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Estrada, Fernando - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

influence processes with the works of Herbert Simon in “Bounded Rationality”. Under most conditions that we consider, we find …

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The Effect of Project Types and Technologies on Software Developers' Efforts

Kim, Byung Cho; Lee, Dongryul - In: Economics Bulletin 29 (2009) 3, pp. 1796-1804

Considering intrinsic valuation of software developers as the main motive for participating in open source projects, we examine the (Nash) equilibrium effort levels of the software developers in implementing projects that follow one of the three different technologies: the summation, the...

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The transfer space

Friedrich, T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Within the transfer space source and sink exchange material and energy to optimize their own productivity. Under certain conditions this optimization will lead to a productivity increase of the whole ensemble. The present day view that cooperation is the most productive interaction between...

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The Dirty Faces Game Revisited

Bayer, Ralph-C; Chan, Mickey - School of Economics, University of Adelaide - 2007

Weber (2001) uses the Dirty Faces Game to examine the depth of iterated rationality. Weber does not consider equilibria … can actually be part of an equilibrium strategy. We slightly modify the payoff structure and establish strict dominance …, which leads to a unique equilibrium. The resulting dominance-solvable game is implemented in an experiment. We find that …

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Climate Change and Game Theory

Wood, Peter John - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

This survey paper examines the problem of achieving global cooperation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Contributions to this problem are reviewed from non-cooperative game theory, cooperative game theory, and implementation theory. Solutions to games where players have a continuous choice...

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Should young ever be better off with one parent than with two?

McNamara, John M.; Houston, Alasdair I.; Zolta´n Barta; … - In: Behavioral Ecology 14 (2003) 3, pp. 301-310

We analyze models of parental care, providing the first systematic comparison of the care given to young by one parent versus by two parents. In the Houston-Davies model of care, young always do better with two parents rather than with one parent. When one parent decides about its level of care...

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Governance as a strategy in state-of-nature games

Briggeman, Jason - In: Public Choice 141 (2009) 3, pp. 481-491

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One Player Games versus Two Player Games: Comparing Agribusiness Cooperatives with Investor-Owned Business Models

Parker, Frederick - Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2011

Cooperative business firms are prevalent in agribusiness, yet no concise generalized model exists to demonstrate how and why cooperative firms differ from, and may be selected over, the more common investor owned business firm. It is shown within a generic transaction game that cooperatives fill...

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A Generalized Nash-Cournot Model for the North-Western European Natural Gas Markets with a Fuel SubstitutionDemand Function: The GaMMES Model

Abada, Ibrahim; Briat, Vincent; Gabriel, Steve A.; … - EconomiX, Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre la Défense … - 2011

This article presents a dynamic Generalized Nash-Cournot model to describe the evolution of the natural gas markets. The aim of this work is to provide a theoretical framework that would allow us to analyze future infrastructure and policy developments, while trying to answer some of the main...

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Strategic Thresholds and its Implications

Mishra, Sandhya - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

conflicts in Africa and some South Asian nations. The paper also lays out the role of leaders to soothe the conflict and bring …

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