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Complex network phenomena in telecommunication systems

Schintler, Laura A.; Gorman, Sean P.; Reggiani, Aura; … - 2004

Many networks such as the Internet have been found to possess scale-free and small-world network properties reflected …-organizing processes and more specifically, preferential attachment. New nodes in a network tend to attach themselves to other vertices …, the diameter of the network is small in comparison to other network structures, and movement through the network is …

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Tax Contracts and Elections

Gersbach, Hans; Schneider, Maik T. - 2010

In this paper we examine the impact of tax contracts as a novel institution on elections, policies, and welfare. We consider a political game in which three parties compete to form the government. Parties have policy preferences about the level of public-good provision and benefit from perks...

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Tax contracts and elections

Gersbach, Hans; Schneider, Maik T. - 2009 - This version: December 2009

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Competition of politicians for incentive contracts and elections

Gersbach, Hans - 2001

When politicians have lower discount factors than voters, democratic elections cannot sufficiently motivate politicians to undertake long-term socially beneficial projects. When politicians can offer incentive contracts which become effective upon reelection, the hierarchy of contracts and...

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Asymmetric Information, Entrepreneurial Activity, and the Scope of Fiscal Policy in an Open Regional Economy

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2010

We analyze two hitherto little studied but salient questions concerning the trinity of asymmetric information, entrepreneurial activity, and the scope of fiscal policy in an open regional economy. First, we use a two period model to analyze the contractual relationship between entrepreneurs and...

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Competition of politicians for incentive contracts and elections

Gersbach, Hans - 2001

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Asymmetric Information, Entrepreneurial Activity, and the Scope of Fiscal Policy in an Open Regional Economy

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2010

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A theory of threshold contracts

Becker, Johannes Gerd; Gersbach, Hans - 2013 - This version: August 2013

We consider an in nitely repeated reappointment game in a principal- agent relationship. Typical examples are voter-politician or government- public servant relationships. The agent chooses costly effort and enjoys being in office until he is deselected. The principal observes a noisy signal of...

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Complex Network Phenomena in Telecommunication Systems

Schintler, Laurie; Gorman, Sean P.; Reggiani, Aura; … - 2010

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Sophisticated attacks on decoy ballots : a devil's menu and the market for lemons

Gersbach, Hans; Mamageishvili, Akaki; Tejada, Oriol - 2017 - This version: November 2017

Decoy ballots do not count in election outcomes, but otherwise they are indistinguishable from real ballots. By means of a game-theoretical model, we show that decoy ballots may not provide effective protection against a malevolent adversary trying to buy real ballots. If the citizenry is...

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