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Implementation, elimination of weakly dominated strategies and evolutionary dynamics

Cabrales, Antonio; Ponti, Giovanni - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1997

This paper is concerned with the realism of mechanisms that implement social choice functions in the traditional sense …

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An experiment on Nash implementation

Cabrales, Antonio; Charness, Gary; Corchón, Luis - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1998

We perform an experimental test of Maskin's canonical mechanism for Nash implementation, using 3 subjects in non-repeated groups, as well as 3 outcomes, states of nature, and integer choices. We find that this mechanism succesfully implements the desired outcome a large majority of the time and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772110

Adaptive dynamics and the implementation problem with complete information

Cabrales, Antonio - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1996

This paper studies the equilibrating process of several implementation mechanisms using naive adaptive dynamics. We … way we cast some doubt on the criticism of ``complexity'' commonly used against this mechanism. For mechanisms that use … implementation with refined equilibrium concepts have claimed that the mechanisms they propose are ``simple'' and implement …

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Fixed-term contracts and the duration distribution of unemployment

Güell, Maia - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2002

In the mid-1980s, many European countries introduced fixed-term contracts. Since then their labor markets have become more dynamic. This paper studies the implications of such reforms for the duration distribution of unemployment, with particular emphasis on the changes in the duration...

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Estimating the probability of leaving unemployment using uncompleted spells from repeated cross-section data

Güell, Maia; Hu, Luojia - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2003

We propose a new econometric estimation method for analyzing the probability of leaving unemployment using uncompleted spells from repeated cross-section data, which can be especially useful when panel data are not available. The proposed method-of-moments-based estimator has two important...

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Unemployment duration and workers' wage aspirations in Spain

Ahn, Namkee; Pérez, J. Ignacio García - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2000

This paper examines unemployed workers' declared willingness to work for a wage lower than the one warranted by their qualification. We analyze which personal and economic characteristics determine this willingness and how it changes as unemployment spells lengthen. Moreover, we also study the...

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Non-stationary job search when jobs are not forever: A structural estimation

Pérez, J. Ignacio García - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2001

This paper considers a job search model where the environment is not stationary along the unemployment spell and where jobs do not last forever. Under this circumstance, reservation wages can be lower than without separations, as in a stationary environment, but they can also be initially higher...

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How binding are legal limits? Transitions from temporary to permanent work in Spain

Güell, Maia; Petrongolo, Barbara - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2003

This paper studies the duration pattern of …xed-term contracts and the determinants of their conversion into permanent ones in Spain, where the share of …xed-term employment is the highest in Europe. We estimate a duration model for temporary employment, with competing risks of terminating...

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The evolution of inequity in the access to health care in Spain: 1987-2001

Gómez, Pilar García; López, Ángel - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2004

This paper reports an analysis of the evolution of equity in access to health care in Spain over the period 1987-2001, a time span covering the development of the modern Spanish National Health System. Our measures of access are the probabilities of visiting a doctor, using emergency services...

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Socio-economic inequalities in health in Catalonia

Gómez, Pilar García; López, Ángel - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2004

In this paper we measure the degree of income related inequality in mental health as measured by the GHQ instrument and general health as measured by the EQOL-5D instrument for the Catalan population. We find that income is the main contributor to inequality, although the share of inequality in...

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