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We study a stochastic model of influence where agents have "yes" or "no" inclinations on some issue, and opinions may change due to mutual influence among the agents. Each agent independently aggregates the opinions of the other agents and possibly herself. We study influence processes modelled...
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We consider a model of the "world" with several regions that may create a unified entity or be partitioned into several unions (countries). The regions have distinct preferences over policies chosen in the country to which they belong and equally share the cost of public policies. It is known...
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With the growing importance of FDI among developing countries, a number of research studies have been conducted for … regulatory regime governing investment flows between the two countries and the barriers to investment in Pakistan in order to …
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This paper discusses the determinants of and the barriers to formal saving both from the theoretical point of view and … levels. It presents a comprehensive review of the literature based on a detailed classification of the barriers associated … with supply-side factors related to access to financial products and demand-side barriers, related to the use, and …
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metaphor and a mechanistic parallel. The biological model draws upon recent developments in brain research and psychological … an individual, and Culture in a community. A mechanism is proposed by which social attachments between individuals lead …
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In this paper, we compare two different representations of Framework Programs as affiliation network: "One-mode networks"' and "Two-mode networks"'. The aim of this article is to show that the choice of the representation has an impact on the analysis of the networks and on the results of the...
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