<p>&nbsp / <font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">possessing more information on which projects could be carried out in the hometowns, and which finally executes these projects. The study concludes that the existence of HTAs in the USA is explained by the socially enforced institution of the </font></font><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">hijos del pueblo </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">(sons of the town) having a duty to help their hometowns, as well as the private benefits of preserving Gar&iacute / funa traditions and the possibility of helping repatriate dead immigrants. Fulfilling this duty (and the consequent prestige attained) provides the incentives to send CRs home. In the cases studied, CRs were used to partly finance potable water projects, electricity projects, road paving, a community centre and the construction of a Catholic temple. In most of the cases HTAs worked with a local development organisation, known as </font></font><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Patronato</font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">, which formed specific committees for executing projects, for example the water and the electricity committees. For the construction of the temple, a religious organisation known as </font></font><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Pastoral </font></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">was the local partner.</font></font></i></i></i></p> <p align="left">The term Collective Remittances (CRs) refers to the money sent by migrant associations, known as Hometown Associations (HTAs), to Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) in their hometowns for financing public works projects. Few cases of CR are known in Honduras. The only ones reported are among the Gar&iacute / funaethnic group living on the Caribbean Coast, and with a large migrant community in New York City (NYC). This mini-master&rsquo / s thesis is the first study written on CRs in Honduras. It studies CR experiences in four Gar&iacute / funa hometowns and their corresponding HTAs in NYC. It answers three questions: How do CRs work in each case? What are the determinants for HTAs to provide CRs to the hometowns? And what are the determinants for local CBOs in the hometowns to use the CRs effectively to provide public goods in the hometowns? CR is conceptualised as a <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">that chooses which local group and project to finance, and the local CBO, which is the </font><i><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">agent </font></font></i></p>

Several experimental studies show that ex post communication mitigates opportunistic behavior in social dilemmas. The source of this effect, especially in a repeated interaction, is nonetheless still obscure. This study provides a novel empirical testbed for two channels by which ex post communication may affect behavior in a repeated public goods game. One is related to strategic signaling. The other involves emotions induced by others' expressed disapproval. The presence of ex post communication strongly fosters pro-social behavior. The data do not support the signaling hypothesis, favouring the emotion-based explanation instead. (author's abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series

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Diss. Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet, 2007. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

Diss. Göteborg : Göteborgs universitet, 2010. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Psychology, 2006. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 43-47).

O setor público brasileiro tem grande influência na economia, considerando o volume de tributos que arrecada e também pelo volume de bens públicos que administra, os quais, em matéria contábil, em parte, representam ativos patrimoniais. Este trabalho teve como objetivo propor um modelo de identificação e de classificação de Ativos para as entidades do setor público, harmonizando os conceitos constitucionais, legais e normativos, especialmente com as Normas Brasileiras de Contabilidade Aplicáveis ao Setor Público. Procurou-se evidenciar a possível convergência de conceitos de Ativos para entidades do setor público, as definições de bens da União e dos Estados, assim definidos no artigo 20 e 31 da Constituição Federal de 1988, bem como a convergência de conceitos de Ativos de entidades setor privado para com os de bens públicos. Para tanto, realizou-se uma revisão bibliográfica quanto à conceituação de bens, de bens públicos, de ativos e do patrimônio público, previstas nos diversos regramentos constitucionais e legais do país e na literatura. O trabalho resultou na identificação das diversas classes de ativos públicos, na estruturação de um modelo de identificação e classificação dos bens, com exemplos de utilização, visando a facilitar e qualificar os procedimentos de registro e o relevo dos bens públicos. O que, o caso, poderá ser útil para o entendimento dos eventos contábeis relacionados à identificação e sua classificação. / The Brazilian public sector has great influence on the economy, considering the amount of taxes it collects, and also by the volume of public goods that manages, which in accounting matters partly represent corporate assets. This study aimed to propose a model for the identification and classification of assets for the public sector entities, harmonizing the constitutional, legal and regulatory concepts, especially with the Brazilian Accounting Standards applicable to the Public Sector. It was essayed to evidence the possible convergence of Assets concepts for public sector entities to the (União) Federal Government and States assets definitions, as delineated in the Article 20 and 31 of the 1988’s Federal Constitution and the convergence of assets concepts of entities from private sector towards public goods. For that a literature review was conducted on the concept of goods, public goods, assets and public property, under the various constitutional and legal specific regulations of the country and in the literature. The work resulted in the identification of several classes of public assets and in the structuring of a model for identification and classification of goods, with examples of use, in order to facilitate and qualify registration procedures and disclosure of public goods, which could be useful for the understanding of accounting events related to their identification and classification.

