Gary M. Anderson’s research while affiliated with California State University, Northridge and other places

... These may, in turn, be construed to be yet another form of coercive advantage, insofar as the cultural signifiers embraced by governmental entities are adhered to by the remainder of society by dint of legal and regulatory edicts. An example of this is the assumption of an official national language by public sector agencies that is used in all political communications with citizens and which, as noted by Anderson et al. (2000), may have the effect of raising access barriers to public services for those individuals who are insufficiently familiar with the official language. Similarly, a heavy reliance upon esoteric jargon or technical terms by bureaucrats (or, in the case of the judiciary, a reliance upon Latin in the conduct of legal cases) may have the effect of reducing public accessibility to government, hence providing opportunities for those skilled in "bureaucratese" several advantages in accessing coercive advantages. ...

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Coercive advantage

... 6.16). Bei diesem Dilemma handelt es sich um ein typisches Trittbrettfahrerproblem (Anderson et al., 2004;Anheier, 2014): Alle Mitglieder profitieren von der freiwilligen Arbeit einiger weniger und haben somit keinen Anreiz, selbst einen Beitrag zu leisten. ...

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Deutschland: Sportvereine als wichtige Akteure der Zivilgesellschaft

... Unlike Anderson et al. (1992a and1992b), Davidson and Ekelund (1997) and Ekelund et al. (1989Ekelund et al. ( , 1992Ekelund et al. ( and 1996, then Iannaccone (1992 and1998) and Zdeski and Zech (1992) who put forward the maximization of the profit or well-being of the members of the church, we first consider that the household-pastor maximizes satisfaction. Thus, the preferences of the household-pastor are described by a concave utility function, differentiable twice: ...

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Economic Modeling of the Behavior of Revival Churches

... In a competitive market, religious participation is high, and each believer can find a religious supplier to suit them. On the other hand, in a market with a small number of religious service providers, participation tends to shrink as applicants for religious products do not find their needs met (Anderson and Tollison, 1992;Simonnot, 2008). ...

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An Economic Analysis of the Rise of American Pentecostalism in Urban Areas in Cameroon 1

... Concentrated political power is usually associated with monopolistic behavior. Anderson and Tollison (1988) and Rogers and Rogers (2000) find evidence that governments are smaller in states where power is concentrated in one political party. Lipford and Yandle (1990) find that state governments make up a larger share of public sector if a single party controls a larger share of the state government, a pattern which they attribute to cartelizing by the state legislatures. ...

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Does Political Competition Matter for Economic Performance? Evidence from Sub-National Data

... For this chapter is focused upon the interaction-between the role of capital from the point of view of an individual (i.e. that part of the "stock which a man possesses" which is to yield a profit to this individual) and the role of capital from the point of view of society (i.e. that part of the "general stock of any country or society" which is to yield a profit to the 2 The distinction between relative and positive profit has been rather neglected in the literature on Steuart's thought either in the sense of being ignored to the benefit of other aspects of Steuart's multi-faceted exposition, or just as a curiosity without relevant implications. See, in this connection, the works by Sen (1957), Chamley (1962Chamley ( , 1963, Yang (1994), Tortojada (1999); and, more in particular, Schumpeter (1954, 176), Taylor (1957), Meek (1954Meek ( , 1958Meek ( , 1973, Eagly (1961), Akhtar (1978Akhtar ( , 1979, Skinner (1979Skinner ( , 2006, Anderson and Tollison (1984), Perelman (1983), Vickers (1959Vickers ( , 1970, Skinner (1962Skinner ( , 1966Skinner ( , 1981Skinner ( , 1988Skinner ( , 1993, Eltis (1986), Perelman (1983), Hutchison (1988), Karayannis (1988), Perlman (1990), Schefold (1993), Doujon (1994), Urquhart (1996), Brewer (1997), Bentemessek (2012). For a more comprehensive view of this literature, see Tortajada (ed.) (Tortajada 1999, 302-317). ...

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The distinction between relative and positive profit: Sir James Steuart after Adam Smith and the Classics

... One area that can help us to consider the nature of motivation within a social context is that of the military that offers metaphorical and literal insights into some of the leadership and motivational challenges facing today's managers and management researchers. Some examples include: comparing historically successful/unsuccessful systems of military incentivisation and control (eg Allen 2001;Forester 1968), internal hierarchical influences/motivations (Benjamin & Thornberg 2007) and private enterprise in the military both historical (Anderson and Gifford 1991;Sechrest 2001) and current (Leander 2005). This paper seeks to draw from this body of work in order to help make sense of such managerial and organisational challenges (theoretical and practical) from an alternative perspective. ...

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The military and motivation in organisations past and present: The age of fighting sail

... Similar to this case,Anderson et al. (1988) note how the Fed favored member over nonmember banks with its policies during the Great Contraction.24 Selgin (2020, p. 8) notes that the Fed can benefit specific groups even when the Fed conducts QE by purchasing treasury securities, as this can be used to finance government spending. ...

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The redistributive politics of monetary policy

... There are many reasons for a state to have conscription, such as economic benefits (Ben-Ari et al., 2023;Hosek et al., 1994;Levy, 2007;Margulies, 2021), cultural or ideological reasons (Ben-Eliezer, 1995; kant, [1795] 1991kubik, 2001;kuemmel, 2006;Leander, 2004;Røislien, 2013;Rousseau & Frankel, 1947), foreign influences (Djankov et al., 2002;Hadass, 2004;Margulies, 2021), or security considerations (Anderson et al., 1996;Asal et al., 2017;Choi & James, 2008; Haltiner, 1998;Stephens & Baker, 2006). ...

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Drafting for No War? — The Persistence of Conscription During Peacetime

... The crucial entity bringing about the end of the Corn Laws was the Anti-Corn Law League. Anderson and Tollison (1985) argue that the League was a special interest representing, primarily, "the British cotton textile industry" (p. 201). ...

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Of thoughts and things: how a new model of evolution explains the coevolution of culture and technology