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Costly Voting: Theoretical and Experimental Results on Commons Dilemmas in Spatial Committee Games
Wilson, Rick K.; Herzberg, Roberta; Elliott, Mark - 1993
experimental manipulations are implemented to test various aspects of this model. These experiments use five-person committees with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468404
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Risk Preferences Beyond Expected Utility Theory: Theoretical and Experimental Approaches
R?ger, Maximilian - 2011
preferences beyond the classical concept of expected utility theory. The thesis contains four main chapters.The first two chapters … dependence compared to classical models of expected utility theory. It is shown that some empirical puzzles concerning … utility theory are met. It is shown that the methodological concerns are empirically relevant when a classification of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482308
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Equilibrium Results in Committee Settings: Theory and Experiments on Decision Costs
Herzberg, Roberta; Wilson, Rick K. - 1987
"In this paper we formulate a cost-induced equilibrium concept. This equilibrium is generated from transaction costs connected with a sequential agenda process. Our claim is that most collective choice Institutions carry with them decision costs. If these transaction costs are very large, they...
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Other-Regarding Preferences and Consequentialism
Borah, Abhinash - 2010
parameter richer than that model. We use our decision model to provide an expressive theory of voting. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439045
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A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Agriculture/Natural Resource Program Area Committees on the Texas AgriLife Extension Service Program Planning Process
Weems, Whit Holland - 2011
volunteers have been utilized in Extension for over 50 years, serving on program area committees to develop programs that meet … program area committees. However, 42 percent of the respondents disagreed or remained neutral to subject matter specialists … education as a motivational factor for serving on the Ag/NR committees. Committee members feel strongly about assisting with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465244
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On Committee Decision Making: A Game Theoretical Approach
Shenoy, Prakash P. - 1980
In this paper, we study committee decision making process using game theory. By a committee, we mean any group of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009430933
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Bootstrap Markov chain Monte Carlo and optimal solutions for the Law of Categorical Judgment (Corrected)
Kochanski, Greg P; Rosner, Burton S. - 2010
sets simulated for Full Signal Detection Theory and its special cases of standard Signal Detection Theory and Complementary … Signal Detection Theory. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441534
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Design of Discrete Auction
Sujarittanonta, Pacharasut - 2010
Chapter 1: Efficient Design of an Auction with Discrete Bid Levels This paper studies one of auction design issues: the choice of bid levels. Full efficiency is generally unachievable with a discrete auction. Since there may be more than one bidder who submits the same bid, the auction cannot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450772
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Democracy, Crises, and Misconceptions
Beilharz, Hans-Jörg - 2005
We consider misconceptions about the functioning of the economy as one possible explanation for the emergence of crises in democracies. Furthermore, we study a political process which may lead to successful reform. First of all, we show that voters can make inefficient decisions concerning...
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Essays in the theory of voting power
Steffen, Frank - 2002
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