Browsing by Subject "C72"

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    • Correlated Equilibrium and Behavioral Conformity 
      Cartwright, Edward; Wooders, Myrna (Vanderbilt University, 2005)
      Is conformity amongst similar individuals consistent with self-interested behavior? We consider a model of incomplete information in which each player receives a signal, interpreted as an allocation to a role, and can make ...
    • Protests and Reputation 
      Buenrostro, Lucia; Dhillon, Amrita; Wooders, Myrna (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      Protests take place for a variety of reasons. In this paper we focus on protests that have a well defined objective, that is in conflict with the objectives of the government. Hence the success or failure of a protest ...
    • Repeated Games with Asynchronous Moves 
      Wen, Quan (Vanderbilt University, 2002)
      This paper studies a class of dynamic games, called repeated games with asynchronous moves, where not all players may revise their actions in every period. With state-dependent backwards induction, we introduce the concept ...
    • Strategic Basins of Attraction, the Path Dominance Core, and Network Formation Games 
      Page Jr., Frank H.; Wooders, Myrna (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      Given the preferences of players and the rules governing network formation, what networks are likely to emerge and persist? And how do individuals and coalitions evaluate possible consequences of their actions in forming ...
    • Trade Skirmishes and Safeguards: A Theory of the WTO Dispute Settlement Process 
      Beshkar, Mostafa (Vanderbilt University, 2007)
      I model the World Trade Organization as an impartial arbitrator with no enforcement power which issues public signals correlated with the state of the world in the disputing countries. Such public signals, by mitigating ...