VOLUME 8(1) • 2013
PERCEPTIONS OF CORRUPTION IN EMERGING ECONOMIES
ABSTRACT. Considerable research attention has focused on the meaning and interpretation of corruption, citizens’ actual experience with corruption, individual-level determinants of perceptual corruption, and powerful predictors of the perception of corruption. The aim of the present study is to exam..
PARTISAN DIFFERENCES IN EVALUATIONS OF THE ECONOMY
ABSTRACT. This paper aims to analyze and discuss partisan voters as individuals who tend to see what they want to see, partisan divergence in assessments of the national economy, the effect of partisanship in economic perceptions, the link between subjective evaluations of the economy and public opi..
MARKETING IMPLICATIONS OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
ABSTRACT. This paper seeks to fill a gap in the current literature by examining integrity violations and their impact on consumers’ trusting beliefs and subsequent intentions to switch, the potential competitive impact of blog posts, the positive relationship among empathy, transportation, beliefs a..
THE IMPACT OF CSR ON CONSUMERS’ ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOR
ABSTRACT. In the present paper, we focus on the empirical relation between corporate financial prosperity and the extent of corporate social initiatives, the growing importance of CSR, the relationships between CSR and institutions, and the development policy implications of CSR. We are specifically..
THE CORROSIVE EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION ON POLITICAL TRUST
ABSTRACT. Considerable research attention has focused on the potential negative consequence of corruption, the possible economic effects of corruption, the political and social consequences of corruption, and the effects of corruption on sustainable economic development. The theory that I shall seek..
ENRICHING THE SUSTAINABILITY PARADIGM
ABSTRACT. This paper takes a look at the concept of sustainability. Darwin’s work on reefs is re-examined pointing to the importance of co-dependence rather than competition as the key to evolution. The concept of sustainability is then reconsidered using this heuristic based on dependent originatio..
CARBON FOOTPRINT MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN KENYA: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
ABSTRACT. This paper examines the long-run relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth in Kenya during the period 1980–2008. The study incorporates energy consumption in the analysis as an intermittent variable – thereby creating a trivariate model. Using the ARDL-Bounds testin..
DANGERS OF DIVERSITY: ETHNIC FRACTIONALIZATION AND THE RULE OF LAW
ABSTRACT. Research linking ethnic cleavages to economic underdevelopment is a hallmark of recent efforts to explain economic growth. Similarly, the rule of law as a credible commitment to property rights and contract enforcement is also identified with economic development. Rather than treating thes..
DEBATE OVER THE NORMATIVE POSITIVE DISTINCTION IN ECONOMICS
ABSTRACT. This is a debate between two economists regarding the viability of the distinction between normative and positive economics. It takes place between the father of a student at Loyola University New Orleans (who is also a professional economist), and the student’s instructor in introductory ..