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The SD-prekernel for TU games
(Departamento Fundamentos del Análisis Económico I, 2016-03-14)
We introduce and analyze a new solution concept for TU games:The Surplus Distributor Prekernel. Like the prekermel, the new solu-
tion is based on the an alternative motion of complaint of one player against other with ...
Democratic Values Transmission
(2013-01)
This study addresses the issue of intergenerational transmission of democratic values embedded in social choice rules. We focus on a few rules which have been the focus of social choice theory: plurality, plurality with a ...
The role of personal involvement and responsibility in dictatorial allocations: A classroom experiment
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-08)
This paper explores the motivations behind giving. Specifically, it focuses on personal involvement and responsibility to explain why decision makers give positive amounts in dictatorial decisons. The experiment is designed ...
Altruism with Social Roots: An Emerging Literature
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2006-11)
This paper analyzes the emerging literature on the determinants of giving within a social network. We propose two main explanatory variables for previous experimental results on the friendship effect. The first is social ...
Altruism in the (Social) Network
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2006-11)
This paper explores the role of social integration on altruistic behavior. To this aim, we develop a two-stage experimental protocol based on the classic Dictator Game. In the first stage, we ask a group of 77 undergraduate ...
INTERPOL's surveillance network in curbing transnational terrorism
(2014-10-23)
This paper investigates the role that INTERPOL surveillance – the Mobile INTERPOL Network Database (MIND) and the Fixed INTERPOL Network Database (FIND) – played in the War on Terror since its inception in 2005. MIND/FIND ...
On the strategic equivalence of multiple-choice test scoring rules
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-12)
A disadvantage of multiple-choice tests is that students have incentives to guess. To discourage guessing, it is common to use scoring rules that either penalize wrong answers or reward omissions. These scoring rules are ...
Fractional Integration Analysis and its Implications on Profitability: the Case of the Mackerel Market in the Basque Country
(2010)
This paper analyses weekly prices for mackerel landed by the inshore fleet at the ports of the Basque Country in 1995-2008, using new econometric techniques never before applied to the fishing market. The idea is to learn ...
The reverse self-dual serial cost-sharing rule
(Departamento de Economía Aplicada IV, UPV-EHU, 2012)
In this study we define a cost sharing rule for cost sharing
problems. This rule is related to the serial cost-sharing rule defined by Moulin
and Shenker (1992). We give some formulas and axiomatic characterizations
for ...
Intermediate serial cost-sharing rules
(Departamento de Economía Aplicada IV, UPV/EHU, 2014)
In this paper we give a generalization of the serial cost-sharing rule defined by Moulin and Shenker (1992) for cost sharing problems. According to the serial cost sharing rule, agents with low demands of a good pay cost ...