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The shape of luck and competition in winner‐take‐all tournaments
Theoretical Economics, 2020 In winner‐take‐all tournaments, agents' performance is determined jointly by effort and luck, and the top performer is rewarded. We study the impact of the “shape of luck”—the details of the distribution of performance shocks—on incentives in such ...
Dmitry Ryvkin, M. Drugov
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Talent versus luck: the Role of Randomness in Success and Failure [PDF]
Advances in Complex Systems, 2018 The largely dominant meritocratic paradigm of highly competitive Western cultures is rooted on the belief that success is mainly due, if not exclusively, to personal qualities such as talent, intelligence, skills, smartness, efforts, willfulness, hard ...
A. Pluchino +2 more
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Political research quarterly, 2020 Allocating health care resources based on personal responsibility is a prominent and controversial idea. This article assesses the plausibility of such measures through the lens of luck egalitarianism, a prominent responsibility-sensitive theory of ...
A. Albertsen
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The Synovial Lining and Synovial Fluid Properties after Joint Arthroplasty
Lubricants, 2015 The lubrication of the cartilaginous structures in human joints is provided by a fluid from a specialized layer of cells at the surface of a delicate tissue called the synovial lining.
Michael Shang Kung +3 more
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Acta Orthopaedica, 2018 Background and purpose — Hip resurfacing (HR) is a treatment option promoted for hip arthritis in young and active patients. However, adverse reactions to metal are a concern and the search for non-metallic bearing options proceeds.
Job L C Van Susante +6 more
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International Journal of Child, Youth & Family Studies, 2012 This research1 looks at the impact of the rise of women’s non-standard, service sector employment on gender roles, identities and relations, and compares the complex task of finding and managing formal and informal non-parental child care in rural and ...
Patrizia Albanese, Tanya Farr
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Further Reflections on Lemos’s Indeterministic Weightings Model of Libertarian Free Action [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2023 John Lemos defends an indeterministic weightings model of libertarian free will that is a variant of event-causal libertarian views. Many argue that these views are susceptible to the luck problem: an agent’s directly free choices are too luck infected ...
Ishtiyaque Haji
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Ethnobiology Letters, 2013 Fishing fleets in South East Asia have recently experienced unprecedented expansion. Consequently, catches and regional diversity have dramatically decreased throughout the Indian Ocean. Regional governments and conservation organizations blame the local
Victoria C. Ramenzoni
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The Role and Value of Happiness in the Work of Paul Ricoeur
Open Philosophy, 2023 The role and value of happiness in the work of Paul Ricoeur remains an understudied theme. It is especially Ricoeur’s unique dialectical understanding of happiness, unhappiness, and chance which brings a crucial and much-needed insight and correction ...
Verhoef Anné Hendrik
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OTA International, 2023 . Objectives:. Implant prominence after ulnar fracture fixation may be mitigated by the use of lower profile plates. The biomechanical strength and stability of 2.7-mm and 3.5-mm locking compression plates for fixation were compared. Methods:.
Jenna M. Wahbeh, MS +7 more
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