This report provides a conceptual foundation for the analysis of international regulatory co-operation (IRC) and its potential benefits through reduced trade costs. Different forms of IRC aiming to reduce specification, conformity assessment and information costs - which can arise from...

We consider a (pure) public goods provision problem with voluntary participation in a quasi-linear economy. We propose a new hybrid solution concept, the free-riding-proof core (FRP-Core), which endogenously determines a contribution group, public goods provision level, and how to share the...

Magyarországon a középiskolai és felsőoktatási felvételi is központi besorolás szerint történik. Ebben a tanulmányban célunk a felvételi rendszerek kritikus elemzése, a besorolást meghatározó párosítási algoritmusok és tulajdonságaik ismertetése. A középiskolai...

The cleaning up of waste present in transboundary rivers, which requires the cooperation of diferent authorities, is a problematic issue, especially when responsibility for the discharge of the waste is not well-defined. Following Ni and Wang [12] we assume that a river is a segment divided into...

We consider the allocation of a finite number of indivisible objects to the same number of agents according to an exogenously given queue. We assume that the agents collaborate in order to achieve an efficient outcome for society. We allow for side-payments and provide a method for obtaining...

n agents located along a river generate residues that then require cleaning to return the river to its natural state, which entails some cost. We propose several rules to distribute the total pollutant-cleaning cost among all the agents. We provide axiomatic characterizations using properties...

I study a model where people can be matched in fractions. That is to say, whether a pair is matched is not a binary matter. They can be matched with some intensity. Each has a fixed availability: the total intensity with which he is matched to his partners. I propose a notion of competitive...

We study the marriage problem where a probability distribution over matchings is chosen. The “core” has been central to the the analysis of the deterministic problem. This is particularly the case since it coincides with the (conceptually) simpler set of “stable” matchings. While the...

A standard justification for state intervention and regulation is the market failure known as public goods. Assuming the private market cannot appropriately react to the true demand for public goods, the regulator must decide which goods to supply and in what quantity. A regulator wishing to...

Polluted rivers are harmful to human, animals and plants living along it. To reduce the harm, cleaning costs are generated. However, when the river passes through several different countries or regions, a relevant question is how should the costs be shared among the agents. Ni and Wang (2007)...