This is a preliminary version of a prospective book which springs from concerted effort among several researchers in the fiels of industrial economics. This chapter is devoted to the strategic role of information in oligopoly, and more broadlyn, in monotone games in general.

I replace the assumption that an agent makes an optimal choice by an assumption that the agent executes a computational algorithm directed at finding a choice that is good at the time the choice is made. The algorithm utilizes the individual's own information, and information about choices of...

1.Introduction 2.Atkinson's Measure 2.1 Asymptotic Standard Errors 2.2 Grouped Data 3.Posterior Distributions 3.1 Posterior Density for The pis 3.2 Information About The uis 3.2.1 Lognormal Distribution of Income 3.2.2 Assumptions About Group Mean Incomes 4.Numerical Results 5.Conclusions

This paper explores a pricing algorithm which behaves as a Walrasian auctioneer under the following constraints: [i] traders arrive randomly and each sales/purchase order should be carried out at the currently posted price (sequential service), [ii] the auctioneer need not know the exact...

Existing theories typically focus on asymmetric information to explain delays in bargaining. This is not always appropriate, particularly when the parties are in a long-term relationship. This paper examines the incentive to delay agreement (or innovation) when: there are multiple bargaining...

This paper examines the operation of fiscal policy under incomplete information when the central bank sets the stance of monetary policy so as to achieve a zero inflation target. The fiscal authority is assumed to aim to achieve a target level for output and a zero level of public debt. The best...

In principal-agent models with moral hazard and limited liability, the principal may threaten the agent with reputaion damages in case of poor performance. We show that such reputation threats, although inefficient, often help the principal to discipline the agent.

This paper considers the similarity between two measures of air pollution/quality control, on the one hand, and widely used indicators of life quality and welfare in the US, on the other. We use statistical cluster analysis based on information measures of similarity and distance. The results...