political power. The ruling coalition consists of a subset of the individuals in the society and decides the distribution of …-transferable utility cooperative game. In all cases, the nature of the ruling coalition is determined by the power constraint, which …

) municipal festival dates vary across the calendar and were determined in the early history of towns after Spanish conquest, and …

The US trade war against China in 2018-2019 can either enhance or diminish the US soft power in China, depending on … the US soft power--is affected by the trade war, utilizing variations across Chinese cities in the exposure to the Trump …

differences in the power structure of society: (1) the Ruler enjoyed weaker absolute power in Europe; (2) the People were more on … par with the Elites in China in terms of power and rights. Based on these narratives, we build a game-theoretical model … and analyze how the power structure can shape the stability of an autocratic rule. If we read greater absolute power of …

political power decides the allocation of resources. We show that Pareto efficient allocations take a quasi-Markovian structure … and can be represented recursively as a function of the identity of the group in power and updated Pareto weights. For … disappear and labor supply and consumption levels fluctuate over time. The labor supply of groups that are not in power are …