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We present a new partial equilibrium theory of price adjustment, based on consumer loss aversion. In line with prospect … theory, the consumers' perceived utility losses from price increases are weighted more heavily than the perceived utility … an otherwise standard dynamic neoclassical model of monopolistic competition. The resulting theory of price adjustment is …
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This research examines variations in the diffusion of agriculture across countries and archaeological sites. The theory … propelled to experiment with their habitats determined the accumulation of tacit knowledge complementary to farming. Thus …
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This paper analyzes a model in which creative activity and the security of intellectual property rights are jointly determined, both depending on the choices made by potentially creative people either to engage in creative activity or to be pirates of the ideas created by others and on the...
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We investigate the implications of Network Neutrality regulation for Internet fragmentation. We model a two-sided market, where Content Providers (CPs) and consumers interact through Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and CPs sell consumers' attention to advertisers. Under Network Neutrality, CPs...
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The purpose of the paper is to discuss ten things potential users should know about the limits of the Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) representation for estimating and forecasting time-varying conditional correlations. The reasons given for caution about the use of DCC include the...
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the development of path-dependence theory and a better understanding of decision-making behavior under conditions of … path dependence by means of an experimental study. By focusing on the mode of information load and decision quality in … chronological sequences, the study explores the impact of complexity on decision-making processes. The results contribute to both …
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Component commonality - the use of the same version of a component across multiple products - is being increasingly considered as a promising way to offer high external variety while retaining low internal variety in operations. However, increasing commonality has both positive and negative cost...
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assumption is not at all consistent with the actual behavior of the Treasury. The theory of general equilibrium states that an …
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Eine Vielzahl von Herausforderung stellt die kommerzielle Verbreitung des Internets und die damit verbundene bidirektionale Kommunikation nicht nur zwischen Konsumenten und Unternehmen, sondern ebenso unter Konsumenten, für Unternehmen dar. Die Unternehmen stehen vor der Notwendigkeit, die...
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Offering higher wages may enable firms to attract more applicants and screen them more carefully. If firms compete in this way in the labor market, "selection wages" emerge. This note illustrates this wage-setting mechanism. Selection wages may engender unconventional results, such as a pre-tax...
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