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In the 1970s, Thomas C. Schelling proposed a model which claimed to show that a high degree of spatial segregation can … result from individual preferences which do not in themselves aim to achieve such a degree of collective segregation. A … totally explain the obtained levels of segregation. A real weak individual demand for similar neighbours leads to low social …
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they offer the same homogeneous good, and can invest in R&D to lower their emission/output ratio. By means of a tax per …
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they offer the same homogeneous good, and can invest in R&D to lower their emission/output ratio. By means of a tax per …
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they offer the same homogeneous good, and can invest in R&D to lower their emission/output ratio. By means of a tax per …
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they offer the same homogeneous good, and can invest in R&D to lower their emission/output ratio. By means of a tax per …
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This paper is concerned with the incentive properties of the Matthew Effect by which since Merton [1968] one is usually describing the various cumulative advantages that obviously affect academic competition. We introduce a model of sequential contests in which the agents that have initially...
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We compare the experimental results of three stag-hunt games. In contrast to Battalio et al.(2001), our design keeps the relative riskiness of the two strategies at a constant level as the optimisation premium is increased. Furthermore, we also test the effect of a decrease of the relative...
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The purpose of this paper is to provide a survey on political fragmentation. We present a simple formalization which allows the confrontation of different assumptions choosen by the authors. The heterogeneity of voters induces political fragmentation, while scale economies in public good's...
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Cet article présente une vue d'ensemble d'un certains nombres de travaux modernes en Economie Politique. Ces travaux sont parfois regroupés sous la dénomination de "Nouvelle Economie Politique". Ils visent à rendre compte des systèmes de décision publique de manière suffisament...
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