This paper aims to understand some of the mechanisms which dominate the phenomenon of knowledge diffusion in the process that is called ‘interactive learning’. We examine how knowledge spreads in a network in which agents have ‘face-to-face’ learning interactions. We...

This paper aims to understand some of the mechanisms which dominate the phenomenon of knowledge diffusion in the process that is called ‘interactive learning’. We examine how knowledge spreads in a network in which agents interact by word of mouth. The social network is structured as a...

I recenti anni sono stati definiti come l'era della conoscenza; essa viene vista nell'interpretazione teorica come una delle determinanti principali dell'accumulazione, nel tempo, di un potenziale di sviluppo. Vi e' pertanto un sostanziale accordo sull'idea che la conoscenza sia un elemento...

Blindness and visual impairment is considered a public health problem in a vast majority of low- and middle-income countries. This paper empirically evaluates advocacy in low and middle income countries as the key tool to raising policy priority and securing high-level decision maker support in...

This paper analyses the dynamics of return to knowledge where knowledge is acquired through the combination of interactive and individual learning. We suggest that in light of this new definition of knowledge, choosing the optimal level of education is no longer an individual exercise of present...

This paper deals with the impact of trade and technoiogy on wage dispersion in Latin American countries, and its effects on the distribution of weifare and economic growth. Section i provides a generai introduction describing the framework of the research. The foliowing two sections review the...

This paper presents a game theoretic morphological analysis of the U.S. environmental authorities’ (i.e., EPA and DOJ) behavioural mechanisms, based on strategic interactions among the players. The models explore the role of discretion that such authorities enjoy, either in deciding how to...