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This paper collects most recent developments in the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. According to secularization thesis, the importance of beliefs and religious activities should weaken as education, scientific knowledge and economic welfare increases. That hypothesis has been...
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We develop a definition of equilibrium for agenda formation in general voting settings. The definition is independent … of any protocol. We show that the set of equilibrium outcomes for any Pareto efficient voting rule is uniquely determined … elimination (or amendment), the set of equilibrium outcomes corresponds with the Banks set. We also examine the implications in …
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, business entity, association etc., tries to attain equilibrium between these two components of wealth. True equilibrium is a … rare phenomenon. As one approaches the true equilibrium state one gets more active economically. Deficit budgetting helps a … nation approach equilibrium state and there by increases economic activity. …
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Evolutionary arguments are often used to justify the fundamental behavioral postulates of competive equilibrium … these claims in an evolutionary general equilibrium model. If the economic environment were held constant, profitable firms … would grow and unprofitable firms would shrink. In the general equilibrium model, prices change as factor demands and output …
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The Nash equilibrium solution concept for games is based on the assumption of expected utility maximization. Reference … two types of loss-aversion equilibrium, a solution concept endogenizing reference points. The two types reflect different … types of updating of reference points during the game. In equilibrium, reference points emerge as expressions of …
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as large as the collection of competitive equilibrium allocations. We confirm this for a standard model featuring land … assumed by a government that ploughs back rent (at least in excess of its agricultural value) to its citizens, the equilibrium …
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In 1928 Cobb and Douglas (C&D) presented a system analysis which established the first empirically identified production model, which forms the foundation for Solow's growth theory and research into productivity growth factors, such as 'technological progress ' and 'human capital development '....
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In this paper we have combined fundamental analysis and contingent claim analysis into a hybrid model of credit risk measurement. We have extended the standard Merton approach to estimate a new risk neutral distance to default metric, assuming a more complex capital structure, adjusting for...
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We extend the credit risk valuation framework introduced by Gatfaoui (2003) to stochastic volatility models. We state a general setting for valuing risky debt in the light of systematic risk and idiosyncratic risk, which are known to affect each risky asset in the financial market. The option...
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Farmer Mac is the GSE charged with creating a secondary market in loans backed by agricultural real estate. The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) has estimated a credit risk model for agricultural mortgages. This model is a key determinant of Farmer Mac’s risk based capital (RBC) requirement....
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