Spanish Abstract: Se analiza la formación de coaliciones regionales durante una de las fases de la votación del Plan Nacional de Inversiones Públicas con ayuda del concepto de pork barrel; y se realiza una propuesta metodológica para estudiar dichas coaliciones con la teoría de juegos...

This paper studies the social preferences of individuals in the allocation anddistribution of resources among displaced populations and former combatantsof outlaw groups in Colombia. Several tests are undertaken with the theoretical apparatus of Experimental Economics. The behavior of...

Spanish Abstract: Enclavada en Amazonía Colombiana, la Región del Bajo Putumayo, con una extensión, que albergan más de 180.000 habitantes, está conformada por cinco municipios (Orito, Puerto Asís, Puerto Caicedo, San Miguel y Valle del Guamuez). Esta región, tradicionalmente...

We use the least-squares method for inconsistent systems to find a new allocation rule for rationing and surplus problems. In particular, we study allocation problems considering different priorities to satisfy the agents' demands, which influence how the distribution is carried out. The new...

This article suggests that the methodological strength of what is known as the neoclassic utility theory (NCUT) comes from the relationship between the parlor games, typical of formal logic, and the seek and find games which are founded in the modal logic. Through the use of the semantic games...

Using language game notions and the equivalence between games, this document studies John Nash’s decision of not playing the coalitional game proposed by John von Neumann. The key point is that Nash suggested hypothetical worlds that are incompatible with the kind proposed by von Neumann. And,...

Este ensayo discute la convención a partir de la dinámica de réplica. La coordinación surge a través del concepto de eficiencia explicando por qué los costes de transacción son fundamentales en las decisiones de los agentes. Cuando los agentes siguen dinámicas de réplica existe una...

We use the least-squares method for inconsistent systems to find a new allocation rule for rationing and surplus problems. In particular, we study allocation problems considering different priorities to satisfy the agents' demands, which influence how the distribution is carried out. The new...

This article proposes a reading of the armed conflict from an evolutionary design that takes into account the concept of private protection agencies in the works of Schelling / Nozick / Gambetta. Their aim is to assess the dynamics of conflict and changes from its author’s scientific output. A...

The aim of this paper is to explain the relevance of the theory of indirect communication strategy and negotiating conflict. Based on Thomas Schelling illustrates indirect communication cases: bribery and threats. It shows that both bribery and threats are rational preference mechanisms, whose...