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We study learning and influence in a setting where agents communicate according to an arbitrary social network and …
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personal connections, first among them the transmission of information. This paper begins from a model of labor markets where …
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This survey paper examines various information insufficiencies in biodiversity conservation and their impact of … information, and 4) monitoring problem. The consequences of these four types of information insufficiencies on the choice of …
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broadcast or sent via shortest paths; only connection density matters. In contrast, homophily substantially slows learning based … on repeated averaging of neighbors' information and Markovian diffusion processes such as the Google random surfer model …
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cost. Very little information is available to market participants and trade takes place at many different prices … simultaneously. We propose a decentralized, completely uncoupled learning process in such environments that leads to stable and … sell-side). This simple and intuitive learning process implements core allocations even though agents have no knowledge of …
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for technological change, both through learning curves that affect the prices of new vintages of capital and through R … detailed information on the evolution of energy demand, technology and CO2 emissions. We also explain the procedure used to …
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This paper provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of energy efficiency in fossil fuel electricity generation across 28 OECD countries over the period 1981-2006, with particular attention to the role played by technological development and the availability of energy efficient...
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This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield...
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R&D investments and deployment of infant technologies with large learning potential. The innovation benefits which this …
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WITCH is an energy-economy-climate model developed by the climate change group at FEEM. The model has been extensively used in the past 3 years for the economic analysis of climate change policies. WITCH is a hybrid top-down economic model with a representation of the energy sector of medium...
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