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Emotions, Sanctions and Cooperation
Joffily, Matteus; Masclet, David; Noussair, Charles; … - HAL - 2011
We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … cooperators relieve negative emotions when they punish free riders. In response, the free-riders experience negative emotions when …
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Impact on retail prices of non-neutral wholesale prices for content providers
D'ACQUISTO, Giuseppe; Maillé, Patrick; Naldi, Maurizio; … - HAL - 2012
The impact of wholesale prices is examined in a context where the end customer access both free content and payper-use content, delivered by two different providers through a common network provider. We formulate and solve the game between the network provider and the pay-per-use content...
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Net Neutrality Debate: Impact of Competition among ISPs
Boussion, François; Maillé, Patrick; Tuffin, Bruno - HAL - 2012
Network neutrality has recently been the topic of an important debate, in both the telecommunication and political worlds, because of its potential impact in every-day life. While there has been many studies discussing the advantages and drawbacks of neutrality, there is no game-theoretical...
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Competition among providers in loss networks
MAILLÉ, Patrick; Tuffin, Bruno - HAL - 2011
capacity is lost and has to be resent. We consider an access price for submitted packets, thus inducing a congestion pricing …
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Competition and bargaining in wireless networks with spectrum leasing
GUIJARRO, Luis; PLA, Vicent; Tuffin, Bruno; MAILLÉ, Patrick - HAL - 2011
The case for a competitive market operated by a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) and a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) is analysed in the paper. The resource that is leased by the MNO to the MVNO is spectrum. The MNO and the MVNO compete a la Bertrand ' posting subscription prices and the...
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Competition between wireless service providers sharing a radio resource
Maillé, Patrick; Tuffin, Bruno; Vigne, Jean-Marc - HAL - 2012
association game always has an equilibrium, but that several can exist. The pricing game is then solved by assuming that providers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010898687
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Social status and crime
Arbak, Emrah - HAL - 2005
We consider a large population of agents choosing either to engage in a criminal activity or working. Individuals feel varying degrees of selfreproach if they commit criminal acts. In addition, they are concerned with their social status in society, based on others' perceptions of their values....
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Can Wages Signal Kindness?
Arbak, Emrah; Kranich, Laurence - HAL - 2005
We model the interaction between an employer and a worker with interdependent preferences in a simple one-shot production process. In particular, we assume that the worker becomes kinder if she senses that her employer is an altruist. We assume that intentions are private information. Thus, the...
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Explicit Formulas for Repeated Games with Absorbing States
Laraki, Rida - HAL - 2009
Explicit formulas for the asymptotic value and the asymptotic minmax of finite discounted absorbing games are provided. New simple proofs for the existence of the limits when the players are more and more patient (i.e. when the discount factor goes zero) are given. Similar characterizations for...
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Warning Young Adults Against Tobacco Consumption Through Ad Parodies: its Effects on Cigarette Brands Attitude
Parguel, Béatrice; Lunardo, Renaud; Chebat, Jean-Charles - HAL - 2012
This paper compares the effects of anti-tobacco ad parodies and visual cigarette package warnings on emotional and cognitive responses of young adults. The findings indicate that graphic-only ad parodies can compete with warnings in their attempt to damage consumers' attitude toward tobacco...
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