the main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of economic growth on coefficient of cardinal welfare in iran’s economy. hence, we employ the bayesian approach and the estimation of forward and backward density functions in order to measure the effect of economic growth spillovers on the social welfare. the paper has applied the gibbs sampling algorithm which is a rigorous tool for fo...

in this paper, we consider an  i.e., multiple step-stress accelerated life testing (alt) experiment with unequal duration of time . it is assumed that the time to failure of a product follows rayleigh distribution with a log-linear relationship between stress and lifetime and also we assume a generalized khamis-higgins model for the effect of changing stress levels. taking into account that the...

Can ideology, as a widespread "expectation creator," impact economic decisions? In two studies we investigated the influence of the Benevolent Sexism (BS) ideology (which dictates that men should provide for passive and nurtured women) on women's economic decision-making. In Study 1, using a Dictator Game in which women decided how to share amounts of money with men, results of a Generalized Li...

a r t i c l e i n f o This paper shows that a family of the Dixit–Stiglitz type of new economic geography models is capable of simulating the real-world tendency for agglomeration to the primate city. It is often observed that while regional populations were dispersed in early times, they have been increasingly concentrated into one capital region over recent years. The present paper thus chara...