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Information Aggregation And Policy, Laurence Weiss Jul 1979

Information Aggregation And Policy, Laurence Weiss

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Disequilibrium Models Of Financial Institutions, Gary Smith, William C. Brainard Jul 1979

Disequilibrium Models Of Financial Institutions, Gary Smith, William C. Brainard

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


How Should We Revise Our Beliefs About Nuclear Power Safety After Three Mile Island?, William D. Nordhaus Jul 1979

How Should We Revise Our Beliefs About Nuclear Power Safety After Three Mile Island?, William D. Nordhaus

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

In light of the accident at Three Mile Island, the paper presents a preliminary analysis of the compatibility between the analytical work of the Reactor Safety Study (Rasmussen Report) and actuarial experience. The technique is a “macroanalytic” approach rather than the “microanalytic” method of the Reactor Safety Study. The first question asked is how likely it is that an accident as severe as that at Three Mile Island would occur if the Reactor Safety Study is correct. Using the most likely estimates, it is concluded that the chances are 1 in 80 that such an accident would occur this soon, …


The Energy Crisis And Macroeconomic Policy, William D. Nordhaus Jul 1979

The Energy Crisis And Macroeconomic Policy, William D. Nordhaus

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


The Alep Definition Of Complementarity And Least Concave Utility Functions, Yakar Kannai Jun 1979

The Alep Definition Of Complementarity And Least Concave Utility Functions, Yakar Kannai

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The use of least concave utility functions describing a given concavifiable preference relation is suggested for determining the complementary vis-à-vis substitute nature of a pair of commodities.


Most Convex Functions Are Smooth, Roger Howe May 1979

Most Convex Functions Are Smooth, Roger Howe

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Stochastic Games, Oligopoly Theory And Competitive Resource Allocation, Martin Shubik, Matthew J. Sobel May 1979

Stochastic Games, Oligopoly Theory And Competitive Resource Allocation, Martin Shubik, Matthew J. Sobel

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We define discrete time sequential games which are multiperson Markov decision processes. The extant theory is sketched and compared with our assessment of research needs in dynamic models of oligopoly and other competitive resource allocation problems. A special class of economic survival games is noted.


Production Sets With Indivisibilities: Generalities And The Case Of Two Variables, Herbert E. Scarf May 1979

Production Sets With Indivisibilities: Generalities And The Case Of Two Variables, Herbert E. Scarf

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


A Strategic Market Game With Price And Quantity Strategies, Pradeep Dubey, Martin Shubik Apr 1979

A Strategic Market Game With Price And Quantity Strategies, Pradeep Dubey, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


On The Non-Existence Of Multiplicative Equilibrium Bidding Strategies, Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Robert J. Weber Apr 1979

On The Non-Existence Of Multiplicative Equilibrium Bidding Strategies, Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Robert J. Weber

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

Extensive use has been made of multiplicative bidding strategies in the literature relating to auctions of mineral leases. It is shown that, generally, multiplicative strategies are not in equilibrium. It is also established that an equilibrium bidding strategy is not a function merely of a sufficient statistic for the true value, or of any other of a class of related statistics, if an individual bidder observes more than one piece of information. The general insufficiency of a single simple statistic is briefly discussed and a special class of models is identified in which a single statistic is indeed strategically sufficient.


The Short-Run Macroeconomics Of Floating Exchange Rates: An Exposition, James Tobin, Jorge B. De Macedo Apr 1979

The Short-Run Macroeconomics Of Floating Exchange Rates: An Exposition, James Tobin, Jorge B. De Macedo

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Price-Quantity Strategic Market Games, Pradeep Dubey Mar 1979

Price-Quantity Strategic Market Games, Pradeep Dubey

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


An Even More Elementary ‘Calculus’ Proof Of The Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem, Yakar Kannai Mar 1979

An Even More Elementary ‘Calculus’ Proof Of The Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem, Yakar Kannai

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Full Information Estimates Of A Nonlinear Macroeconometric Model, Ray C. Fair, William R. Parke Mar 1979

Full Information Estimates Of A Nonlinear Macroeconometric Model, Ray C. Fair, William R. Parke

