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Alternative characterizations of the proportional solution for nonconvex bargaining problems with claims

Lombardi, Michele (contributor); … - 2008

We provide three alternative characterizations of the proportional solution defined on compact and comprehensive bargaining problems with claims that are not necessarily convex. One characterization result is obtained by using, together with other standard axioms, two solidarity axioms. Another...

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Eliciting information from a committee

Zapechelnyuk, Andriy - 2012

The paper addresses the mechanism design problem of eliciting truthful information from a committee of informed experts who collude in their information disclosure strategies. It is shown that under fairly general conditions full information disclosure is possible if and only if the induced...

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Cream Skimming, Dregs Skimming, and Pooling: On the Dynamics of Competitive Screening

Lund, Diderik; Nilssen, Tore - 2003

We discuss the existence of a pooling equilibrium in a two-period model of an insurance market with asymmetric information. We solve the model numerically. We pay particular attention to the reasons for non-existence in cases where no pooling equilibrium exists. In addition to the phenom- enon...

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Education, reputation or network? : evidence from Italy on migrant workers employability

Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Mancinelli, Susanna; Ponti, Giovanni - 2009

signals to modify employers' beliefs. Relevant mechanisms for reaching this purpose are personal reputation; exploiting ethnic … logit model for immigrants' likelihood of being employed, focusing on the above mentioned mechanisms: reputation, ethnic … private human capital investments. -- Educational Qualifications ; Migrant Networks ; Immigrant Employability ; Reputation …

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Transparency and government reputation : an experiment on signaling

Otálvaro-Ramírez, Susana; Scartascini, Carlos G.; … - 2025

initiatives matter in shaping citizens' perceptions of the reputation of the government. We find, however, strong heterogeneity …

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Flexibility, rigidity, and competitive experimentation

Picariello, Luca; Rodivilov, Alexander - 2024

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Competitive politics, simplified heuristics, and preferences for public goods

Schläpfer, Felix; Schmitt, Marcel; Roschewitz, Annette - 2007

This paper examines the role of simplified heuristics in the formation of preferences for public goods. Political scientists have suggested that voters use simplified heuristics based on the positions of familiar parties to infer how a proposed policy will affect them and to cast a vote in line...

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Get rid of unanimity : the superiority of majority rule with veto power

Bouton, Laurent; Llorente-Saguer, Aniol; Malherbe, … - 2014

A group of agents wants to reform the status quo if and only if this is Pareto improving. Agents have private information and may have common or private objectives, which creates a tension between information aggregation and minority protection. We analyze a simple voting system - majority rule...

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The transmission of sustainable harvesting norms when agents are conditionally cooperative

Richter, Andries; Grasman, Johan - 2013 - Draft version: 15 May 2013

Experimental and observational studies have highlighted the importance of agents being conditionally cooperative when facing a social dilemma. We formalize this mechanism in a theoretical model that portrays a small community having joint access to a common pool resource. The diffusion of norms...

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The survival of the conformist : social pressure and renewable resource management

Tavoni, Alessandro; Schlüter, Maja; Levin, Simon Asher - 2010

This paper examines the role of pro-social behavior as a mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of cooperation in resource use under variable social and environmental conditions. By coupling resource stock dynamics with social dynamics concerning compliance to a social norm prescribing...

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