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Private Information in Sequential Common-Value Auctions

Horner, Johannes; Jamison, Julian - Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and … - 2006

We study an infinitely-repeated ?rst-price auction with common values. Initially, bid- ders receive independent private signals about the objects' value, which itself does not change over time. Learning occurs only through observation of the bids. Under one-sided incomplete information, this...

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Some Personal Views of Game Theory

Kalai, Ehud - Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and … - 2006

This is a draft of a chapter for a book called "Game Theory, 5 Questions," to be published by Automatic Pressed/VIP.Below are five questions and my answers. Any feedback is appreciated.

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Incentives for Quality through Endogenous Routing

Lu, Lauren Xiaoyuan; Mieghem, Jan A. Van; Savaskan, R. Canan - Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and … - 2006

We study how rework routing together with wage and piece rate compensation can strengthen incentives for quality. Traditionally, rework is assigned back to the agent who generates the defect (in a self routing scheme) or to another agent dedicated to rework (in a dedicated routing scheme). In...

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Fat Products

Alexandrov, Alexei - Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and … - 2006

The economics literature generally considers products as points in some characteristics space. Starting with Hotelling, this served as a convenient assumption, yet with more products being flexible or self-customizable to some degree it makes sense to think that products have positive measure. I...

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Vote Bying I: General Elections

Dekel, Eddie; Jackson, Matthew O.; Wolinksy, Asher - Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and … - 2006

We examine the consequences of vote buying, assuming this practice were al- lowed and free of stigma. Two parties compete in a binary election and may purchase votes in a sequential bidding game via up-front binding payments and/or campaign promises (platforms) that are contingent upon the...

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Topologies on Type

Dekel, Eddie; Fudenberg, Drew - Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and … - 2006

We define and analyze a "strategic topology" on types in the Harsanyi-Mertens- Zamir universal type space, where two types are close if their strategic behavior is similar in all strategic situations. For a fixed game and action define the distance be- tween a pair of types as the di¤erence...

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Vote Buying II: Legislatures and Lobbying

Dekel, Eddie; Jackson, Matthew O.; Wolinksy, Asher - Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and … - 2006

We examine the consequences of lobbying and vote buying, assuming this prac- tice were allowed and free of stigma. Two "lobbyists" compete for the votes of legislators by offering up-front payments to the legislators in exchange for their votes. We analyze how the lobbyists' budget constraints...

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Satisfied Workers, Retained Workers: Effects of Work and Work Environment on Homecare Workers' Job Satisfaction, Stress, Physical Health, and Retention

Zeytinoglu, Isik U.; Denton, Margaret - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2006

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR QUANTITATIVE STUDIES IN ECONOMICS AND POPULATION QSEP SATISFIED WORKERS, RETAINED WORKERS … University SEDAP Research Paper Series. The Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population (QSEP) is … studies in economics, population, and related fields. For further information about QSEP visit our web site http …

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The Social Cost-of-Living: Welfare Foundations and Estimation

Crossley, Thomas F.; Pendakur, Krishna - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2006

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR QUANTITATIVE STUDIES IN ECONOMICS AND POPULATION QSEP THE SOCIAL COST-OF-LIVING: WELFARE … Economics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. The Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics and … and empirical studies in economics, population, and related fields. For further information about QSEP visit our web site …

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The Top Shares of Older Earners in Canada

Veall, Michael R. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2006

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR QUANTITATIVE STUDIES IN ECONOMICS AND POPULATION QSEP THE TOP SHARES OF OLDER EARNERS IN … University Department of Economics. The Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population (QSEP) is an … interdisciplinary institute established at McMaster University to encourage and facilitate theoretical and empirical studies in …

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