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We construct a dynamic model of two-sided sorting in labor markets with multi-dimensional agent and firm heterogeneity. We apply it to study optimal party structure and the decision of how (de)centralized candidate recruitment should be. Parties are non-unitary actors and compete at the local...
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Social tensions impede social cohesion and public goods provision. They can also be a driving force for more serious conflicts such as civil wars. Surprisingly, however, the emergence of social tensions has only rarely been studied in the literature. In the present contribution a game-theoretic...
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We examine some of the factors that might influence the quality of information produced in discussion groups on the … finding is that the flow of quality-weighted information within the group is maximized by a regime which front loads the cost … of good quality information, however, benefiting society at large, then the social value of the flow of quality …
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In this paper, the authors define belief-free equilibria in two-player games with incomplete information as sequential …
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reputation and ethnic conflict is built. Depending on the information structure and the reputation cost of defecting, economic …
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background information. We show that the resulting war of attrition game has a unique, symmetric perfect Bayesian equilibrium. We …
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Learning and stochastic evolutionary models provide a useful framework for analyzing repeated interactions and experimentation among economic agents over time. They also provide sharp predictions about equilibrium selection when multiplicity exists. This paper defines three convergence measures,...
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information. Over time, agents are privately informed by bids and offers. Investors are segmented into groups that differ with … respect to characteristics determining information quality, including initial infor- mation precision as well as market … \connectivity," the expected frequency of their trading opportunities. Investors with superior information sources attain higher …
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information flow across partnerships, we consider the case in which players can issue a “reference letter” to verify at least that …
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