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


An Index Theorem For General Equilibrium Models With Production, Timothy J. Kehoe Feb 1979

An Index Theorem For General Equilibrium Models With Production, Timothy J. Kehoe

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Value Theory Without Efficiency, Pradeep Dubey, Abraham Neyman, Robert J. Weber Feb 1979

Value Theory Without Efficiency, Pradeep Dubey, Abraham Neyman, Robert J. Weber

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Cooperative Game Solutions: Australian, Indian And U.S. Opinions, Martin Shubik Feb 1979

Cooperative Game Solutions: Australian, Indian And U.S. Opinions, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

As part of several lectures the audience in Australia, India and the U.S. were asked how the gain from an agreed upon cooperation should be divided among three individuals. The responses are considered in the context of various cooperative solutions which have been suggested in the theory of games. More questions are raised than answered.


Market Induced Welfare Optima, Rolf R. Mantel Jan 1979

Market Induced Welfare Optima, Rolf R. Mantel

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Subjectivity In The Valuation Of Games, Robert J. Weber Jan 1979

Subjectivity In The Valuation Of Games, Robert J. Weber

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The recent axiomatic study of probabilistic values of games has clarified the relationship between various valuation methods and the players’ subjective perceptions of the coalition-formation process. This has important bearing upon the increasingly-common use of the Banzhaf value in measuring the apportionment of power among the players in voting games. The incompatibility of the players’ hypothesized subjective beliefs (under the Banzhaf valuation scheme) leads to the strange phenomenon of “pitfall” points (points of value discontinuity) in weighted majority games with several major players and an ocean of minor players. Such results argue against the use of the Banzhaf value (or …


Fiscal And Monetary Policies, Capital Formation, And Economic Activity, Willem H. Buiter, James Tobin Dec 1978

Fiscal And Monetary Policies, Capital Formation, And Economic Activity, Willem H. Buiter, James Tobin

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Balance Of Payments And The Foreign Exchange Market: A Dynamic Partial Equilibrium Model, Pentti J.K. Kouri Nov 1978

Balance Of Payments And The Foreign Exchange Market: A Dynamic Partial Equilibrium Model, Pentti J.K. Kouri

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


An Estimate Of The Uncertainty Of Policy Effects In A Macro-Economic Model, Ray C. Fair Nov 1978

An Estimate Of The Uncertainty Of Policy Effects In A Macro-Economic Model, Ray C. Fair

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


A Model Of Stochastic Equilibrium In A Quasi-Competitive Industry, John Sutton Nov 1978

A Model Of Stochastic Equilibrium In A Quasi-Competitive Industry, John Sutton

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Finiteness And Inefficiency Of Nash Equilibria, Pradeep Dubey Nov 1978

Finiteness And Inefficiency Of Nash Equilibria, Pradeep Dubey

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Nash Equilibria Of Market Games: Ii. Finiteness, Pradeep Dubey Oct 1978

Nash Equilibria Of Market Games: Ii. Finiteness, Pradeep Dubey

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


A Proposal For International Monetary Reform, James Tobin Oct 1978

A Proposal For International Monetary Reform, James Tobin

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Equity, Efficiency And Increasing Returns, Donald J. Brown, Geoffrey M. Heal Oct 1978

Equity, Efficiency And Increasing Returns, Donald J. Brown, Geoffrey M. Heal

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Multiplicative Bidding And Convergence To Equilibrium, Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans Oct 1978

Multiplicative Bidding And Convergence To Equilibrium, Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

General equilibrium strategies may be relatively difficult to determine. While multiplicative strategies may be much simpler to calculate, they are not in general in equilibrium. An example shows that such strategies may indeed be quite far from equilibrium. However, if the example is iterated using Bayesian decision analysis, the strategies quickly converge to being very nearly in equilibrium.


The Optimal Payment Of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Over Time, Steven Shavell, Laurence Weiss Oct 1978

The Optimal Payment Of Unemployment Insurance Benefits Over Time, Steven Shavell, Laurence Weiss

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.


Economics Among The Sciences, Tjalling C. Koopmans Oct 1978

Economics Among The Sciences, Tjalling C. Koopmans

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.