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The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article studies a dynamic project‐selection game between a Principal and an Agent with conflicting interests. Only the Agent knows what projects are feasible. In each period before a project is selected, the Principal imposes a restriction set. The Agent can select any feasible project within this set, thereby ending the game.
Wenhao Li
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Subjectivity of pre-test probability value: controversies over the use of Bayes' Theorem in medical diagnosis. [PDF]
Theor Med Bioeth, 2023 Rzepiński T.
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Why did Putin invade Ukraine? A theory of degenerate autocracy
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Many dictatorships end up with a series of disastrous decisions such as Hitler's attack on the Soviet Union or Saddam Hussein's aggression against Kuwait. Even if a certain policy choice is not ultimately fatal for the regime, such as Mao's Big Leap Forward or the Pol Pot's collectivization drive, they typically involve both a miscalculation ...
Georgy Egorov, Konstantin Sonin
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Evolution of Fagan's Nomogram; a Commentary
Emergency, 2016 I read with interest your paper entitled "Pre and post-test probabilities and Fagan’s nomogram. I would like to add a note concerning an update on Fagan’s Nomogram.
Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk
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Honorary Lecture on S. James Press and Bayesian Analysis [PDF]
S. James Press's many contributions to statistical research, lecturing, mentoring students, the statistics profession, etc. are summarized. Then some new developments in Bayesian analysis are described and remarks on the future of Bayesian analysis are ...
Arnold Zellner
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Long‐run confidence: Estimating uncertainty when using long‐run multipliers
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Researchers are often interested in the long‐run relationship (LRR) between variables where the dependent variable has dynamic properties. Though determining the long‐run multiplier (LRM) for an independent variable is straightforward, correctly estimating the significance of the LRM is often difficult, especially when time series are short ...
Mark David Nieman, David A. M. Peterson
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On the 'Semantics' of Differential Privacy: A Bayesian Formulation
The Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality, 2014 Differential privacy is a definition of privacy for algorithms that analyze and publish information about statistical databases. It is often claimed that differential privacy provides guarantees against adversaries with arbitrary side information.
Shiva P. Kasiviswanathan, Adam Smith
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Reliability and structural integrity [PDF]
An analytic model is developed to calculate the reliability of a structure after it is inspected for cracks. The model accounts for the growth of undiscovered cracks between inspections and their effect upon the reliability after subsequent inspections ...
Davidson, J. R.
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Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Smallholder market participation studies often focus narrowly on selling decisions, overlooking the institutional role of agricultural cooperatives, particularly in contexts like Rwanda, where cooperatives underpin agricultural policy. Consequently, empirical evidence on how cooperative membership shapes farmers’ commercialization across ...
John N. Ng'ombe +3 more
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A Testing and Quarantine Algorithm for Individual International Travelers Using Published Data on WHO-Approved Vaccines and Bayes' Theorem. [PDF]
Vaccines (Basel), 2022 Lee FW, Wang J, Wang CJ.
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