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"Who supports liberal policies? A tale of two referendums in Italy"

In this paper, published in Economics Letters, Leonardo Madio (dSEA Unipd) and Francesco Principe (University of Bergamo) examine at the municipality level in Italy the factors that drive support for two referendums: one on the decriminalization of cannabis cultivation and the other on physician

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"Pledging one's trustworthiness through gifts: An experiment"

Ethnographers have recorded many instances of tokens donated as gifts to attract new partners or strengthen ties to existing ones.  In their recent publication in 'Judgement and Decision Making', Giuseppe Danese from the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Padova and Luigi

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