To understand the persistence of social inequalities, research in psychology has traditionally focused on individual determinants of the unequal treatment of social groups. For example, a great deal of work has situated the origin of inequalities in the discrimination produced by individuals who are biased by their negative beliefs and attitudes. And yet, several authors proposed that individua...

This paper unpacks the continuum of social finance institutions (SFIs), ranging from foundations offering pure grants to banks supplying soft loans. The in-between category includes under-researched “quasi-foundations” granting loans requiring partial repayment. We develop a model under which SFIs maximize their contribution arising financing successful projects, budget constraint dictated by f...

Formal institutions and social capital interact with each other in multiple ways. We argue show empirically at the cross-country level that case of group lending, contract enforcement complements bonding substitutes for bridging one. It means payoff to lending depends on type is contingent quality which serves as a sorting factor, working opposite directions different stripes capital. These res...

This paper shows how the connections between engineering and warfare/militarism are closer than is usually recognized. It investigates the nature of that relationship using theoretical perspectives from critical theory and social constructionism. We draw on historical research into the influence of military institutions and interests on the field of engineering, but also look broadly at culture...

By using published and unpublished sources from various archival series kept in the Rovinj Heritage Museum, Chapter Archives of Rovinj and the Diocesan Archives of Porec the authors shed new light and present the health and social care system in the city of Rovinj covering the period which goes from the mid 15th to the mid 19th century. Altruistic mentality of individual citizens, lay and eccle...