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The Economics of Witchcraft and the Big Eye Effect

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  • Faria, Joao Ricardo

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Witchcraft is one of the manifestations of envy. It has disruptive effects on team work. A fold catastrophe is shown to exist between the degree of envy and the productivity of the witch's victim. The big eye effect is the discontinuous dip in productivity, driven by an increase in envy. There is a cycle between envy and the productivity of the witch's victim. Witchcraft damages team work until the point at which the productivity of the witch's victim falls. When this happens, the witch's envy decreases and a recuperation to the former levels of productivity occurs. The model can be applied to improve team work management. Copyright 1998 by WWZ and Helbing & Lichtenhahn Verlag AG

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  • Faria, Joao Ricardo, 1998. "The Economics of Witchcraft and the Big Eye Effect," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 51(4), pages 537-546.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:kyklos:v:51:y:1998:i:4:p:537-46
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    1. Faria, João Ricardo & Mixon, Franklin G. & Salter, Sean P., 2012. "An economic model of workplace mobbing in academe," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(5), pages 720-726.
    2. Faria, Joao Ricardo, 2005. "Is there a trade-off between domestic and international publications?," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 269-280, March.
    3. João R. Faria & Paulo R. A. Loureiro & Franklin G. Mixon & Adolfo Sachsida, 2016. "Minority Faculty Hiring Power in Academe: an Economic Model," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 43(3), pages 273-288, December.
    4. João R. Faria & Franklin G. Mixon & Kamal P. Upadhyaya, 2016. "Human capital, collegiality, and stardom in economics: empirical analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 106(3), pages 917-943, March.
    5. Joao Ricardo Faria, 2000. "The Research Output of Academic Economists in Brazil," Working Paper Series 100, Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney.
    6. Faria, Joao Ricardo, 2002. "Scientific, business and political networks in academia," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(2), pages 187-198, June.
    7. Joao Ricardo Faria, 2011. "Emotions, Happiness and Growth: Spinoza, James, and Ramsey," Economic Issues Journal Articles, Economic Issues, vol. 16(2), pages 81-92, September.
    8. João Ricardo Faria, 2001. "Rent Seeking in Academia: The Consultancy Disease," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 45(2), pages 69-74, October.
    9. Joao Ricardo Faria, 2000. "An Economic Analysis of the Peter and Dilbert Principles," Working Paper Series 101, Finance Discipline Group, UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney.
    10. João Ricardo Faria & Gonçalo Monteiro, "undated". "The Tenure Game: Building Up Academic Habits," Discussion Papers 05/32, Department of Economics, University of York.
    11. João Ricardo Faria & Gonçalo Monteiro, 2008. "The Tenure Game: Building Up Academic Habits," The Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Economic Association, vol. 59(3), pages 370-380.

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