Showing 1 - 6 of 6
We study the role of whistle-blowing in the following inspection game. Two agents who compete for a valuable prize can either behave legally or illegally. After the competition, a controller investigates the agents' behavior. This control game has a unique equilibrium in mixed strategies. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005730934
We modify the basic Gehrig (1993) model. In this model, individual agents are either buyers or sellers. They can choose between joining the search market, joining the monopolistic intermediary or remaining inactive. In the search market, agents are randomly matched and the price at which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005515697
Price stickiness plays a decisive role in many macroeconomic models, yet why prices are sticky remains a puzzle. We develop a microeconomic model in which two competing firms are free to set prices, but face uncertainty about the state of demand. With some probability, there is a positive demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005812732
We consider a median voter model with uncertainty about how the economy functions. The distribution of income is exogenously given and the provision of a public good is financed through a proportional tax. Voters and politicians do not know the true production function for the public good, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005515649
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005812707
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005812719