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Ranks and Rivals: A Theory of Competition
(Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2006)
Social comparison theories typically assume a comparable degree of competition between commensurate rivals on a mutually important dimension. In contrast, however, the following set of studies reveals that the degree of ...
Social isolation and inequality
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005-12)
There is an increasing interest in the concept of social exclusion and the related concept of social isolation and their potential role in understanding inequality. We examine the degree to which voluntary separation from ...
The definition of stability in models with perfect foresight
(Elsevier, 1982-12)
Frequently the stationary states of decentralized models with perfect foresight and more than one asset are saddlepoints. In this note we develop a distinction between "historical" and "nonhistorical" variables. Then we ...
International trade and the U.S. automobile industry: Current research, issues, and questions
(Elsevier, 1994-12)
This paper has dual goals. On the one hand, it attempts a review of recent econometric work on the U.S. automobile industry. Three studies of this industry are reviewed, compared, and contrasted. These are studies by ...
How has Economic Restructuring Affected China’s Urban Workers?*
(2003-10-01)
Using data from the China Urban Labor Survey conducted in five large Chinese cities at year end 2001, we quantify the nature and magnitude of shocks to employment and worker benefits during the period of economic structuring ...
The Changing International Status of Export Cartel Exemptions
(2004)
In an attempt to create more consistently pro-competitive antitrust policies, many countries have eliminated or restricted antitrust exemptions for firms engaged in export activity. Of the fifty-six countries surveyed, we ...
Cultural Impressions of Professionalism
(2006-09)
Two studies with working managers and corporate recruiters examined evidence that impressions of professionalism are influenced by cues of whether one appropriately minimizes personal referents at work, particularly within ...
Adam Przeworski, Susan C. Stokes and Bernard Manin (Eds.), Democracy, Accountability, and Representation
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-03)