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Modelling and simulation of surface water waves

Groesen, E. van; Westhuis, J.H. - In: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) 59 (2002) 4, pp. 341-360

paper and compared with real life experiments in large tanks of a hydrodynamic laboratory. For the full surface wave …

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The Virtual Laboratory Infrstructure for Online Economic Experiments

Greiner, Ben; Jacobsen, H.-Arno; Schmidt, Carsten - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2002

experiments. We summerize our experience gained from performing serveral economic experiments on the Internet. The experiments we … methodological issues in performing economic experiments on the Internet. As a result for further exploration we sketch the design of … an infrastructure that allows the automated execution of Internet experiments including marketing of experiments, control …

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Has talent, needs customers : An engineering lab profits from its first strategy experiments

Searle, Loyd - In: Strategy & Leadership 30 (2002) 3, pp. 34-37

This coatings lab and job shop with a talent for innovation has been operating for more than a decade without a marketing strategy. Short of cash, it must now quickly invent and implement a customer‐focused strategy if it is to survive. This case study highlights how strategy and proactive...

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Using a Social Experiment to Validate a Dynamic Behavioral Model of Child Schooling and Fertility: Assessing the Impact of a School Subsidy Program in Mexico

Todd, Petra; Wolpin, Kenneth I. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2002

This paper studies the performance of a methodology that can be used to evaluate the impact of new policies that radically depart from existing ones. It uses data gathered from a randomized schooling subsidy experiment in Mexico (i) to estimate and validate a dynamic behavioral model of parental...

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The Amsterdam Auction

Goeree, Jacob K.; Offerman, Theo - EconWPA - 2002

Auctions used to sell houses often attract a diverse group of bidders, with realtors and speculators out for a bargain competing against buyers with a real interest in the house. Value asymmetries such as these necessitate careful consideration of the auction format as revenue equivalence cannot...

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Benefit Entitlement and Unemployment Duration: The Role of Policy Endogeneity

Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

The potential duration of benefits is generally viewed as an important determinant of unemployment duration. This Paper evaluates a unique policy change that prolonged entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum of 209 weeks for elderly individuals in certain regions...

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On the Behavioral Foundations of the Law of Supply and Demand: Human Convergence and Robot Randomness

Brewer, Paul; Huang, Maria; Nelson, Brad; Plott, Charles - In: Experimental Economics 5 (2002) 3, pp. 179-208

institutions responsible for the operations of the law of supply and demand or are behavioral principles also at work? Experiments …

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An Experimental Investigation of Excludable Public Goods

Swope, Kurtis - In: Experimental Economics 5 (2002) 3, pp. 209-222

This paper extends the research on incentive compatible institutions for the provision of public goods by imposing a minimum contribution that must be met in order for an individual to enjoy the benefits of the public good. Excluding individuals who do not contribute at least the minimum...

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A Cost-effective Approach to Attracting Low-income Countries to International Emissions Trading: Theory and Experiments

Bohm, Peter; Carlén, Björn - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 23 (2002) 2, pp. 187-211

The cost-effectiveness of the KyotoProtocol and any similar non-global treatywould be enhanced by attracting additionalcountries to international emissions tradingand achieving this as soon as possible. Incontrast to what is heard in most of thedebate, such an enlargement is here taken to...

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The Impact of Choice Inconsistencies in Stated Choice Studies

Sælensminde, Kjartan - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 23 (2002) 4, pp. 403-420

A new test procedure revealing mutuallyinconsistent choices has been developed andapplied to Stated Choice data. Our analysisshows that inconsistent choices commonly occurin several Stated Choice tasks. An applicationof the test to the Norwegian Value of Timestudy data shows that failing to...

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