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01 September, 2017

What is risk aversion?

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, doi.org/10.1093/bjps/axx035 Abstract According to the orthodox treatment of risk preferences in decision theory, they are to be explained in terms of th

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri , & Richard Bradley
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13 November, 2018

Social consensus influences ethnic diversity preferences

Forthcoming in Social Influence. Published online: DOI: 10.1080/15534510.2018.1540358. Abstract There is widespread segregation between workplaces along ethnic lines. We expand upon previous research on

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa , , Fredrik Jansson
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30 May, 2018

Diversity preferences among employees and ethnoracial workplace segregation

Social Science Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.03.009 Abstract Ethno-racial workplace segregation increases already existing ethno-racial inequality. While previous research has identified d

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa , , Fredrik Jansson
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17 June, 2019

Is risk aversion irrational? Examining the “fallacy” of large numbers

Synthese, doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-01929-5 Abstract A moderately risk averse person may turn down a 50/50 gamble that either results in her winning $200 or losing $100. Such behaviour seems rational i

Type of publication: Journal articles | Stefánsson, H. Orri
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30 October, 2017

Avital Livny: A New Method for Measuring Diversity Using Sampled Survey Data

Avital Livny, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign.ABSTRACTThe negative associations between diversity and economic growth, public goods provision, and in

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11 September, 2020

National Culture Diversity in New Venture Boards: The Role of Founders' Relational Demography

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 13(3), 410-434. Abstract This study explains the conditions under which new venture boards are less or more culturally diverse in terms of their directors' country of b

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01 January, 2012

Testing the "old boys' network": Diversity and board interlocks in Scandinavia

Pp. 183-202 in B. Kogut (Ed.) The small world of corporate governance. MIT Press.

Type of publication: Chapters | Edling, Christofer , , B. Hobdari, T. Randoy, A. Stafsudd, S. Thomsen
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16 September, 2024

After the algorithms: A study of meta-algorithmic judgments and diversity in the hiring process at a large multisite company

Big Data & Society Abstract In recent years, both private and public organizations across contexts have begun implementing AI technologies in their recruitment processes. This transition is typicall

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bursell, Moa , Roumbanis, Lambros
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04 April, 2025

Is it possible to reduce the number of prisoners without increasing crime? Lessons from California

Venue: The Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm REGISTER > During Chesa Boudin's 2,5 years in office as San Francisco's elected district attorney, incarceration plummeted - the

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24 October, 2016
The Future of Democracracy with Chantal Mouffe - edited version

The Future of Democracracy with Chantal Mouffe - edited version

This is a short version of the seminar "The Future of Democracy: How to face the challenge of the protest movements?" with Chantal Mouffe, recorded in Stockholm 2014-03-06 by the Institute for Futures

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