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In this paper we argue, inspired by some psychological literature, that choices are the outcome of the interplay of different, potentially conflicting motivations. We propose an axiomatic approach with two motivations, which we assume to be single-peaked over a certain given dimension. We first...
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In this paper we characterize axiomatically a ranking method that compares positions in hierarchies in terms of the influence that they provide on the evolvement of knowledge. The comparison takes into account the number of direct and indirect subordinates of the positions and is based on the...
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Recent work by Bossert, Pattanaik and Xu provides axiomatic characterizations of some decision rules for individual decision making under complete uncertainty. This note shows that, in the case of two of these rules, they do not satisfy one of the axioms used for their characterization. A...
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This paper examines how the member countries of a monetary union react to country-specific shocks and to shocks from the rest of the world, when te budget deficit is the only policy instrument available. We develop a three-country model in which countries show different preferences regarding...
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En este trabajo se examina la manera en que los países miembros de una unión monetaria responden a las perturbaciones específicas y a las que proceden del resto del mundo, cuando el déficit público es el único instrumento de política. Desarrollamos un modelo de tres países que muestran...
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The validity and reliability of the EQ-5D-5L in comparison with the standard 3L has been tested through the analysis of psychometric properties making use of different samples of patients. However, it is likely that the condition of the illness may affect the power of the 5L version with respect...
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