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Statistical mechanics of voting

open access: yes, 1998
Decision procedures aggregating the preferences of multiple agents can produce cycles and hence outcomes which have been described heuristically as `chaotic'.
B. Hasslacher   +36 more
core   +3 more sources

How to shake the Invisible Hand (when Robinson meets Friday) [PDF]

open access: yes
We propose to define the invisible hand by (i) modelling the mechanism itself (not to just assume its existence) and (ii) making explicit the limit conditions for its working.
Antoine Billot
core  

DECENTRALIZED TRADE, RANDOM UTILITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL WELFARE [PDF]

open access: yes
We study decentralized trade processes in general exchange economies and house allocation problems with and without money. The processes are subject to persistent random shocks stemming from agents’ maximization of random utility.
Michihiro Kandori   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Filling position incentives in matching markets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
One of the main problems in the hospital-doctor matching is the maldistribution of doctor assignments across hospitals. Namely, many hospitals in rural areas are matched with far fewer doctors than what they need.
Afacan, Mustafa Oguz   +1 more
core  

Enumerating rights: more is not always better. [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Choice, 2023
Ball S, Dave C, Dodds S.
europepmc   +1 more source

"A Characterization of the Plurality Rule" [PDF]

open access: yes
We consider an axiomatic characterization of the plurality rule, which selects the alternative(s) most preferred by the largest number of individuals.
Yohei Sekiguchi
core  

Manipulation under k-approval scoring rules [PDF]

open access: yes
Under a k-approval scoring rule each agent attaches a score of one to his k most preferred alternatives and zero to the other alternatives. The rule assigns the set of alternatives with maximal score. Agents may extend preferences to sets in several ways:
Peters, Hans, Roy, Souvik, Storcken, Ton
core   +1 more source

Challenges of design, implementation, acceptability, and potential for, biomedical technologies in the Peruvian Amazon. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Equity Health, 2022
Bressan T   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sub-field normaliztion in the multiplicative case : high- and low- impact citation indicators [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper uses high- and low-impact citation indicators for the evaluation of the citation performance of research units at different aggregate levels.
Javier Ruiz-Castillo, Neus Herranz
core  

Validation of Two Instruments for the Correct Allocation of School Furniture in Secondary Schools to Prevent Back Pain. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Gutiérrez-Santiago A   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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