Essays about: "Heterogeneous goods"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Heterogeneous goods.

  1. 1. Public goods games for collective agri-environmental contracts design

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Riccardo Spada; [2024]
    Keywords : Framed field experiment; Cooperation; Collective action; Heterogeneous endowment;

    Abstract : This thesis conducts a structured literature review of public goods games (PGG) experiments to analyze the differences between laboratory and field studies and to understand whether farmers cooperate more or less than standard PGG subjects. In addition, novel data on public goods games conducted on European farmers from Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, and Poland are analyzed to understand the effect of heterogeneous starting endowments on cooperation. READ MORE

  3. 2. From Physical Coins to Digital Coins A Case of Cryptocurrency

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gustav Hansson; Marko Vicic; [2022-06-23]
    Keywords : Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Scandinavian Institutionalism; Travel of Ideas; Translation Process; Norm Entrepreneurs;

    Abstract : Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that is argued to potentially revolutionize the existing financial system based on fiat money. Previous research within the field of cryptocurrency has largely focused on individual consumers, while ignoring organizations. READ MORE

  4. 3. Carrots, Sticks, and Other Tricks: Understanding the effectiveness and robustness of social mechanisms for encouraging cooperation in a complex adaptive system

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Thomas Atherton; Andreas Bergström; [2022]
    Keywords : Agent-based modelling; Behavioural; Complexity; Cooperation; Evolutionary;

    Abstract : Cooperation is critical for success in many economic interactions, but social dilemmas between the best outcomes for society and for individual decision-makers often arise. This thesis adds to existing game-theoretic and behavioural studies by evaluating cooperation in the public goods game (a canonical social dilemma) in a more complex, realistic system. READ MORE

  5. 4. Consumption Shifting, Working from Home, and the Hidden Losers of Infection Mitigation in Pandemic Times

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Adam J:son Lindh; Wilmer Niva Printz; [2021]
    Keywords : COVID-19; infinitely lived agents; heterogeneous agents; inequality;

    Abstract : We construct a heterogeneous agent model exploring the intersection of economic behavior and epidemiological risk during a pandemic. The model combines realistic infection dynamics with an economic block where utility maximizing agents shift behavior to avoid infection risk. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can Ethnic Diversity Explain the Varying Effects of Regional Trade Agreements?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alexandra Sundmark; [2020]
    Keywords : Preferential Trade; Ethnic Fractionalization; Ethnic Polarisation; Heterogeneous Effects; PPML; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In response to the recent stagnation of global economic integration, a large part of world trade today transpires within the boundaries of regional trade agreements (RTAs). However, trade effects are heterogeneous both across and within RTAs - a phenomenon not fully understood. READ MORE