavior in a die-rolling task and the strategic use of curiosity among participants. The findings reveal that participants tend to roll more when they observe lower first-roll outcomes, while dishonest participants tend to stop rolling at the highest possible outcome, indicating a pattern of strategic curiosity. This study provides partial support for the justified ethicality theory and sheds light on the motivations underlying additional rolling behavior, contributing to a better understanding of the factors that drive strategic information acquisition.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Gary Charness, Yves Le Bihan, Marie Claire Villeval
Summary: An experiment conducted at three large companies shows that a three-month internal training program based on mindfulness and positive psychology principles can improve cognitive function and reduce stress. The training has significant effects on reducing perceived stress and increasing cognitive flexibility and mindfulness, even three months after the sessions ended.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Xun Li, Wensi Pan, Gang Xu
Summary: This study examines the impact of China's anti-corruption campaign on the body weight and health of public sector employees. The findings show that the campaign significantly reduced the BMI and overweight rates of these employees, particularly among those who were more exposed to corruption. The study also reveals that the mechanisms underlying the BMI reduction include decreased alcohol consumption and eating out, as well as increased exercise. The reduced BMI among public sector employees is found to have broader implications for bureaucratic efficiency and governance quality.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Abhijit Ramalingam, Brock Stoddard
Summary: Inequality reduces community cooperation. Policy proposals of pure redistribution to eliminate inequality do not increase cooperation, as the rich still keep most of their resources for private consumption.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Jose Alcalde, Matthias Dahm
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of diversifying suppliers and not just focusing on cost effectiveness. We introduce a dual sourcing model that combines share auctions with affirmative action to create a reserved portion for high-cost suppliers, promoting fair competition and reducing the buyer's cost. Our approach also addresses and mitigates the severity and likelihood of health product shortages, like those experienced during the COVID-19 outbreak.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Thomas Conlon, Shaen Corbet, John W. Goodell, Yang (Greg) Hou, Les Oxley
Summary: This study investigates the impact of financial sanctions on Russia's information flow dynamics with other international financial markets and products. The results show that these sanctions have significant contagion effects on Russian markets, but these effects diminish as investors adjust their expectations and valuations.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Nicholas Lawson
Summary: This study evaluates the optimal evaluation effort and acceptance threshold for high-status economists' papers submitted to academic journals in a dynamic agency setting. The findings suggest that journals should statistically discriminate in favor of high-status economists by setting a declining acceptance threshold based on their prior estimate of economist quality, while evaluation effort should likely increase with perceived author quality.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
Article
Economics
Vidhi Chhaochharia, Suman Ghosh, Sharmila Vishwasrao
Summary: This study finds that land titling has a positive effect on investment in human capital, particularly in terms of schooling. Land titling reduced the hazard rate of dropping out of school by 14% for children between the ages of 6 and 18. Additionally, including the effects of the contemporaneous conditional cash transfer program further reduced the hazard rate of dropping out by 34%. These results hold even when the head of the household changes or migrates, and have a significant effect on female children but not on extremely poor families.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION
(2024)
