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Stochastic stability in finite extensive-form games of perfect information

Xu, Zibo - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2013

We consider a basic stochastic evolutionary model with rare mutation and a best-reply (or better-reply) selection mechanism. Following Young's papers, we call a state stochastically stable if its long-term relative frequency of occurrence is bounded away from zero as the mutation rate decreases...

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Finding all minimal CURB sets

Klimm, Max; Weibull, Jörgen - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2009

replies to all probabilistic beliefs over the set. We present an algorithm that computes all minimal sCURB sets in any given … finite game. Runtime measurements on two-player games (where the concepts of CURB and sCURB coincide) show that the algorithm … is considerably faster than the earlier developed algorithm, that of Benisch et al. (2006). …

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Voting over tax schedules in the presence of tax avoidance

Roine, Jesper - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2003

This paper reconsiders the classical problem of majority voting over tax schedules, adding the possibility to avoid taxes. In this setting preferences over tax schedules are not determined by earned income, but rather by taxable income, which depends on the joint decisions of labor supply and...

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Trade Deficits in the Baltic States: How Long Will the Party Last?

Bems, Rudolfs; Jönsson Hartelius, Kristian - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2003

Since their opening up to international capital markets, the economies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have experienced large and persistent capital inflows and trade deficits. This paper investigates whether a calibrated two-sector neoclassical growth model can explain the magnitudes and the...

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Real Exchange Rate and Consumption Fluctuations following Trade Liberalization

Jönsson, Kristian - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2004

Two-sector models with traded and non-traded goods have problems accounting for the stylized fact that the real exchange rate appreciates and consumption booms for several years following trade liberalization, or exchange-rate-based stabilization programs, in small open economies. The paper...

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Comparative Dynamics in Health Economics: Some Useful Results

Johansson, Per-Olov; Löfgren, Karl-Gustav - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1994

In analysis of atemporal models, comparative statics experiments are typically carried out, often employing envelope properties, such as Roy's identity, Hotelling's lemma and Shephard's lemma, in order to simplify the analysis. In analysis of dynamic models, such experiments are seldom...

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Building neural network models for time series: A statistical approach

Medeiros, Marcelo C.; Teräsvirta, Timo; Rech, Gianluigi - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2002

This paper is concerned with modelling time series by single hidden-layer feedforward neural network models. A coherent modelling strategy based on statistical inference is presented. Variable selection is carried out using existing techniques. The problem of selecting the number of hidden units...

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Solution and Estimation of RE Macromodels with Optimal Policy

Söderlind, Paul - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

Macro models of monetary policy typically involve forward looking behavior. Except in rare circumstances, we have to apply some numerical method to find the the optimal policy and the rational expectations equilibrium. This paper summarizes a few useful methods, and shows how they can be...

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On the Definition and Age-Dependency of the Value of a Statistical Life. A Review and Extension

Johansson, Per-Olov - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2002

The value of preventing a fatality or (saving) a statistical life is an important question in health economics as well as environmental economics. This paper reviews and adds new insights to several of the issues discussed in the literature. For example, how do we define the value of a...

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On the Value of Changes in Life Expectancy

Johansson, Per-Olov - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1995

In this note the value of parametric changes in hazard rates is analyzed. Two different kinds of changes, sudden or 'blip' changes and persistent changes, respectively, are considered within a model in which both the marginal rate of time preference and the survival probability are...

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