Klaus Jaffe

Universidad Simon Bolivar

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Caracas

Venezuela

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¿Tiene la constitución de un país un efecto práctico sobre su institucionalidad y socioeconomía? (Does the Constitution of a Country Have a Practical Effect on Its Institutions and Socioeconomics?)

Boletín de la Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales. Venezuela. 165: 663-740, 2021
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 22 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2022
Antonio Canova, Klaus Jaffe, Edrey Martinez, Juan C Correa, Ana C Soares, Jose G Contreras and Ricardo Baroni
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Simon Bolivar, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), CESA, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) and Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)
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Constituciones, comparado, Latinoamérica, cuantitativo, empírico, desarrollo

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Constituciones, estado de derecho, socioeconomía… y populismo (Una exploración empírica del Derecho Constitucional) (Constitutions, Rule of Law, Socioeconomics… and Populism (An Empirical Exploration of Constitutional Law))

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 09 Apr 2022
Antonio Canova, Edrey Martinez, Ana C Soares, Mariana Scolaro and Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Catholic University Andres Bello (UCAB) and Universidad Simon Bolivar
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sistemas complejos, constituciones, empírico, correlacional, populismo, Pop-Con

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Constitutions, Rule of Law, Socioeconomics… and Populism

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 11 May 2022 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2022
Antonio Canova, Edrey Martinez, Ana C Soares, Mariana Scolaro and Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Catholic University Andres Bello (UCAB) and Universidad Simon Bolivar
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constitutions, complex system, termodinamics, quantitative, populism

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Relation between Shame, Nutrition and Happiness in Children

Acta Científica Venezolana, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2021
Klaus Jaffe, Jennifer Bernal and Hector Herrera
Universidad Simon Bolivar, Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB) and Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB)
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shame, children, environment, nutrition, food security, hunger, evolution

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Measuring Complexity using Information

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 29 Oct 2024
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Thermodynamics, Infodynamics, Complexity, Information

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LAS CONSTITUCIONES PODRÍAN SER DAÑINAS, Y MUCHO (Análisis cuantitativo y comparado de la propuesta de Constitución para Chile de 2022) (Constitutions Could Be Harmful, a Lot (Quantitative and Comparative Analysis of the Proposed Constitution for Chile of 2022))

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Sep 2022
Edrey Martinez, Antonio Canova and Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) and Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Constituciones, Propuesta constitucional, Chile, Populismo constitucional

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The Relationship between Constitutions, Socioeconomics, and the Rule of Law: A Quantitative Thermodynamic Approach

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2023
Klaus Jaffe, Jose G Contreras, Ana C Soares, Juan C Correa, Edrey Martinez and Antonio Canova
Universidad Simon Bolivar, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), CESA, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) and Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)
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Complex systems, constitutions, law, economics, irreversible thermodynamics, social synergy

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Minado de 193 textos constitucionales y eficiencia empírica de las instituciones que regula (Mining of 193 constitutional texts and empirical efficiency of the institutions it regulates)

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 Nov 2023
Antonio Canova, Klaus Jaffe and Edrey Martinez
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Simon Bolivar and Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB)
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Constitutions, text mining, comparative constitutionalism, data analysis, populism

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Statistics Shows that Economic Prosperity Needs Both High Scientific Productivity and Complex Technological Knowledge, but in Different Ways

Interciencia 38: 2013
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2014
Klaus Jaffe, Alfredo Rios and Astrid Florez
Universidad Simon Bolivar, Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB) and Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB)
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complexity, science, technology, economy, wealth, development

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Agent Based Simulations Visualize Adam Smith's Invisible Hand by Solving Friedrich Hayek's Economic Calculus

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 Nov 2015
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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complexity, emergence, dynamics, bottom up, individual, freedom

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Infodynamics, Information Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 04 Nov 2024
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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thermodynamics, Entropy, Information, Second Law

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Productivity in Physical and Chemical Science Predicts the Future Economic Growth of Developing Countries Better than Other Indices for Knowledge

Plos One 0066239, 2013
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 05 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2014
Klaus Jaffe, Mario Caicedo, Marcos Manzanares, Mario G. Gil, Astrid Florez, Claudia Montoreano and Vicente Davila
Universidad Simon Bolivar, Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB), Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB), Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB), Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB), Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB) and Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB)
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complexity, science, technology, economy, wealth, development, growth

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The Wealth of Nations: Complexity Science for an Interdisciplinary Approach in Economics

Number of pages: 239 Posted: 17 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2017
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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complexity, evolution, economics, synergy, non-linear

