This book analyses decision-making in dynamic economic environments. By applying a wide range of methodological approaches, combining both analytical and computational methods, the contributors examine various aspects of optimal firm behaviour and relevant policy areas. Topics covered include...

While the extant innovation literature has provided extensive evidence of the so-called "demand-pull" effect, the possible diverse impact of demand evolution on product vs process innovation activities has not been yet investigated. This paper develops a formal model predicting a larger inducing...

Chapter 1 “Introduction” by Herbert Dawid and Jasmina Arifovic -- Chapter 2. “Cross-bidding in eBay-like Environments” by Francisco Alvarez and Marcello Sartarelli -- Chapter 3. “Risk–Reward Ratio Optimisation (Revisited)” by Manfred Gilli and Enrico Schumann -- Chapter 4....

In this paper, we employ the agent-based macroeconomic Eurace@Unibi model to study the economic implications of different degrees of de-centralization in the wage setting. We think of de-centralization as wages being a weighted average of an economy-wide "union wage" and a firm-specific...