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Proceedings of the 6th international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems, 2007
Making commitments, e.g., through promises and threats, enables a player to exploit the strengths of his own strategic position as well as the weaknesses of that of his opponents. Which commitments a player can make with credibility depends on the circumstances. In some, a player can only commit to the performance of an action, in others, he can commit
Paul Harrenstein +2 more
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Making commitments, e.g., through promises and threats, enables a player to exploit the strengths of his own strategic position as well as the weaknesses of that of his opponents. Which commitments a player can make with credibility depends on the circumstances. In some, a player can only commit to the performance of an action, in others, he can commit
Paul Harrenstein +2 more
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Economica, 1998
Abstract Vergil contrives local collocations and larger contexts which wrest surprising senses from words. Compared with Horace’s combinations, Vergil’s can be extortionate (1.5). To illustrate the point, we will observe first how he extorts sense from an apparently poetical word: ‘taenia’. ‘Taenia’ is a Latin borrowing of the Greek word,
Konrad, K., Skaperdas, S.
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Abstract Vergil contrives local collocations and larger contexts which wrest surprising senses from words. Compared with Horace’s combinations, Vergil’s can be extortionate (1.5). To illustrate the point, we will observe first how he extorts sense from an apparently poetical word: ‘taenia’. ‘Taenia’ is a Latin borrowing of the Greek word,
Konrad, K., Skaperdas, S.
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Extortion and political-risk insurance
Journal of Public Economics, 2014 International audienceWe consider the problem faced by firms operating in a foreign country characterized by weak governance. Our focus is on extortion based on the threat of expropriation and bureaucratic harassment. The bureaucrat's bargaining power is
Frédéric Koessler +1 more
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Extortion and Extortion Racketeering
2018Abstract Extortion as a crime has long attracted the interest of scholars, and much effort has been put into coining a precise definition that would allow distinguishing it from other similar predatory practices such as blackmail, bribery, coercion, and robbery.
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Extortion in the emergency department
The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1997We present the case of a 33-yr-old female patient who, along with members of her family, attempted to extort approximately $6000.00 from our institution and her insurance company. This attempted extortion was done under the guise of a missed retained foreign body.
J A, Sousa +3 more
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Journal of Financial Crime, 1998
In recent years, particularly since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there has been a noticeable increase in the quantity and types of arms for sale in the international market. A variety of organisations, other than nation states, throughout the world provides a ready and willing market for this commodity.
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In recent years, particularly since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there has been a noticeable increase in the quantity and types of arms for sale in the international market. A variety of organisations, other than nation states, throughout the world provides a ready and willing market for this commodity.
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Trust Extortion on the Internet
2012Dangers exist on the Internet in the sense that there are attackers who try to break into our computers or who in other ways try to trick us when we engage in online activities. In order to steer away from such dangers people tend to look for signals of security and trustworthiness when navigating the Internet and accessing remote hosts.
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2018
Today, extortion is the most feared and despised of criminal businesses in Central America, and one of the most common. Gangs are widely blamed as the central culprits of extortion, but, as this chapter argues, they are merely the most visible edge of a cannibalistic approach to survival that is tearing Central American societies apart.
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Today, extortion is the most feared and despised of criminal businesses in Central America, and one of the most common. Gangs are widely blamed as the central culprits of extortion, but, as this chapter argues, they are merely the most visible edge of a cannibalistic approach to survival that is tearing Central American societies apart.
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Publius: The Journal of Federalism
Abstract A distinctive feature of the second Trump administration has been its use of extortion tactics to force compliance with its political agenda. In its dealings with universities, law firms, and media outlets, a new mode of governance has emerged.
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Abstract A distinctive feature of the second Trump administration has been its use of extortion tactics to force compliance with its political agenda. In its dealings with universities, law firms, and media outlets, a new mode of governance has emerged.
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