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vii, 95 p. : ill. A print copy of this title is available through the UO Libraries under the call numbers: KNIGHT HB846.5 .C76 2000 / By traditional economic reasoning, the production and sale of private goods is assumed to be efficient in a pure market because only the owners of privately held goods can access and enjoy them. In contrast, public goods are likely to be under supplied, because individuals can free ride on the contributions of others. Citizens can solve the free rider problem either spontaneously or through the use of coercive tools such as taxation. However, such solutions will rarely be efficient. An alternative solution, seldom studied by political scientists, is the formation of clubs. Clubs exist to provide semi-public goods to their members. If only contributing members of a club can access its product (the club good), the club should be free of the free-rider problem. Because club goods are finite and rivalrous, clubs are subject to "crowding effects"; that is, per-member benefits will decline if clubs grow too large. Clubs can minimize this crowding by limiting the size of their membership. Clubs are traditionally formulated as consumer- driven arrangements, driven solely by the wealth-maximizing preferences of their memberships and not by external concerns. In an experimental setting, this dissertation demonstrates that clubs also tolerate crowding if club membership is the sole source of some club good for otherwise excluded individuals. Club members can minimize the effects of this crowding by making multilateral promises not to overuse the club good. This means that clubs members do consider the social ramifications of the club's membership policies, and those membership policies respond to government action (specifically, the presence of other funding for excluded individuals). This has implications for both the study of clubs and the associations that resemble them: firms, coalitions, and communities. / Committee in charge: Dr. John Orbell, Chair; Dr. Holly Arrow; Dr. Bill Harbaugh; Dr. Ron Mitchell

O setor público brasileiro tem grande influência na economia, considerando o volume de tributos que arrecada e também pelo volume de bens públicos que administra, os quais, em matéria contábil, em parte, representam ativos patrimoniais. Este trabalho teve como objetivo propor um modelo de identificação e de classificação de Ativos para as entidades do setor público, harmonizando os conceitos constitucionais, legais e normativos, especialmente com as Normas Brasileiras de Contabilidade Aplicáveis ao Setor Público. Procurou-se evidenciar a possível convergência de conceitos de Ativos para entidades do setor público, as definições de bens da União e dos Estados, assim definidos no artigo 20 e 31 da Constituição Federal de 1988, bem como a convergência de conceitos de Ativos de entidades setor privado para com os de bens públicos. Para tanto, realizou-se uma revisão bibliográfica quanto à conceituação de bens, de bens públicos, de ativos e do patrimônio público, previstas nos diversos regramentos constitucionais e legais do país e na literatura. O trabalho resultou na identificação das diversas classes de ativos públicos, na estruturação de um modelo de identificação e classificação dos bens, com exemplos de utilização, visando a facilitar e qualificar os procedimentos de registro e o relevo dos bens públicos. O que, o caso, poderá ser útil para o entendimento dos eventos contábeis relacionados à identificação e sua classificação. / The Brazilian public sector has great influence on the economy, considering the amount of taxes it collects, and also by the volume of public goods that manages, which in accounting matters partly represent corporate assets. This study aimed to propose a model for the identification and classification of assets for the public sector entities, harmonizing the constitutional, legal and regulatory concepts, especially with the Brazilian Accounting Standards applicable to the Public Sector. It was essayed to evidence the possible convergence of Assets concepts for public sector entities to the (União) Federal Government and States assets definitions, as delineated in the Article 20 and 31 of the 1988’s Federal Constitution and the convergence of assets concepts of entities from private sector towards public goods. For that a literature review was conducted on the concept of goods, public goods, assets and public property, under the various constitutional and legal specific regulations of the country and in the literature. The work resulted in the identification of several classes of public assets and in the structuring of a model for identification and classification of goods, with examples of use, in order to facilitate and qualify registration procedures and disclosure of public goods, which could be useful for the understanding of accounting events related to their identification and classification.