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Both in game theory and in general equilibrium theory there exists a number of universally stable adjustment processes … the processes are adjustment rules by which an auctioneer can clear all markets. Examples are the processes studied by …
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We study strategic interactions between firms with heterogeneous beliefs about future climate impacts. To that end, we propose a Cournot-type equilibrium model where firms choose mitigation efforts and production quantities such as to maximize the expected profits under their subjective beliefs....
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We examine how adaptation to climate change affects the incentives to ratify international environmental agreements (IEAs). In particular, we study the effects of two aspects on the incentives to join a coalition. First, we analyze cross-country differences in adaptation costs. Second, we...
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adjustment of the contract payment, involving adjustment costs for both players. Players’ payoffs from trade under the contract … whenever the contract payment relative to the outcome of an adjustment passes a certain threshold, depending among other things … of the adjustment costs. There is strategic substitutability in the choice of thresholds, so that if one player becomes …
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patterns of adjustment within the population. Building on evidence of considerable diversity in trajectories of adjustment to …
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Significant changes in climate are already visible globally, and are expected to become more pronounced in the future. These will lead to wide ranging impacts on the natural and man-made environment across different sectors and regions, which in turn will lead to economic costs. These economic...
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Using data from three sources (a laboratory experiment, a field study, and a large US supermarket chain), we document a surprising asymmetric behavior of 9-ending prices: they are more rigid upward, but not downward, in comparison to non 9-ending prices. The data from the lab experiment and the...
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An expatriate's family has a strong impact on his/her cultural adjustment. According to the family systems theory of … cultural adjustment. The objective of this article is to empirically assess the adjustment of German expatriates abroad in … association with their families' adjustment. We analyze the influence of the family situation of 169 German expatriates on their …
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This paper assesses the role of labour mobility in the adjustment to asymmetric economic shocks in the EU. After … presenting a series of stylised facts of mobility in the EU, it assesses mobility as a channel of economic adjustment by means of … shocks have almost doubled since the introduction of the euro. In contrast to previous papers on the labour market adjustment …
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