There are extensive studies on the allocation problems in the field of insurance and finance. We observe that these studies, although involving different methodologies, share some inherent commonalities. In this paper, we develop a new framework for these studies with the tool of arrangement...

There are extensive studies on the allocation problems in the field of insurance and finance. We observe that these studies, although involving different methodologies, share some inherent commonalities. In this paper, we develop a new framework for these studies with the tool of arrangement...

The Romanian economy has undergone a number of changes after 1989, their effects being present all over the areas and causing chain reactions. An eloquent example is light industry, whose internal supply market has known a significant decrease due to the reducing activity in agriculture, animal...

Territorial brand has a social dimension reflected in the social equilibrium and measurable with social effectiveness indicators. The paper offers social effectiveness analysis of territory using investigation object “territorial and social systems (TSS)” with their further classification...

Market power in water markets can be modeled as simultaneous quantity competition on a river structure and analyzed by applying social equilibrium. In an example of a duopoly water market, we argue that the lack of backward induction logic implies that the upstream supplier foregoes profitable...

This chapter studies the interface in poor countries of population growth, rural poverty, and deterioration of the local natural-resource base, a subject that has been much neglected by modern demographers and development economists. The motivations for procreation in rural communities of the...