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Afriat proved the equivalence of a variant of the strong axiom of revealed preference and the existence of a solution to a set of linear inequalities. From this solution he constructed a utility function rationalizing the choices of a competitive consumer. We extend Afriat's theorem to a class...
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We adopt a framework of vertical differentiation (i.e. differentiation by quality) to study the issue of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). We develop a model of duopoly in a two‐country setting, in which firms choose the country of location, the level of CSR and finally compete in the...
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This paper studies investments in new markets where more than two (anticipated) identical competitors are present. In case of three firms an accordion effect is detected: an exogenous demand shock results in a change of the wedge between investment thresholds of the first and second investor...
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This paper proposes an equilibrium approach to belief manipulation and deception in which agents only have coarse knowledge of their opponent s strategy. Equilibrium requires the coarse knowledge available to agents to be correct, and the inferences and optimizations to be made on the basis of...
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This paper reconsiders the theory of existence of efficient allocations and equilibria when consumption sets are unbounded below under the assumption that agents have incomplete preferences. Our model is motivated by an example in the theory of assets with short-selling where there is risk and...
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central banker’s behaviour in an uncertain economic environment. This paper proposes, from a central banker’s point of view, a … synthesis of the main sources of uncertainty as well as an illustration of their effects within an analytical framework. In … particular, it shows that depending on the type of uncertainty and the choice of the selected loss function, the recommendations …
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competition in the generation sector. Traditional planning methods are not necessarily appropriate for this new environment. This … uncertainty. The model explicitly accounts for equipment availability and load duration curves in selecting optimal investment …
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are necessary when agents are not risk neutral at extreme levels of wealths. It is shown that the more uncertainty averse …
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some prior. It is shown that the more uncertainty averse and the more risk averse, the more likely are efficient …
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measure and value uncertainty which are critical steps in decision making, real options are scarcely used in practice. The …
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