this study investigated language learning styles of iranian efl learners and their class achievement. to this end, sixty female ad- vanced learners of instruction and different ages (15-30), studying at a language institute in shiraz were asked to take part in the study. a 30- item language learning styles questionnaire developed by reid (1987) was employed to elicit information for the study. ...

Abstract Green rooftops, also known as vegetated roofs, will play a critical role in enhancing the resilience of urban areas face climate change and other contemporary environmental social challenges. To ensure optimal design implementation these green technologies, it is vital to understand public’s preferences, values, attitudes toward government support for rooftops. This study employs conti...

The need for dynamic operation in the process industry is described by Backx et al. [1]. The economics are increasingly driven by the market and this requires flexible supply chains. In such an environment it is much harder to optimize economic performance while maintaining the required product quality and honoring operational constraints. Therefore it is expected that the current industrial st...

A growing body of evidence shows that human mating preferences, like those of other animal species, can vary geographically. For example, women living in areas with a high cost of living have been shown to seek potential mates that can provide resources (e.g., large salaries). In this study, we present data from a large (N = 2944) nationally representative (United States) sample of Internet dat...

Between December 2007 and February 2009, Venezuelans participated twice in constitutional referenda where the elimination of presidential term limits was one of the most salient proposals. Assuming voter preferences did not change significantly during that period, the ‘repeated’ character of these elections provide us with an excellent opportunity to apply forensic tools designed to detect anom...

We explore the interaction between evolutionary stability and lexicographic preferences. To do so, we define a limit Nash equilibrium for a lexicographic game as the limit of Nash equilibria of nearby games with continuous preferences. Nash equilibria of lexicographic games are limit Nash equilibria, but not conversely. Modified evolutionarily stable strategies (Binmore and Samuelson, 1992. J. ...

This paper studies equilibrium portfolios in the traditional neoclassical growth model under uncertainty with heterogeneous agents and dynamically complete markets. Preferences are restricted to be quasi-homothetic. Heterogeneity across agents is due to two reasons. First, agents may have di¤erent shares of the representative ...rm at date 0. Secondly, agents may also have di¤erent preferences ...

An auction is externality-robust if unilateral deviations from equilibrium leave the other bidders’ payoffs unaffected. The equilibrium and its outcome will then persist if certain types of externalities arise between bidders. One example are externalities due to spiteful preferences, which have been used to explain overbidding in the second-price auction (SPA). Another example are cross-shareh...

There is a surprising disconnect between formal rational choice theory and philosophical work on reasons. The one is silent on the role of reasons in rational choices, the other rarely engages with the formal models of decision problems used by social scientists. To bridge this gap, we propose a new, reason-based theory of rational choice. At its core is an account of preference formation, acco...

To clarify whether a difference exists in the redistribution preferences of Japan and China and to provide insights into the possible causes of this difference, this study conducts an experiment similar to a dictator game but in which both donors and recipients have the chance to redistribute the initial incomes. In the experiment, an initial income gap is caused by one of two kinds of tasks th...