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The Evolution of Pro-Social Behavior and the Role of the Government
(Scientific Research, 2016-12)
This study explores the impact of government intervention on the evolution of cooperation
using a popular framework for understanding cooperative behavior (the
public goods game). Agents either contribute to the production ...
Small Scale Contractors in Africa’s Emerging Markets: The Case of South Africa
(Scientific Research, 2016-10)
In South Africa, the development of Small scale emerging contractors (SSECs) has
become vital to bring about economic prosperity and the government has prioritised
the advancement of SSECs as the vehicle towards achieving ...
Greed Supports Economic Growth But Might Make Us More Miserable
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)
Most economists, who refer to utility as representing wellbeing, do so under the assumption that
utility increases with consumption. In contrast, lately researchers have found evidence that individuals'
wellbeing is by ...
An Elementary Proof That Well-Behaved Utility Functions Exist
(Scientific Research, 2016-06)
Starting from an intuitive and constructive approach for countable domains, and combining this
with elementary measure theory, we obtain an upper semi-continuous utility function based on
outer measure. Whenever preferences ...
A Generalized Bilateral Trading Model
(Scientific Research, 2018-07)
In the bilateral trading model developed by Myerson [1], an ex post efficient
mechanism that satisfies incentive compatibility and individual rationality has
been proved to be not existed. This paper is aimed at the ...
Teaching Model Reform of Performance Management Course Based on the Theory of Constructivism
(Scientific Research, 2018-07)
As the core course of human resource management major, performance
management course is highly practical. Based on the theory of constructivism,
combining with the practical requirements of enterprise performance ...
Revenue and Knowledge Cooperation Mechanisms between Business Incubators and Venture Capitalists for Collaborative Start-Ups
(Scientific Research, 2017-08)
Business incubators and venture capital are effective instruments for supporting
the development of new firms. The purpose of this paper is to explore cooperation
mechanisms between business incubators and venture ...
Behavioural Finance: A Re-Examination of Prospect Theory
(Scientific Research, 2017-08)
Behavioural finance has received a major impetus over the last two decades. In
this paper, we discuss the foundations which have helped in this paradigm
shift from traditional Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) to the ...
Risks to Financial Stability and Monetary Policy: Rules or Discretion?
(Scientific Research, 2017-06)
We evaluate monetary policy which is conducted in a way that addresses financial
stability as an explicit monetary policy objective using a simple game
theoretic model analysing the strategic interaction between a central ...
Measurement of Fiscal Absorbing Capacity in Megacities and Analysis on Their Influence Factors—Empirical Research Based on Factor Analysis Combined with Panel Data
(Scientific Research, 2017-04)
Fiscal absorbing capacity is an essential part of national capacity, whose
shortcoming would drive local governments to raise capital through nonstandardized
channels. Thus causing a negative effect on national ...