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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Microeconomic Theory"”.
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Essays in Microeconomic Theory
<p>This dissertation consists of three main chapters - chapter 2, 3, and 4. These are different research problems studying the use of information. In chapter 2, we study a mechanism design problem where the Principal hires two agents to inspect a product, the quality of which is uncertain. The main …
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Essays in Microeconomic Theory
… a collection of three essays exploring topics in microeconomic theory: conflict, alliances, and the origins of society; supply chain networks and industrial organisation; and game theory on economic networks. Chapter 1 Anthropological evidence has shown that humans in the earliest agricultural …
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Essays in Microeconomic Theory
… thesis provides a series of essays on network theory and political economy. The work on networks is largely focused on social interactions within communities, and how they impact consumption of status goods, and provision of public goods. The two chapters on political economy provide novel …
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Essays in microeconomic theory
… levels of firm entry will generally exist. The theory also sheds some light on the continuing debate over the contribution of small firms to economic growth. In the third and final chapter, players in a. war of attrition care about the identity of the winner, even when they lose. In particular, …
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Three essays in microeconomic theory
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1993.
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Essays on Applied Microeconomic Theory
The first part of this dissertation investigates the possibility of an output cut by a firm as a result of an increase in demand in industries with constrained capacities. We are specially interested in the crude oil industry, although the paper has implications beyond that market. Two simple …
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Three essays in applied microeconomic theory
The first chapter of my dissertation characterizes how the strategic choices of product variety, quality and pricing by a brick and mortar store evolve in the face of stiffening competition from online retailers in the market. For many consumers, online purchases are imperfect substitutes for store …
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Essays in law and microeconomic theory
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1992.
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Essays in Applied Microeconomic Theory: Contests and Matching
This thesis contains three chapters on contests and matching. The first two chapters explore the role of target prizes in contests with sabotage. The third chapter studies the optimal college admissions mechanism where students are horizontally and vertically differentiated.
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Worker behavior and motivation in employee-owned firms: Evidence from Brazil and the U.S
"Traditional neoclassical microeconomic theory views the production function as a ""black box"" where homogenous inputs go in and output comes out. Differences in labor productivity between firms are mainly due to technological constraints facing the firm."
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Developing a framework for predicting the impact of ITS/CVO technology in developing countries
… will look at the system from a conceptual view. Microeconomic theory is used to analyze the system. The third section will focus on implementation. This section will devise model formulation, what data to use, and how to use it. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).
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Essays in microeconomics
This dissertation consists of three essays in microeconomic theory. The first two concern methods of modeling bounded rationality and unawareness, while the third applies a model of jointly determined reputation to incentive problems in the market for expert advice. Increases in awareness …
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Export commitment and characteristics of management, critical factors for success : an empirical study in the Portuguese and United Kingdom SMES, in a textile, clothing and knitwear sector
… overview of the macro economics as well as the microeconomic theory that supports the process of intemationalisation of firms. Furthermore, each theory was critically analysed in relation to their limitations, as well as their theoretical contribution to the process of the internationalisation …
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Evaluating the Impact of State Funding Vehicles of Appropriations and Financial Aid on Graduation Rates at Public Institutions: A Multilevel Analysis
… theories or college impact models, and microeconomic theory, the present study utilized multilevel modeling techniques to assess the correlation between state higher education funding vehicles of appropriations, need-based financial aid, and merit-based financial aid and graduation rates …
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Theoretical essays on bank risk-taking and financial stability
… in spirit to the Cournot equilibrium in standard microeconomic theory.
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Employee stock ownership: a microeconomic analaysis
… of employee stock ownership is undertaken using microeconomic theory and the in-depth empirical analysis of two metropolitan newspapers with long histories of extensive employee ownership. Economic theory suggests that there are four important considerations beyond current tax incentives in …
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Reorganization of government: a bureau specific account of the consolidation issue
… by a number of individuals identified with the theory of public choice. These heretics have suggested the perverse relation, increased government spending as a result of consolidation. Their arguments are fashioned on the basis of some solid microeconomic theory and are well suited to the …
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Essays in organization formation and decision making
This thesis consists of three essays in microeconomic theory. The first two are about the formation of organizations, and the third is about individual or organizational decision making in ambiguous settings. In the first essay I explore the implications of costs associated with binding agreements …
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Essays on international trade and Bayesian forecasting
Economic theory is subject to continual analysis. While theories themselves are sometimes widely accepted, nuances of theory are persistently scrutinized. Researchers have not isolated this debate from a simply theoretic standpoint. Empirical methods in microeconomics also provide a forum for …
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