threat to use military force against iran has been repeated by us. these threats have been along with increasing sanctions and embargo against iran. the question we address in this paper is: what is the impact of on military threats against iran on effectiveness of sanctions and embargo against it? we will examine this hypothesis: in situation of global economy, transforming of military option ...

Charities publicize the donations they receive, generally according to dollar categories rather than the exact amount. Donors in turn tend to give the minimum amount necessary to get into a category. These facts suggest that donors have a taste for having their donations made public. This paper models the effects of such a taste for ‘‘prestige’’ on the behavior of donors and charities. I show h...

The impact of Blissus occiduus Barber feeding on resistant ('Prestige') and susceptible ('378') buffalograsses, Buchloë dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann, was evaluated through measurement of carbon exchange rate, light and carbon assimilation (A-C(i)) curves, chlorophyll a fluorescence, and nonstructural carbohydrates. No significant differences in carbon exchange rates were observed between inf...

Based on evolutionary logic, Henrich and Gil-White [Evolution and Human Behavior, 22(3), 165–196] distinguished between two routes to attaining social status in human societies: dominance, based on intimidation, and prestige, based on the possession of skills or expertise. Independently, emotion researchers Tracy and Robins [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 92(3), 506–525] demonstr...

1 2 Based on evolutionary logic, Henrich and Gil-White (2001) distinguished between two 3 routes to attaining social status in human societies: dominance, based on intimidation, and 4 prestige, based on the possession of skills or expertise. Independently, emotion researchers Tracy 5 and Robins (2007) demonstrated two distinct forms of pride: hubristic and authentic. Bridging 6 these two lines ...

Prestige-biased social learning (henceforth “prestige-bias”) occurs when individuals predominantly choose to learn from a prestigious member of their group, i.e. someone who has gained attention, respect and admiration for success in some domain. Prestige-bias is proposed as an adaptive social-learning strategy it provides short-cut identifying successful group members, without having assess ea...

The purpose of the article is to consider Japanese coloratives as signs national code linguoculture from point view their content-symbolic and modeling aspects significance. combination basic clarified; pictorial, expressivepsychological, aesthetic functions are revealed. It established that function orients attitude object color designation in aspect status, prestige, reverence. Thus, form a l...

Objective: How people use social rank (dominance vs prestige) could explain different attitudes toward five moral foundations. This study aimed to investigate the differential relationships between prestige, dominance, and Methods: was conducted on 150 participants who responded foundation questionnaire dominance-prestige scale. Results: Multiple regression analysis revealed that prestige posit...

In this paper, we aim to analyse selected structural determinants of workforce participation after retirement in Poland. By structural determinants we mean characteristics of one's socio-economic position that (a) result from the interplay of social conditions (mechanisms of power, differentiated access to resources) and individual agency, and (b) restrict or facilitate individuals' choices. We...