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This article offers an approach to the general structure of the rhetoric in economy. In our case we adopted a perspective to study a particular aspect of the rhetoric that comes from the context of a particular controversy: the controversy on the advantages of the free commerce between Daly and...
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One of the main achievements of Herbert A. Simon in organizational theory is analytically evaluating the psychology of … provides an assessment of the contributions of Simon's theory of organizations with special emphasis on the criterion of …
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This article offers an approach to the general structure of the controversy in economy. In our case we adopted a perspective to study a particular aspect of the rhetoric that comes from the context of a particular controversy: the controversy on the advantages of the free commerce between Daly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008533260
This article evaluates Herbert A. Simon’s contribution to organization theory, placing special emphasis on the … analysis is extended to institutional economics. One of Simon’s main achievements in organizational theory consisted of …
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Environmental degradation is increasingly causing cross-border displacement of people, but countries have formed no treaties to facilitate collaboration on the issue. When is such collaboration feasible, and how should environmental displacement treaties be designed? We present a game-theoretic...
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sunlight from planet Earth and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In this article, I develop a strategic theory of …
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Multilateral funding for global environmental protection, such as biodiversity conservation, requires donor participation. When are donors willing to participate? We examine a game-theoretic model of multilateral funding for environmental projects in developing countries. Donors must first...
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In democratic societies, citizens can hold their government politically accountable for the consequences of international cooperation. Can democratic accountability shape international cooperation under strategic interdependence, and if so, to what effect? I show formally that citizens can endow...
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Gradualism is common in international cooperation, as states begin with limited cooperation and choose more ambitious targets slowly over time. However, most models of international cooperation are static and thus cannot explain gradualism. I show that when states can implement domestic reforms...
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In their recent work Thomas S. Schelling (2007, 2010), reiterating original arguments about game theory and its … applications to social sciences. In particular, game theory helps to explore situations in which agents make decisions … interdependent (strategic communication). Schelling's originality is to extend economic theory to social sciences. When a player can …
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