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Montalbán, el pueblo de las 63 microescuelas espontáneas (Estudio sobre órdenes espontáneos educativos que brotan en la Venezuela de emergencia humanitaria) (Montalbán, the Town of 63 Spontaneous Micro-Schools (Study on Spontaneous Educational Orders that Arise in the Venezuela of Humanitarian Emergency))

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 13 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2023
Antonio Canova, Klaus Jaffe, Ana C Soares, Edrey Martinez and Mary Elizabeth León
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Simon Bolivar, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) and Un estado de Derecho (UED)
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microecuelas, educación, derechos humanos, autoprotección, emergencia humanitaria

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What is Science? An Interdisciplinary Evolutionary View

What is Science? An interdisciplinary, evolutionary view, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN: 978-1523271597
Number of pages: 118 Posted: 24 Jul 2017
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Science, Evolution, Complexity, Knowledge, Heuristic, Revolution, World

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Infodynamics, a Review

Qeios 2RBRWN.4: https://doi.org/10.32388/2RBRWN.4
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 13 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 09 May 2024
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Information, Interdisciplinary,

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¿Por qué un mayor número de artículos sobre “educación” en su Constitución predice un mal desempeño institucional, socioeconómico y educativo del país? (Why does a greater number of articles about “education” in its Constitution predict poor institutional, socioeconomic and educational performance of the country?)

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Dec 2023
Antonio Canova, Edrey Martinez, Ana C Soares, Jose G Contreras and Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) and Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Education, text mining, constitutions, Empirical Constitutional Law

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A Law for Irreversible Thermodynamics? Synergy Increases Free Energy by Decreasing Entropy

Qeios ID: 2VWCJG.4 doi.org/10.32388/2VWCJG.5
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 21 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2024
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Entropy, Free Energy, Synergy, Thermodynamics., Infodynamics, Life, Complexity, Open Systems

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Extended Inclusive Fitness Theory Bridges Economics and Biology through a Common Understanding of Social Synergy

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2015
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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bioeconomy, evolution, synergy, inclusive fitness, kin, assortation, homophily, economic theory

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Thermodynamics, Infodynamics and Emergence

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 May 2024
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Information, energy, complexity, synergy, evolution, dissipative structures, cooperation.

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The Scientific Roots of Synergy

Number of pages: 121 Posted: 26 Jan 2024
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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cooperation, social, altruism, evolution

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A Network Analysis Of Research Productivity By Country, Discipline, And Wealth

Jaffe K, ter Horst E, Gunn LH, Zambrano JD, Molina G (2020) A network analysis of research productivity by country, discipline, and wealth. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0232458. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232458
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Dec 2022
Klaus Jaffe, Enrique ter Horst, Laura Gunn, Juan Diego Zambrano and German Molina
Universidad Simon Bolivar, affiliation not provided to SSRN, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Department of Public Health Sciences & School of Data Science, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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science network, economic growth

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Synergy, Information, Energy, Cooperation and Complexity in Human Society

Number of pages: 166 Posted: 29 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2023
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Synergy, Complexity, Information, Thermodynamics, Evolution

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Montalbán, the Village of 63 Spontaneous Micro-Schools (Study on Spontaneous Educational Orders that Arise in the Venezuela of Humanitarian Emergency)

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 29 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2023
Antonio Canova, Klaus Jaffe, Ana C Soares, Edrey Martinez and Mary Elizabeth León
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Simon Bolivar, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) and Un estado de Derecho (UED)
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education, microschools, spontaneous orders, Venezuela, Latam, extreme poverty

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Dynamics between Energy and Information: Infodynamics and the Economics of Life

This paper will eventually be published as a book
Number of pages: 169 Posted: 19 May 2025 Last Revised: 20 May 2025
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Thermodynamics, Information, Infodynamics, Evolution, Life, Function, Cooperation, Economics, Ecology, Society, Complexity, Synergy, Organization, Physics, Biology, Sociology

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Productivity in Physical and Chemical Science Predicts the Future Economic Growth of Developing Countries Better than Other Popular Indices

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 31 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 16 Aug 2021
Klaus Jaffe
Universidad Simon Bolivar
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complexity, science, technology, economy, wealth, development, growth

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Corruption and Wealth: Unveiling a national prosperity syndrome in Europe

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Dec 2024
Juan C Correa and Klaus Jaffe
CESA and Universidad Simon Bolivar
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Perceived corruption, human values, scientific productivity, economic wealth, subjective well-being, guilt, Economic growth, underdevelopment