Journal Article An Alternative Explanation of Contemporary Harriedness Get access Albert O. Hirschman Albert O. Hirschman Harvard University and Institute for Advanced Study Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 87, Issue 4, November 1973, Pages 634–637, https://doi.org/10.2307/1882031 Published: 01 November 1973

I. Gratification over advances of others: the tunnel effect introduced, 545. — II. Some evidence, 548. — III. Consequences for integration and revolution, 550. — IV. From gratification to indignation, 552. — V. The tunnel effect: social, historical, cultural, and institutional determinants of its strength, 553. — VI. An alternative reaction: apprehension over advances of others, 559. — VII. Concluding remarks, 560. — Mathematical appendix, 562.