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On the (Non)-Lattice Structure of Equilibrium Sets in Games with Strategic Substitutes
Roy, Sunanda - 2020
This paper studies models where the optimal response functions under consideration are non-increasing in endogenous variables, and weakly increasing in exogenous parameters. Such models include games with strategic substitutes, and include cases where additionally, some variables may be...
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The transfer space
Friedrich, T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Within the transfer space source and sink exchange material and energy to optimize their own productivity. Under … certain conditions this optimization will lead to a productivity increase of the whole ensemble. The present day view that … called exploitation. The outcome depends on the relation between fix cost, variable cost, productivity and affinity. Brute …
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The Nature of Innovation Channels at the Micro-Level : Evidence from Russian Manufacturing Firms
Simachev, Yuri; Kuzyk, Mikhail; Feygina, Vera - 2013
The main purpose of the paper is to analyze different channels for innovations. We consider the influence of various incentives for innovation in Russian companies taking into account the organization of industries — vertical or horizontal orientation, peculiarities of corporate demography,...
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A Game Theoretic Framework for Competing/Cooperating Retailers under price and advertising dependent demand
Dridi, Dhouha; Ben Youssef, Slim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
In this paper, we develop a game theoretic model for cooperative advertising in a supply chain consisting of a monopolistic manufacturer selling its product to the consumer only through competing duopolistic retailers. We consider a new form of the demand function which is an additive form. The...
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Mineral exploration as a game of chance
Bell, Peter N - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Exploration is a costly activity that helps a business improve their understanding of a potential mineral deposit. Yet, even with strong exploration results, the business faces uncertainty over the value of the mine. I model this situation as a game of chance. The game starts by giving an agent...
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Pricing behaviour at capacity constrained facilities
Larsen, Huric; Fredborg, Jesper - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Entry of new firms can be difficult or even impossible at capacity constrained facilities, despite the actual cost of entering is low. Using a game theoretic model of incumbent firms’ pricing behaviour under these conditions, it is found that under the assumption of Bertrand competition and...
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The 15-years-long emergency, the burial-of-the-dead conflict and the ultimatum game.
Villani, Salvatore - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The application of game theory and cognitive economy to analyze the problem of undesired location - The analysts of the processes of public bodies decision - taking have long been discussing on the establishment of proper strategies to manage "environmental conflicts" - above all the so-called...
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Resource Allocation Contests: Experimental Evidence
Shupp, Robert; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Many resource allocation contests have the property that individuals undertake costly actions to appropriate a potentially divisible resource. We design an experiment to compare individuals’ decisions across three resource allocation contests which are isomorphic under risk-neutrality. The...
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A Game Theoretic Analysis of a Regional Approach toward the Sustainability of Kolkata-Agartala Transit Route
Sen, S. K.; Mukhopadhyay, I; Gupta, S - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper attempts to explore the possibilities of a viable transport network in the long run which can respond to the demand for communication by people of Tripura as well as the demand of Tripura’s projected economy. Since, Tripura is constantly facing the problem of lack of a smooth...
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Sticky wages, labor demand elasticity and rational unemployment
Chen, Siyan; Desiderio, Saul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this paper we give a clear-cut explanation to the sluggish wage adjustments which are commonly experienced also in face of involuntary unemployment. We prove that unemployment may be the physiological outcome of rational decisions by competing workers who may find it optimal to ask higher...
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