Volume 5(4), 2017
THE MANAGEMENT OF US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
ABSTRACT. Following Sullivan and Enriquez (2016), Chacón (2017), and Stageman (2017), this paper strives to prove that private organizations have been instrumental in constituting and supervising the immigration enforcement framework. Using data from Pew Research Center and Bureau of Justice Statist..
PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
ABSTRACT. Using data from Gallup and Transparency International, I investigate the empirical link between actual experiences and perceptions of corruption in the public sector among individuals, and highlight the relevance of public perceptions of corruption for citizens’ assessments of the standard..
PRICE DETERMINANTS ON AIRBNB: HOW REPUTATION PAYS OFF IN THE SHARING ECONOMY
ABSTRACT. Trust is a crucial prerequisite for peer-to-peer rental and sharing. Therefore, platform operators such as Airbnb have implemented a plethora of trust-building mechanisms, user interface (UI) artefacts, and reputation systems. While the role of reputation systems for establishing trust is ..
HUMAN CAPITAL AND EDUCATION OF DESIRES AFTER MICHEL FOUCAULT
ABSTRACT. Since the 1960s, human capital theory has gained prominence by postulating education as the mean of increased monetary returns on social and personal investment. The pursuit of knowledge for economic ends is in line with productive power of economics as a social science that positions huma..
CENTRAL BANK SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT DEBT IN A CURRENCY UNION
ABSTRACT. The no-bailout prescription of the Maastricht Treaty aimed at a complete mutual independence of monetary and fiscal policies in the European Monetary Union. But without a Lender of Last Resort for government debt, multiple equilibria in bond markets may ensue where default may emerge also ..