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Spartan Daily, January 21, 1947 [PDF]
, 1947 Volume 35, Issue 65https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/8942/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Folk Models of Loot Boxes in Video Games
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer InteractionRegulations require video games to provide transparency regarding loot box odds to keep players informed, leading many games to disclose probabilities in various ways; yet, the extent of players' comprehension of loot box mechanics remains unclear. We performed a content analysis on 80 online posts to understand players' perceptions of loot box odds in
Jinhe Wen +5 more
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Miners' Reward Elasticity and Stability of Competing Proof‐of‐Work Cryptocurrencies
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Proof‐of‐Work cryptocurrencies employ miners to sustain the system through algorithmic reward adjustments. We develop a stochastic model of the multicurrency mining and identify conditions for stable transaction speeds. Bitcoin's algorithm requires hash supply elasticity <$<$1 for stability, while ASERT remains stable for any elasticity and ...
Kohei Kawaguchi +2 more
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Special Collections Security: Problems, Trends, and Consciousness [PDF]
, 1987 published or submitted for ...
Wyly, Mary
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The Impact of Canada's Working Income Tax Benefit on the Labor Supply of Low‐Income Workers
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We use administrative tax data to estimate the effect of the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) on the labor supply of single, low‐income workers in Canada. Our analytical approach exploits low knowledge of the program, which generates variation in the benefit receipt both between and within eligible tax filers over time.
Kourtney Koebel, Dionne Pohler
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The thrill of chance: Psychophysiological responses in loot boxes and simulated slot machines
Computers in Human Behavior ReportsLoot boxes (LBs) are microtransactions within video games that offer players the opportunity to acquire virtual items randomly. LBs shared structural and psychological features with gambling, especially slot machines.
Francisco J. Sanmartín +3 more
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Evidence Gathering Under Competitive and Noncompetitive Rewards
Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Reward schemes may affect not only agents' effort but also their incentives to gather information in order to reduce the riskiness of the productive activity. In a laboratory experiment using a novel task, we find that the relationship between incentives and evidence gathering depends critically on the availability of information about peers ...
Philip Brookins +2 more
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Sisyphus & the Labor of Imagination: Autonomy, Cultural Production and the Antinomies of Worker Self-Management [PDF]
, 2010 Is there any radical potential left in the notion and practices of worker self-management? What I want do in this essay is to try and see if it is possible to distill something of a radical kernel from the many difficulties and complications that ...
Shukaitis, S
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Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.Abstract Involving people with lived experience in research (patient and public involvement or co‐production) is one principle of open research (transparent research practices). Involvement of experts by experience helps ensure that clinical and health research is relevant, ethical and accessible.
Ellen Poliakoff +7 more
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