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The paper utilizes duality theory to derive an exact representation of the core of a supermodular capacity for finite-state-space Choquet expected utility preferences. Using the dual representation we develop an algorithm that uses information on willingness to pay and willingness to sell to...
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We identify conditions under which receipt of information in the form of a (potentially) ambiguous signal leads to a smoother maximin expected utility (MEU) preference structure which translates behaviorally into a smaller no-trade price zone. Narrowing of the no-trade price zone depends...
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The material contained herein is supplementary to the article named in the title and published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 2007, Volume 89, Issue 2.
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This paper considers the simple neoclassical economics of price gaps in the absence of income effects. Our guiding principle is that price gaps reflect a fundamental economic principle: buy low and sell high. It is demonstrated that neoclassical theory makes clear and economically testable...
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Optimal trade policy in an uncertain world is examined. Decision-maker attitudes toward uncertainty are represented in terms of the <link rid="b16">Gilboa-Schmeidler (1989)</link> maximin expected-utility (MMEU) model. The central result is that in a two-country, general-equilibrium setting with both trading partners...
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Optimal trade policy in an uncertain world is examined. Decision-maker attitudes toward uncertainty are represented in terms of the Gilboa-Schmeidler (1989) maximin expected-utility (MMEU) model. The central result is that in a two-country, general-equilibrium setting with both trading partners...
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The paper examines principal-agent relationships in uncertain environments where beliefs of the contracting parties (the regulator and the firm) are represented by sets of probabilities. In addition to fully characterizing the first-best and the second-best solutions, we examine optimality of...
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We examine the implications of decision theory for religious choice and evangelism, under the assumption that people choose their religion. The application of decision theory leads us to a broad definition of religion and a particular definition of faith, each related to the uncertainty...
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