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In this paper I propose a novel abstract mechanism for the creation and diffusion of knowledge and use an agent based … explain and the stocks of knowledge available in a society, be it individually or collectively. I find that the aggregate … number of knowledge units in a society increases more slowly, the more naive its inhabitants are. I also find that the …
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The goal of our paper is to better understand the economic implications of Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) programs as well as comprehend the underlying reasons for the rapid expansion of the number of TFWs hired by employers under the Canadian program brought to light in 2014. We present an...
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It has been suggested that mergers, by increasing concentration, raise incentives to invest and hence are pro-competitive. To study the effects of mergers, we rewrite a game with simultaneous price and cost-reducing investment choices as one where firms only choose prices, and make use of...
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Knowledge is still considered to be power and its externalization makes it possible for others to use that power. In …
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