can mitigate the asymmetric information problem by ranking different entrepreneurs and financing only the very best ones …

information on whether the searching worker is employed or unemployed as a hiring criterion. We show theoretically that ranking of … effects may be substantial. More prevalent ranking in Europe compared to the US (because of more rigid wage structures etc …

production and the number of citations their publications received in given time window. We apply this theory to the ranking of …

(DEA) ranking methods to analyze the relative performance of each individual Spanish airport, and to fully rank both … of the airports. For this reason, we use six different ranking approaches in order to fully rank the performance of … its weights and their rivals' weights. The fourth and fifth approaches rank the airports' performance through the …

private and independent, the ranking for these positions is common among all the buyers. However the rate at which these …

In a world with a tremendous amount of choices, ranking systems are becoming increasingly important in helping … devoted to the various alternatives. This role generates a feedback when the ranking is based on citations, as is the case for … turn, affect the next ranking. The purpose of this paper is to investigate this feedback by studying some simple but …

Ranking systems are becoming increasingly important in many areas, in the Web environment and academic life for … 'tasted' or selected. This selection generates a feedback when the ranking is based on citations, as is the case for the … widely used invariant method. The selection affects new stated opinions (citations), which will, in turn, affect next ranking …