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In this paper we address several issues related to collective dichotomous decision-making by means of quaternary voting rules, i.e., when voters may choose between four actions: voting yes, voting no, abstaining and not turning up-which are aggregated by a voting rule into a dichotomous...
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We analyze third degree price discrimination by an upstream monopolist to a continuum of heterogeneous downstream firms. The novelty of our approach is to recognize that customizing prices may be costly. As a consequence, partial price discrimination arises in equilibrium; in particular,we...
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The ability to accurately estimate the extent to which the failure of a bank disrupts the financial system is very valuable for regulators of the financial system. One important part of the financial system is the interbank payment system. This paper develops a robust measure, SinkRank, that...
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, which in turn erodes the penchant for excessive deficits. In light of the theory, empirical tests of the effectiveness of …
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Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über neuere Entwicklungen bei Schätzmethoden, Instrumentalvariablenansätzen, Paneldatenmodellen sowie nicht- und semiparametrischen Modellen für Mikrodaten, ergänzt um einige Testverfahren aus diesen Bereichen. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit wird auf Probleme mit...
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Angesichts globaler Krisen wie der Bedrohung der natürlichen Umwelt und zahlreicher öffentlicher und privatwirtschaftlicher Skandale stoßen moralisch-ethische Fragen auf allgemeines Interesse. Immer mehr Menschen stellen sich die Frage nach dem Sinn und Werthaltigkeit der wirtschaftlichen...
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We generalize the classical concept of a certainty equivalent to a model where an investor can trade on a capital market with several future trading dates. We show that if a riskless asset is traded and the investor has a CARA utility then our generalized certainty equivalent can be evaluated...
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be neutral. To allow for investors with arbitrary risk attitude we make use of the martingale approach. We show that the …
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This paper examines the learning dynamics of boundedly rational agents, who are asked to voluntarily contribute to a discrete public good. In an incomplete information setting, we discuss contribution games and subscription games, the latter including a money-back guarantee in case of provision...
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Die Verbindung von Unternehmen ist keine Erscheinung der letzten Jahre. Vielmehr beruht das Konzept der Merger & Akquisition (M&A) auf grundlegenden wirtschaftstheoretischen Theorien, die in der Diskussion allerdings oftmals von populistischen Motiven für die Fusion im vorliegenden Fall...
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