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Due to computing and communication facilities, formal procedures, often referred to as "algorithms", are now … discuss some of the economic risks generated by the power of algorithms. …
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We develop a simple model of managing a system subject to pollution damage under risk of an abrupt and random jump in …
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We analyze the effects of better algorithmic demand forecasting on collusive profits. We show that the comparative statics crucially depend on the whether actions are observable. Thus, the optimal antitrust policy needs to take into account the institutional settings of the industry in question....
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future market conditions, possibly aided by algorithms. Prices and profits are inverse u-shaped in prediction ability …
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We propose a simple and powerful numerical algorithm to compute the transition process in continuous-time dynamic … system of functional differential equations of the retarded type. We apply the Waveform Relaxation algorithm, i.e., we …
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We study the interaction between algorithmic advice and human decisions using high-resolution hotel-room pricing data. We document that price setting frictions, arising from adjustment costs of human decision makers, induce a conflict of interest with the algorithmic advisor. A model of advice...
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This paper addresses the steep learning curve in Machine Learning faced by non-computer scientists, particularly social scientists, stemming from the absence of a primer on its fundamental principles. I adopt a pedagogical strategy inspired by the adage ”once you understand OLS, you can work...
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This article studies the effects of tax competition on the provision of public goods under business risk and partial …
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potentially loss averse around their expected outcome make risky investments in education and we draw on optimal tax theory to … explore the design of policy. The model highlights the critical roles played by (i) the relationship between behavioural risk … preferences, standard risk aversion and labour supply behaviour, (ii) the risk properties of education, and (iii) the degree of …
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) we vary three payoff indices. Indices of risk and temptation capture the unilateral incentives to defect against … reduces cooperation. In neither study, nor in either subject pool of our second study, do we find a significant effect of risk. …
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