[Selections by Humberto Barreto for SHOE list.]
nep-hpe <http://nep.repec.org/nep-hpe.html> New Economics Papers
<http://nep.repec.org/> on History and Philosophy of Economics
Issue of 2022‒07‒25
papers chosen by
Erik Thomson <http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pth72.htm>
University of Manitoba <http://umanitoba.ca/>
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1. The life and works of Domenico Mario Nuti, 1937–2020: an appreciation
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_4121291521330058048_p1> By Estrin,
Saul <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Estrin,%20Saul>;
Uvalic,
Milica
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Uvalic,%20Milica>
2. Grotius Among the English Merchants: Mare Liberum and Anglo-Dutch
Rivalry in the Early Seventeenth Century
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_4121291521330058048_p2> By Carlos
Eduardo Suprinyak
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Carlos%20Eduardo%20Suprinyak>
3. Altruism and Strategic Courage. Inside Buchanan's Samaritan's Dilemma
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_4121291521330058048_p3> By Stefano
Dughera
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Stefano%20Dughera>; Alain
Marciano
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alain%20Marciano>
4. Experiments in Finance – A Survey of Historical Trends
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_4121291521330058048_p4> By Christoph
Huber
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Christoph%20Huber>;
Michael
Kirchler
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Michael%20Kirchler>
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1. The life and works of Domenico Mario Nuti, 1937–2020: an appreciation
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ehl:lserod:111911>
By: Estrin, Saul
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Estrin,%20Saul>; Uvalic,
Milica
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Uvalic,%20Milica>
Abstract: It is challenging to provide an encompassing portrait of Mario
Nuti's life and works: he was an exceptional man, who made significant
intellectual contributions across a wide range of fields, as well as
inspiring generations of students, colleagues and the profession in
general, for more than fifty years. A brilliant debater and
controversialist, he was equally at home in economic theory and in giving
policy advice, and over the decades he had made significant contributions
to many branches of the discipline. In this memorial article, we try to
give a flavour of the man and his work, hopefully reminding the conoscenti
of Mario's perceptive and original work, while introducing a new generation
of scholars to his distinctive take on the field of economics.
JEL: J1 <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=J1>
Date: 2021–06–23
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:111911&r=
2. Grotius Among the English Merchants: Mare Liberum and Anglo-Dutch
Rivalry in the Early Seventeenth Century
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-03695699>
By: Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Carlos%20Eduardo%20Suprinyak>
(The
American University of Paris)
Abstract: Hugo Grotius was a widely read and influential figure in
seventeenth-century England. Whereas later generations portrayed him as a
forefather to modern theories of natural and international law, the
publication of Mare Liberum (1609) offered a grounded argument for free
trade against the restrictions imposed by the Spanish and Portuguese
colonial empires. But Grotius's notion of free trade, of course, was far
removed from the later ideal of Richard Cobden. His model of commercial
organization was firmly anchored on the chartered mercantile company, and
he served as a spokesperson for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) during
the Anglo-Dutch Conferences of 1613 and 1615, which sought to appease
growing tensions among Dutch and English trading interests in Asia. As the
diplomatic and economic relations between England and the Dutch Republic
progressively deteriorated during the early decades of the seventeenth
century, Grotius's rendition of the law of nations came increasingly to be
regarded as a rationalization of Dutch dominance over long-distance trade
routes. English commentators, who wished to emulate Dutch success but
feared aggression and subordination, had to fashion a different framework
of international politics to sustain their vision of an emerging English
maritime empire. Tracing the uses of Mare Liberum in the mercantile
literature of early Stuart England, the paper will study how this
foundational work of modern international thought shaped the political
economic discourse of English merchants, as well as their supporters and
adversaries in the political arena. Changing attitudes toward Grotius's
arguments will help us identify the origins of certain ideas about empire
that later came to the fore by the time of the Navigation Acts and the
Anglo-Dutch wars. We will thus explore how Grotius's version of the law of
nations -- before it was retrospectively converted into a cornerstone of
liberal internationalism -- was entangled in concrete disputes between
rival imperial projects.
Keywords: Hugo Grotius,Mare Liberum,free trade,British Empire,fisheries
Date: 2022–06–15
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-03695699&r=
3. Altruism and Strategic Courage. Inside Buchanan's Samaritan's Dilemma
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-03684249>
By: Stefano Dughera
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Stefano%20Dughera> (UNITO
- Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin); Alain Marciano
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alain%20Marciano> (MRE
- Montpellier Recherche en Economie - UM - Université de Montpellier, UM -
Université de Montpellier)
Abstract: The Samaritan's Dilemma has largely been investigated,
frequently by assuming that Samaritans help recipients out of altruism.
Yet, Buchanan did not make any behavioral assumption regarding the
Samaritan's motives. In this paper, we explicitly introduce this assumption
in Buchanan's original model and analyze how this changes the nature of the
game. We show that altruism alone does not explain the dilemma. A parameter
that captures the disutility the Samaritan feels when helping someone who
does not reciprocate her benevolence must be introduced to make sense of
the different version of Buchanan's Samaritan's Dilemma. We also show that
the Samaritan's dilemma is an evolutionary stable outcome, which confirms
Buchanan's intuitions. Finally, a third important point put forward in the
paper is that the more altruistic are the Samaritans, the less likely it is
that they will show the kind of strategic courage envisaged by Buchanan,
which is one of the most important traits Samaritans should display to
avoid being trapped in a dilemma.
Keywords: Buchanan,Samaritan's Dilemma,Altruism,Strategic
Courage,Strategic Courage JEL Classification: B15
Date: 2022–06–06
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-03684249&r=
4. Experiments in Finance – A Survey of Historical Trends
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:inn:wpaper:2022-09>
By: Christoph Huber
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Christoph%20Huber>;
Michael
Kirchler
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Michael%20Kirchler>
Abstract: Experiments can complement other methods in identifying causal
relationships and in measuring behavioral deviations from theoretical
predictions. While the experimental method has long been central in many
scientific disciplines, it was almost nonexistent in finance until the
1980s. To survey the development of experiments in finance, we compile a
comprehensive account of experimental studies published in the Journal of
Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies,
Review of Finance, Journal of Quantitative and Financial Analysis, and
Journal of Banking and Finance—as well as of experimental finance studies
published in the Top 5 journals in economics. With this novel dataset, we
identify historical trends in experimental finance. Since the first
experiments where published in finance journals in the 1980s, and
especially in the last 20 years, the share of experimental publications in
these journals has increased strongly. We report trends towards descriptive
experiments, individual decision experiments, and field experiments.
Keywords: Experimental finance, laboratory experiments, field
experiments, survey.
JEL: B41 C90 G00 G41
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=B41%20C90%20G00%20G41>
Date: 2022–09
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:inn:wpaper:2022-09&r=
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