Italian Abstract: Vengono esposti i principi base della teoria delle aste. Quali le questioni da risolvere, quali ingredienti, quali ipotesi necessarie per semplificare una teoria altrimenti piuttosto complessa. Vengono sviluppati i meccanismi d'asta al I e al II prezzo, risolvendo per le...

The present paper builds on Arrighetti e Curatolo, 2009, 2010 by introducing heterogeneous opportunists into an agent-based simulated world populated by heterogeneous loyal agents playing a repeated coordination game. On average, opportunistic exploitation of economic resources lowers...

In the real world, many social and economic interactions are highly affected by coordination problems. These, in turn, emerge from the trial to dynamically organize strategies of collective action in complex contexts where agents and groups are heterogeneous and information is only imperfectly...

A new axiomatic characterization of the two-step Shapley value (Kamijo, 2009) is presented based on a solidarity principle of the members of any union: when the game changes due to the addition or deletion of players outside the union, all members of the union will share the same gains/losses.

Italian Abstract: Vengono esposti i tradizionali modelli di oligopolio con bene omogeneo a mosse simultanee, sequenziali e colllusive, con variabile strategica quantità o prezzo. L'utilizzo di funzioni lineari permette di calcolare e comparare tutte le soluzioni

In this paper we present and solve some bargaining games a la Rubinstein, where the subjects can delegate the negotiating process to agents. Delegation is a possible commitment tactic. Its aim is to provide the delegating party with a higher bargaining power. When both the parties delegate,...

Italian Abstract: L'obiettivo è dare al lettore gli strumenti per costruire e risolvere il problema di puro scambio, utilizzando la scatola di Edgeworth. I due teoremi del benessere sono dimostrati euristicamente attraverso semplici calcoli

Coordination failures are very important in imperfect markets, because of related concept of multiple equilibria. This article attempts to explore this topic using tools to overcome the limitations of traditional analytical apparatus, which imposes stringent conditions about functions and...

The paper discusses the economic problem and the institutional features underlying the Nimby syndrome, and illustrates preliminary empirical evidence for Italy. It argues that siting procedures taking local preferences into account should be preferred when the heterogeneity in preferences across...

The recent economic and financial crisis has drawn attention to how mutual guarantee institutions (MGIs) facilitate small and medium enterprises in accessing bank financing. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we describe the structural features of the Italian market for mutual guarantees...