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When more competition may damage welfare with socially responsible firms

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Fanti L., Buccella D.

Ekonomia. Wrocław Economic Review

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2017

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vol. 23

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issue 3

123 - 134

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Considering a Cournot monopoly/duopoly model with linear/quadratic production costs and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities, this note shows that, in contrast to the common view, entry may reduce social welfare. Moreover, we remark that the higherthe CSR activities are, the more likely the welfare-damaging entry effect may occur, and thesocial welfare changes following a firm’s entry crucially depend on the degree of convexity of the cost function.

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Inequality Hurts Happiness

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Okulicz-Kozaryn W.

Warsaw Forum of Economic Sociology

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2015

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vol. 6

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issue 12

135-152

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Income inequality and its potential effect on human wellbeing is one of the key research areas in social science. Likewise, there is a lively debate about the optimal degree of government intervention to ensure wellbeing of citizens. The paper investigates impact of inequality and welfare on happiness in a panel of West European countries from 1970 to 2002, taking into account both individual and country-level variables. The results suggest that inequality hurts our wellbeing. Welfare states are happier than countries with limited welfare. Public policy implications are discussed.

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The disposition of water supply and demand in Cameroon: What potential for what standard of living conditions?

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Oumar S. B., Mbonigaba J.

Journal of Economics and Management

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2017

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vol. 28

40-56

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Aim/purpose – This paper attempts to appraise the potential of water resources for Cameroon and the standard of living conditions confronting people in the country. Design/methodology/approach – A simple descriptive method of data analysis is adopted using analytical tools such as percentages, tables, and means to achieve the objectives of the inquiry. Data for the study were generated from personal observations in one hand and collected from water resources literature, on the other hand. Findings – With the help of the data gathered, the paper establishes that despite the existence of abundant water resources in Cameroon the standard of living conditions of people with respect to basic needs of survival such as drinking water, improved sanitation services, and electricity supply is far below expectation. Research implications/limitations – The main implication of the study is that in spite of the surplus volume of water resources (325.96 km3 or 95.12% of annual total water resources) endowment in Cameroon, the population benefits marginally from it due to the mismanagement of resources and misplacement of priorities as obtained in most sub-Saharan African countries. One limitation of this study is that the use of limited primary data in the investigation offers no room toward establishing the extent of water resources allocation to the various users of water in the country. Originality/value/contribution – The paper suggests that the government of Cameroon should encourage the population to run community basic social services projects and subsidize the activities of such ventures in kind through technical assistance or in cash.

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Insurance: Trends of Use in the Republic of North Macedonia

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Shabani F.

Studia Europejskie-Studies in European Affairs

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2022

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vol. 26

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issue 1

153-170

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Insurance supports a healthy and prosperous society, enabling businesses and individuals to protect themselves, property, and their finances against risk. As such, insurance today is not just important for the individual consumer, business client or businesses; it also has consequences for the entire economy, restoring businesses to health after natural disasters, acts of war, riots, strikes, fluctuations or financial crises, and state measures to dictate the import or export of goods. The aim of this paper is to examine the part played by insurance in the economy of the Republic of North Macedonia. This paper introduces and summarises an argument and outlines the nature of the exploration to follow. For this introductory purpose, referencing in the paper is kept deliberately light; aiming to find discussion points of relevant sources in the course of the argument as it unfolds. We argue that insurance operates not at the periphery, but also at the core of development, in both practical and conceptual terms. Research of the space that insurance occupies and the role that insurance has in general welfare is performed by using the legal platform that insurance has in place, including the Law on Obligations, the Law on Insurance Supervision, and the Law on Compulsory Traffic Insurance. Through the method of analysis, synthesis, and statistics, the author processes the official data of the Ministry of Finance presented by the National Bank, in order to provide a clear overview of the trends in the use of insurance in the Republic of North Macedonia. The results from the study show that in the time period analysed, the insurance sector is classified as the third most important segment in the financial system, and that life insurance prevails over other types of insurance.

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Niemieckie zmagania ze społeczną gospodarką rynkową - wskaźnik W

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Grabowski A.

Studia Ekonomiczne

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2015

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vol. 211

97-106

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Since 1948 Federal Republic of Germany functions in a system of social market economy. This system underwent various evolutions and now requires constant renewal and updates. This is due to the rapid changes that occur in the contemporary economy. The consequence of the dynamic development was negligent in the protection in the environment, which in turn influenced reduction of welfare and quality of life. Hence, the German parliament decided to appoint a Committee of Experts, which was to take care of the ways to overcome the negative effects of economic development. The aim of this paper is to present a method of creating a new alternative measure of well- being (indicator W3), as well as conclusions included in a Commission of Ex¬perts' final report and selected recommendations for economic politicians.

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Od opiekuńczości do aktywizacji i usamodzielnienia Zasada subsydiarności państwa w organizacji pomocy społecznej

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Regulska A.

Pedagogika Społeczna

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2018 (R. XVII)

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issue 2(68)

259-273

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Podstawy organizacji pomocy społecznej oparte zostały na zasadzie pomocniczości państwa. Zasada ta rozumiana jest jako zapobieganie, a w razie wystąpienia sytuacji uzasadniających korzystanie z pomocy społecznej, wspieranie osób i rodzin w wysiłkach zmierzających do zaspokojenia niezbędnych potrzeb i umożliwienia im życia w warunkach odpowiadających godności człowieka. Pierwsza część artykułu dotyczyć będzie zasady pomocniczości w pedagogice społecznej oraz etapów rozwoju pomocy społecznej. Następnie przedstawione zostaną podstawowe funkcje pomocy społecznej oraz subsydiarne ukonstytuowanie struktury organizacyjnej pomocy społecznej. Pomocniczość zakłada, iż to przede wszystkim jednostka (rodzina) jest obarczona koniecznością zapewnienia sobie odpowiednich warunków socjalno-bytowych i zabezpieczenia wszystkich swoich potrzeb. Państwo (organy pomocy społecznej) powinno wkraczać dopiero w sytuacji takiej dysfunkcji jednostki lub rodziny, w której podmioty te nie są w stanie samodzielnie zapewnić sobie warunków pozwalających na życie w określonych standardach, przyjętych w danym społeczeństwie. Ponadto postulowane jest, aby pomoc ze strony organów systemu pomocy społecznej skupiała się nie tylko na działaniach ratowniczych, lecz również na aktywizacji osób jej potrzebujących, aby mogły powrócić do samodzielnego funkcjonowania w społeczeństwie (usamodzielnienia).

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Bases of the organization of the welfare were based on the subsidiarity of the state. This principle is understood as the prevention, and in the time withdrawal of situations justifying using from the welfare, supporting persons and families in efforts aiming satisfying the essential needs and enabling them to live in answering conditions human dignities. The first part of the article will concern the principle of subsidiarity in the social pedagogy and of stages of the development of the welfare. Next basic functions of the welfare will be described and subsydiarne constituting the organizational structure of the welfare. The subsidiarity is assumes, that above all individual (family) is burdened with the need to provide appropriate conditions social and welfare for oneself and to protect all its needs. State (institutions of the welfare) should act only in the situation of such a dysfunction of the individual or the family, in which these entities aren’t able independently to provide for oneself of permitting conditions for life in determined standards, accepted in the given society. Moreover it is being called for so that the aid on the part of organs of the system of the welfare focuses not only on rescue efforts, but also on the mobilization of persons for her needing so that can return to independent functioning in the society (of becoming independent).

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