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a competitive environment of imperfect information. The integrated model considers a potential target as a shared real … value. The level of information costs and the option value, affected by heterogeneity between bidders (correlation), their …
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We develop a simple model that describes individuals’ self-assessments of
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We identify the conditions under which voters can induce political parties to collect information and to select … voting rule should encourage parties to collect information. Voting rules that focus on the opposition party sometimes … information. However, in contrast to office motivated parties, policy motivated parties will sometimes select policies that …
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political process and the production of policy relevant information; on the role played by probing into candidates' past; and on …
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Collective decision procedures should balance the incentives they provide to acquire information and their capacity to … aggregate private information. In a decision problem in which a project can be accepted or rejected once information about its … the other agent's vote. This in turn determines the decision to acquire information. In the debate about a rational choice …
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the last decade large efforts have been made to increase the availability of information to travelers by means of advanced … traveler information systems (ATIS). This paper reviews economic aspects of information in transport markets. First, I will … discuss information acquisition from an economics perspective by characterizing costs and benefits of information, leading to …
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In this paper, we analyze the interaction between an incumbent firm's financial contract with a bank and its product market decisions in the face of the threat of entry, in a dynamic model. The main results of the paper are: there exists a separating equilibrium with no limit pricing; the...
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In criminal cases the task of the judge is to transform the uncertainty about the facts into the certainty of the verdict. In this experiment we examine the relationship between evidence of which the strength is known, subjective probability of guilt and verdict for abstract cases. We look at...
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Theoretical analyses of (optimal) performance measures are typically performed within the realm of the linear agency model. This model implies that, for a given compensation scheme, the agent’s optimal effort is unrelated to the amount of noise in the performance measure. In contrast,...
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We study a two-stage R&D project with an abandonment option. Two types of uncertainty influence the decision to start R&D. Demand uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a proportional increase and decrease in demand. Technical uncertainty is modelled as a lottery between a decrease and...
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