Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 145
Cover Image
Online consumer-to-consumer communication networks : an economic exploration of their formation and value
Harmsen-van Hout, Maria [Marjolein] Juliëtte Wilhelmina - 2009
Online Consumer-to-Consumer Communication Networks are characterized by informational and social benefits as well as time and effort costs for participants. Therefore, this dissertation takes an economic perspective on the network formation process as a determinant of value for consumers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467397
Cover Image
Simulation der langfristigen Entwicklung des europäischen Elektrizitätsmarktes
Paulun, Tobias - 2009
Mit der Liberalisierung des europäischen Marktes für elektrische Energie haben sich die Randbedingungen für alle in diesem Markt tätigen Unternehmen grundlegend verändert. Um das langfristige Ziel eines europäischen Binnenmarktes zu erreichen, sind erhebliche Eingriffe in die unter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467426
Cover Image
Risk, Behavior and Evolution
Netzer, Nick - 2007
Diese Doktorarbeit besteht aus vier eigenständigen Forschungsarbeiten, die in der Zeit von Oktober 2004 bis Oktober 2007 geschrieben wurden, während ich Teilnehmer am "Doctoral Programme in Quantitative Economics and Finance" an der Universität Konstanz war. Meine Forschungsinteressen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471697
Cover Image
Strategic Misrepresentation of Information : Implications of Biased and Diverse Information in Capital Markets
Kleinert, Martin - 2006
Today's predominant disclosure philosophy calls for the fulldisclosure of all decision relevant information bycompanies. More publicly available information, theargument goes, limits the adverse selection problem by reducinginformation asymmetry among heterogeneous investors. Thus, theliquidity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475317
Cover Image
Network Formation and International Trade
Jorzik, Nathalie - 2009
During the last 60 years the WTO (World Trade Organization) and its General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) have … rounds and globally liberalize world trade. Membership of the GATT has risen from 23 to currently 153 members.Although the … multilateral trading system succeeded in liberalizing trade barriers in the world global free trade has not been achieved. During …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476160
Cover Image
Advances in strategic network formation : preferences, centrality, and externalities
Buechel, Berno - 2009
The importance of social and economic networks has meanwhile been widely acknowledged throughout social sciences. Network positions are supposed to be important for both, consumers and suppliers. Examples are R&D collaborations, strategic alliances, knowledge management within organizations,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009452644
Cover Image
Technology Spillovers and Stability of International Climate Coalitions
Nagashima, Miyuki; Dellink, Rob B. - 2007
investigate stability of partial climate coalitions. Technology spillovers to coalition members increase their incentives to stay … in the coalition and reduce abatement costs, which leads to larger global payoffs and a lower global CO2 stock. Several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443176
Cover Image
INCOMPLETE INFORMATION AND ROBUSTNESS IN STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTS
Penta, Antonio - 2010
Game theoretic modeling involves making assumptions on agents' infinite hierarchies of beliefs. These assumptions are understood to be only approximately satisfied in the actual situation. Thus, the significance of game theoretic predictions depend on robustness properties of the solution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438697
Cover Image
Essays in Industrial Organization and Econometrics
Blevins, Jason Ryan - 2010
This dissertation consists of three chapters relating to identification and inference in dynamic microeconometric models including dynamic discrete games with many players, dynamic games with discrete and continuous choices, and semiparametric binary choice and duration panel data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475441
Cover Image
Three Essays on Analyses of Marine Resources Management with Micro-data
Huang, Ling - 2009
Chapter 1: Although there are widely accepted theoretical explanations for overexploitation of common-pool resources, empirically we have limited information about the micro-level mechanisms that cause individually efficient exploitation to result in macro inefficiency. This paper conducts the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475522