We characterize the class of symmetric two-player games in which tit-for-tat cannot be beaten even by very sophisticated opponents in a repeated game. It turns out to be the class of exact potential games. More generally, there is a class of simple imitation rules that includes tit-for-tat but...

The classical approach to testing for structural change employs retrospective tests using a historical data set of a given length. Here we consider a wide array of fluctuation-type tests in a monitoring situation – given a history period for which a regression relationship is known to be...

Democracy, domination, and the challenge of economic governance -- Managerialism and the new deal legacy -- The progressive critique of the market -- Economic domination and democratic action -- Structuring democratic agency -- Anti-domination as regulatory strategy -- Democratic agency as...