Article history: Received 14 July 2014 Received in revised form 26 May 2016 Available online 15 June 2016 JEL classification: D91 E21 G12 J24

We study unique and globally attracting solutions of a general nonlinear equation that has as special cases some recursive equations widely used in Economics. JEL classification: D81 , D91

In the paper is presented an analysis and optimization of standardized sub-apertural grinding process used in serial production asphericon s.r.o. The monitored parameter was depth subsurface damage surface microroughness. Tested were five processes, which automatically generated by internal system, for different diamond grit sizes (D151, D91, D64, D30, D15). For evaluation defected layer modifi...

Article history: Received 8 January 2011 Available online 28 January 2012 JEL classification: C78 D61 D63 I20

9 Article history: 10 Received 18 January 2011 11 Received in revised form 5 July 2011 12 Accepted 1 November 2011 13 Available online xxxx 1456 17 JEL classification: 18 D72 19 D91 20 H31 21 R12 22

We develop a model of political competition with endogenous turnout and platforms. Parties trade off incentivizing their supporters to vote discouraging the competing party from voting. show that latter objective is particularly pronounced for an edge in race. Thus, increase support may lead adoption policies favoring its opponents so as asymmetrically demobilize them. study implications econom...

Fundraising interventions may lift donations and/or shift their composition and timing. Using data rich in both the charity space time dimensions, we find that major fundraising appeals to appeal this increase is not offset by lower later time. Strikingly, also forward-shift other (nonappeal) charities are later. To understand these response patterns, introduce a two-period, two-charity “ lift-...

In applied game theory the motivation of players is a key element. It is encoded in the payoffs of the game form and often based on utility functions. But there are cases were formal descriptions in the form of a utility function do not exist. In this paper we introduce a representation of games where players’ goals are modeled based on so-called higher-order functions. Our representation provi...

This paper addresses three questions: (1) When deciding on whether to reward or punish someone, how does how you think others expect you to behave affect your decision? (2) Does it depend upon whether others expect you to reward them vs. punish them? (3) What is the interpretation of such a causal effect? We investigate these questions using a modification of the lost wallet trust game (Dufwenb...

We construct an experiment to study the role of other-regarding preferences in the process of partnership formation. The literature on decentralized matching describes the process of match formation as a market-like process while the literature on other-regarding preferences suggests that such preferences are particularly strong in small partnerships. So we ask: do people apply market-like heur...