Search Results - "Lagunoff, Roger"

On the Faustian Dynamics of Policy and Political Power by BAI, JINHUI H., LAGUNOFF, ROGER

“…This paper examines the Faustian dynamics of policy and power. We posit a general class of dynamic games in which current policies affect the future…”
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Dynamic stability and reform of political institutions by Lagunoff, Roger

“…This paper examines endogenous institutional change in a class of dynamic political games. The political aggregation rules used at date t+1 are instrumental…”
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A Dynamic Model of Authoritarian Social Control by Lagunoff, Roger

“…Abstract Authoritarian regimes often use targeted social control - unequal application of the law to limit expressive freedom and enforce social conformity. At…”
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REVEALED POLITICAL POWER by BAI, JINHUI H., LAGUNOFF, ROGER

“…When is a polity biased? Consider an "outsider" who observes policy data but observes neither citizens' preferences nor the underlying distribution of…”
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Dynamic enfranchisement by Jack, William, Lagunoff, Roger

“…Why would an enfranchised elite voluntarily dilute its power by expanding the franchise? The central intuition behind our analysis is that the dilution of…”
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On the size and structure of group cooperation by Haag, Matthew, Lagunoff, Roger

“…When time preferences are heterogeneous and bounded away from one, how “much” cooperation can be achieved by an ongoing group? How does group cooperation vary…”
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SOCIAL NORMS, LOCAL INTERACTION, AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING by Haag, Matthew, Lagunoff, Roger

“…This article examines optimal social linkage when each individual's repeated interaction with each of his neighbors creates spillovers. Each individual's…”
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Credible communication in dynastic government by Lagunoff, Roger

“…This paper studies information disclosure in a model of dynastic government. When information about past policy choices comes exclusively from the reports of…”
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Social memory, evidence, and conflict by Anderlini, Luca, Gerardi, Dino, Lagunoff, Roger

“…This paper examines an equilibrium model of social memory — a society's vicarious beliefs about its past. We show that incorrect social memory is a key…”
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A "Super" Folk Theorem for Dynastic Repeated Games by Anderlini, Luca, Gerardi, Dino, Lagunoff, Roger

“…We analyze dynastic repeated games. These are repeated games in which the stage game is played by successive generations of finitely-lived players with…”
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Social Conflict and Gradual Political Succession: An Illustrative Model by Jack, William, Lagunoff, Roger

“…This paper studies the evolution of political institutions in the face of conflict. We examine institutional reform in a class of pivotal…”
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Markov Perfect equilibria in repeated asynchronous choice games by Haller, Hans, Lagunoff, Roger

“…This paper examines the issue of multiplicity of Markov Perfect equilibria in alternating move repeated games. Such games are canonical models of environments…”
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A Model of Financial Fragility by Lagunoff, Roger, Schreft, Stacey L.

“…This article presents a dynamic, stochastic game-theoretic model with two essential features. First, agents hold diversified portfolios that link their…”
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Tipping points and business-as-usual in a global commons by Harrison, Rodrigo, Lagunoff, Roger

“…This paper analyzes a dynamic strategic model of resource extraction from a global commons. Countries derive benefits from both direct extraction and aggregate…”
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Asynchronous Choice in Repeated Coordination Games by Lagunoff, Roger, Matsui, Akihiko

“…The standard model of repeated strategic play is a discretely repeated, simultaneous move game. This formulation assumes a perfect synchronization in the…”
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DYNAMIC MECHANISM DESIGN FOR A GLOBAL COMMONS by Harrison, Rodrigo, Lagunoff, Roger

“…We model dynamic mechanisms for a global commons. Countries value both consumption and conservation of an open access resource. A country's relative value of…”
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A Theory of Constitutional Standards and Civil Liberty by Lagunoff, Roger

“…Why would potentially intolerant majorities in a democracy protect the rights of unpopular groups? This paper models the formation of legal standards that…”
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Optimal Collateralized Contracts by Cao, Dan, Lagunoff, Roger

“…We examine the role of collateral in a dynamic model of optimal credit contracts in which a borrower values both housing and nonhousing consumption. The…”
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Communication in Dynastic Repeated Games: 'Whitewashes' and 'Coverups' by Anderlini, Luca, Lagunoff, Roger

“…We ask whether communication can directly substitute for memory in dynastic repeated games in which short lived individuals care about the utility of their…”
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Organizations and overlapping generations games: Memory, communication, and altruism by Lagunoff, Roger, Matsui, Akihiko

“…This paper studies the role of memory and communication in overlapping generations (OLG) games between ongoing organizations. In each organization, each…”
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