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Baye, Michael R.; Kovenock, Dan; Vries, Casper G. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

This paper presents a unified framework for characterizing symmetric equilibrium in simultaneous move, two-player, rank-order contests with complete information, in which each player's strategy generates direct or indirect affine "spillover" effects that depend on the rank-order of her decision...

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The 15-years-long emergency, the burial-of-the-dead conflict and the ultimatum game.

Villani, Salvatore - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The application of game theory and cognitive economy to analyze the problem of undesired location - The analysts of the processes of public bodies decision - taking have long been discussing on the establishment of proper strategies to manage "environmental conflicts" - above all the so-called...

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L’emergenza dei tre lustri, la salma contesa e il gioco dell’Ultimatum. Alcune riflessioni sui problemi che caratterizzano le decisioni pubbliche in Italia

Villani, Salvatore - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Negli ultimi tempi, fra gli studiosi dei processi di formazione delle scelte pubbliche è in corso un interessante dibattito volto ad individuare le tecniche più appropriate per gestire in maniera efficace (ovvero in tempi rapidi e garantendo la stabilità e la durevolezza delle decisioni o...

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On the evolution of prize perceptions in contests

Boudreau, James W.; Shunda, Nicholas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We apply an indirect evolutionary approach to players' perceived prize valuations in contests. Evolution in finite …

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Organizations and Overlapping Generations Games: Memory, Communication, and Altruism

Lagunoff, Roger; Matsui, Akihiko - Georgetown University, Department of Economics - 2001

Folk Theorem require a special form of intergenerational sanctions. In these sanctions, punishment is sometimes carried out … cooperation when it would otherwise be possible. …

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Time Horizon and Cooperation in Continuous Time

Bigoni, M.; Casari, M.; Skrzypacz, A.; Spagnolo, G. - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Alma Mater … - 2011

study the impact of different time horizons on cooperation in (quasi) continuous time prisoner's dilemmas. We find that … cooperation levels are similar or higher when the horizon is deterministic rather than stochastic. Moreover, a deterministic … deterministic horizon subjects show high initial cooperation and a strong end-of-period reversal to defection. Moreover, they do not …

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Contests with rank-order spillovers

Baye, Michael R.; Kovenock, Dan; Vries, Casper G. de - Abteilung "Marktprozesse und Steuerung", … - 2009

This paper presents a unified framework for characterizing symmetric equilibrium in simultaneous move, two-player, rank-order contests with complete information, in which each player’s strategy generates direct or indirect affine “spillover” effects that depend on the rank-order of her...

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Forbearance in Optimal Multilateral Trade Agreements

Bowen, Renee - Graduate School of Business, Stanford University - 2011

I present a theory of optimal multilateral trade agreements with public political shocks. I first show that "forbearance"-- where one country withholds retaliation when its trading partner receives a shock-- is a feature of an optimal agreement. This provides a rationale for countries not acting...

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Evolutionarily Stable Strategies in Sports Contests

Grossmann, Martin - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011

Abstract: In the recent years, many clubs in the biggest European soccer leagues have run into debts. The sports economic literature provides several explanation for this development, e.g., the league structure (open versus closed league), club constitutions, ruinous rat races between clubs....

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Identity, Community and Segregation

Reich, Bryony - NET Institute - 2010

I develop a framework to explain why identity divides some communities and not others. An identity group is defined as a group of individuals with the same `culture'. A community is divided when different identities are socially segregated; a community is integrated when there is no social...

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