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The resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP) consists of activities that must be scheduled subject to precedence and resource constraints such that the makespan is minimized. It has become a well-known standard problem in the context of project scheduling which has attracted...
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This paper studies fictitious play in networks of noncooperative two-person games. We show that continuous … functions do not possess the continuous-time fictitious-play property. As extensions, we consider networks in which each … zero-sum networks. Applications include security games, conflict networks, and decentralized wireless channel selection. …
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The paper studies how social connections affect firm-level hiring decisions and performance. We characterize the social connections of firms' employees using register data and for causal identification we use job displacements, which create directed positive shocks towards connected firms by...
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to networks of Blotto games. …
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We study how professional networks are related to immigrant labour market integration. Matched employer-employee data … for Sweden show that networks grow with time in the host country and that their composition changes from immigrant toward …
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In this paper we present the results of an experiment aimed at testing the ability of consumers to coordinate actions in a market in which network externalities are present. Such markets are characterized by the necessity for consumers to believe that a certain minimum number of people will buy...
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In this paper, we study N-player Colonel Blotto games with incomplete information about battlefield valuations. Such games arise in job markets, research and development, electoral competition, security analysis, and conflict resolution. For M Ï N + 1 battlefields, we identify a Bayes-Nash...
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This paper estimates effects of birth place migration networks and other location attributes on destination choices of … censuses 1985, 1990 and 2000 who choose among 67 provinces. We find that migrants are drawn to provinces with larger networks … heterogeneities across migrant types. More educated and those migrating for employment reasons rely less on networks for destination …
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We analyze the relation between temporary expats in firms and exports. Temporary expats are positively associated with exports. The within-firmdestination- country link with export intensity is substantially larger for services than for merchandise and for exports of heterogeneous services and...
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This paper takes departure in the unique position taken by Swedish policymakers recently in giving explicit emphasis to migration as a tool for increasing trade. We attempt to put this position to empirical scrutiny. Our results demonstrate that migrants spur exports, especially along the...
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