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On the evolution of prize perceptions in contests

Boudreau, James W.; Shunda, Nicholas - 2010

We apply an indirect evolutionary approach to players' perceived prize valuations in contests. Evolution in finite populations leads to preferences that overstate the prize's material value and induce overexpenditure. We establish an equivalence between the behavior evolutionarily stable...

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King of the Hill Positional Dynamics in Contests

Mehlum, Halvor; Moene, Kalle - 2008

conflict models. They follow from incorporating positional dynamics into the standard static approach. Such positional dynamics …

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The Role of Noise in Alliance Formation and Collusion in Conflicts

Boudreau, James W.; Sanders, Shane; Shunda, Nicholas - 2017

as for the features of such relationships. In a one-shot conflict, we find that when noise is modeled as an exponential … not the case for an additive noise parameter. In an infinitely repeated conflict setting with additive noise, sustaining … an important consideration for modeling any conflict situation. …

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Tacit Collusion in Repeated Contests with Noise

Boudreau, James W.; Shunda, Nicholas - 2015

We analyze the determinants of tacit collusion in an infinitely repeated contest with noise in the contest success function. Sustaining collusion via Nash reversion strategies is easier the more noise there is, and is more difficult the larger is the contest's prize value. An increase in the...

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Evolution of vulnerability to pain in interpersonal relations as a strategic trait aiding cooperation

Rtischev, Dimitry - 2010

fosters cooperation. We study a population comprised of "thick-skinned" and "thin-skinned" agents by using an indirect …

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Evolution of vulnerability to pain in interpersonal relations as a strategic trait aiding cooperation

Rtischev, Dimitry - 2010

fosters cooperation. We study a population comprised of "thick-skinned" and "thin-skinned" agents by using an indirect …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015223331

L’emergenza dei tre lustri, la salma contesa e il gioco dell’Ultimatum. Alcune riflessioni sui problemi che caratterizzano le decisioni pubbliche in Italia

Villani, Salvatore - 2008

Negli ultimi tempi, fra gli studiosi dei processi di formazione delle scelte pubbliche è in corso un interessante dibattito volto ad individuare le tecniche più appropriate per gestire in maniera efficace (ovvero in tempi rapidi e garantendo la stabilità e la durevolezza delle decisioni o...

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The 15-years-long emergency, the burial-of-the-dead conflict and the ultimatum game.

Villani, Salvatore - 2008

The application of game theory and cognitive economy to analyze the problem of undesired location - The analysts of the processes of public bodies decision - taking have long been discussing on the establishment of proper strategies to manage "environmental conflicts" - above all the so-called...

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Escalating games: how intermediate levels of conflict affect stability of cooperation

Dubovik, Andrei; Parakhonyak, Alexei - 2018

of cooperation in such a way that full conflict is the only equilibrium outcome of the extended game. …We argue that cooperation can become more fragile if (i) there are sufficiently many intermediate levels of cooperation …

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Moving Forward vs. Inflicting Costs in a Random-Walk Model of War

Nakao, Keisuke - 2019

How do belligerents choose and change their military strategies during war? How do these strategies shape war? To address these questions, we develop a random-walk model of war, where two belligerents fight over "forts" across periods. The random walk represents a battlefront, which moves as the...

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