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Through trial & error to collusion
Huck, Steffen; Oechssler, Joerg; Normann, Hans-Theo - 1999
In this note we study a very simple trial & error learning process in the context of a Cournot oligopoly. Without any knowledge of the payoff functions players increase, respectively decrease, their quantity by one unit as long as this leads to higher profits. We show that despite the absence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580461
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On the profitability of collusion in location games
Huck, Steffen; Knoblauch, Vicky; Müller, Wieland - 2000
On the basis of a real high stakes insurance experiment with small probabilities of losses, we demonstrate that concern is a more important driver of WTP for insurance than subjective probability estimates when there is ambiguity surrounding the estimate. Concern is still important when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009583427
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Fractional integration and business cycle features
Candelon, Bertrand; Gil-Alaña, Luis A. - 2001
integration as well as by the other short run components of the series. Then, we model the real GDP in France, the UK and the US …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009614295
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Sequential versus independent commitment : an indirect evolutionary analysis of bargaining rules
Güth, Werner - 1998 - Rev.
Rational bargaining behavior depends crucially on the rules of bargaining, especially on whether parties decide … sequentially or independently. Whereas in ultimatum bargaining the proposer can exploit the responder, independent commitments … result in more balanced payoffs. To limit the scope of possible bargaining results we try to rule out certain bargaining …
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Learning to like what you have : explaining the endowment effect
Huck, Steffen; Kirchsteiger, Georg; Oechssler, Joerg - 1997
endowment effect improves one's bargaining position in bilateral trades. We show that for a general class of evolutionary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009657123
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Implementing efficient market structure
Grimm, Veronika; Riedel, Frank; Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2000
This article studies the design of optimal mechanisms to regulate entry in natural oligopoly markets, assuming the regulator is unable to control the behavior of firms once they are in the market. We adapt the Clarke-Groves mechanism, characterize the optimal mechanism that maximizes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009583432
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Heuristics as decision rules : Part I: the single consumer
Güth, Werner; Neuefeind, Wilhelm - 2001
commodities as food items. Using utility functions we can measure the welfare loss, caused by such heuristics, and to what extent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009612561
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Preemption in capacity and price determination : a study of endogenous timing of decisions for homogeneous markets
Güth, Sandra; Güth, Werner - 1998 - Rev.
The theory of industrial organization has experienced an impressive boom by using the methods of (non-cooperative) game … theory. The conclusions depend, however. crucially on subtle details of the market decision processes about which there exist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578566
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Price variability and price dispersion in a stable monetary environment : evidence from German retail markets
Fengler, Matthias R.; Winter, Joachim - 2000
We investigate the relationship between inflation and price variation using highly disaggregated, weekly price data for consumption goods recorded in Germany during 1995, a low inflation period. We find a significant positive correlation between the rates of price change and price dispersion,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009612033
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Fractional cointegration and real exchange rates
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Gil-Alaña, Luis A. - 2000
This paper uses fractional integration and cointegration in order to model the DM/dollar and the yen/dollar real exchange rates in terms of both monetary and real factors, more specifically real interest rate and labour productivity differentials. We find that whilst the individual series may be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009611542