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A Methodological Case Study on the Theory of Demand
Müller, Olaf L. - 2005
My philosophical case study concerns textbook presentations of the theory of demand. Does this theory contain anything …. But then, the theory implies false factual claims. We can avoid this result by embracing the theory’s normative character … of physics by Oliver Timmer. Applying his ideas to the theory of demand reveals that the statements of this discipline …
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Decision Rules, Transparency and Central Banks
Köster, Bernhard Johannes - 2011
The trade-off between price stability and output stabilization is in the centre of monetary policy-making. This trade-off enters many macroeconomic models as the central bank is assumed to minimize some loss function consisting of inflation deviations and output deviations from some specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476179
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A semantic system for stakeholder-sensitive planning and design of sustainable civil infrastructure systems
Mostafa, Mostafa A. - 2011
There has been an increasing demand for involving stakeholders in the development of sustainable civil infrastructure systems. It has been acknowledged that one key element of a project is stakeholder involvement. As such, failure to successfully involve the stakeholders of an infrastructure...
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Controlling a distribution of heterogeneous agents
Nuño Barrau, Galo; Moll, Benjamin - 2015
Este artículo analiza el problema de un planificador benevolente que desea controlar una población de agentes heterogéneos sujetos a perturbaciones idiosincrásticas. Esto es equivalente a un problema de control determinista en el que la variable de estado pertinente es la distribución de...
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O PROCESSO DE TOMADA DE DECISÃO SOB O VIÉS DA ECOSSOCIOECONOMIA DAS ORGANIZAÇÕES: O CASO DE UMA COOPERATIVA CATARINENSE DE ARTESÃOS
Felski, Henrique; Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Cioce; … - 2010
rationality. The cooperative’sdecision making process has found mechanisms to adapt to the dictates of the market economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442709
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Interactive expectations
Flieth, B; Foster, J - 2002
accordance with some rationality postulate. We offer an alternative nonlinear model where agents exchange their opinions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447863
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Rational Reconstructions of Society
Arnout, van de Rijt - 2007
exchange networks and expected exchange rates. I consider a theory that reasonably predicts this relationship in a handful of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466258
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Fiscal data revisions in Europe
Castro Fernández, Francisco de; Pérez García, Javier … - 2011
Al igual que la mayoría de los datos macroeconómicos, las cifras de déficit público están sujetas a revisiones. Sin embargo, en el caso de Europa, estas podrían ser especialmente preocupantes dado el papel que desempeñan los datos fiscales en el funcionamiento de las reglas de...
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State expenditure and fiscal illusion in Australia: A test of the revenue complexity, revenue elasticity and flypaper hypotheses
Dollery, Brian E.; Worthington, Andrew C. - 1995
Despite the federal structure of its constitution, no empirical study of fiscal illusion at the level of state expenditure has yet been undertaken in Australia. This paper seeks to go at least some way towards remedying the omission by subjecting the revenue-complexity, revenue-elasticity and...
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The Feasibility of Road Privatization in Los Angeles
Corcos, Sam - 2010
Los Angeles has had the worst traffic for the longest time out of any American city with many of its residents commuting for over an hour to and from work. The solution to this problem has existed for over 50 years but political forces have stopped its implementation. With the funding problems...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468728