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Should more teams “trust the process” of tanking?

Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract In many professional sport leagues, the worst‐performing teams receive higher probability of earning top draft picks. This provides teams incentives to purposefully lose, or “tank,” if they are not likely to contend for the playoffs or championships.
Eduardo G. Minuci, Alexander Cardazzi, Candon Johnson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabolic liver disease: A summary of major guidelines and identifying opportunities to improve future guidelines

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
Abstract The clinical management of metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is undergoing rapid evolution, driven by advances in noninvasive diagnostics and the recent approval of liver‐directed therapies.
Fernando Bril
wiley   +1 more source

A series of (un)fortunate events: Commercial bank interest rates and deposit reallocation during the Great Depression in the Netherlands

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract During the global economic crisis of 1929–33, deposits in the Dutch commercial banking sector sharply declined as funds shifted to the government‐guaranteed Post Office Savings Bank and other savings institutions. Unlike earlier studies for neighbouring countries, we demonstrate that this shift was driven less by a flight to safety and more by
Ruben Peeters, Amaury de Vicq de Cumptich   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn, John D. Turner, Clive B. Walker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The U‐shaped effect of logic multiplicity on organizational performance: Evidence from the US healthcare industry

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate the effect of logic multiplicity on organizational performance and hypothesize that logics may impact performance in view of their sheer number. We further propose that the market logic embedded in the for‐profit legal form can positively moderate the impact of multiple logics on performance.
Francesca Capo, Francesco Rullani, Tommaso Ramus, Federica Brunetta   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hyperbolic discounting may be time consistent [PDF]

Using dynamic programming methodology, the paper analyzes the most general conditions for an additive utility functional to represent time consistent preferences.
Nicolas Drouhin
core  

Testing for Contagion in International Financial Markets: To See More, Go Higher

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional measures of financial contagion rely on correlation shifts, overlooking higher moments such as skewness and kurtosis. We examine contagion during two major financial crises, incorporating lower‐ and higher‐moment measures. We analyze stock market returns from 22 major markets at different frequencies, offering a global perspective ...
Simeon Coleman, Vitor Leone
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of the Invasive Round Goby on Swedish Recreational Fishing Values

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The round goby, an invasive fish from the Black and Caspian Seas, has spread to Swedish waters, threatening recreational fisheries. We modeled impacts on the future recreational fishery in Sweden using data from a recreational fishing survey, and estimated effects of the round goby on other fish species. Values attached to recreational fishing
Göran Bostedt, Ola Carlén, Rahmat Naddafi, Ann‐Britt Florin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution as Learning Yields Hyperbolic Discounting [PDF]

Learning is modeled as an infection, which jumps from person to person. The rate of infection mimics individual discount rates and induces savings behavior on its own.
James Woods
core  

Bounding Rationality by Discounting Time [PDF]

, 2009
Consider a game where Alice generates an integer and Bob wins if he can factor that integer. Traditional game theory tells us that Bob will always win this game even though in practice Alice will win given our usual assumptions about the hardness of ...
Fortnow, Lance, Santhanam, Rahul
core   +4 more sources