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Socio-political entrepreneurship in Israel: the case of the Northern Islamic Movement (2017)
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Tauber, L. A. (2017). Socio-political entrepreneurship in Israel: the case of the Northern Islamic Movement

This paper examines the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel by using ‘socio-political entrepreneurship’ as the analytical framework. While the notion of entrepreneurship originated in the field of economics, it has also taken hold in th... Read More about Socio-political entrepreneurship in Israel: the case of the Northern Islamic Movement.

The impact of adaptation on the stability of international environmental agreements (2017)
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Breton, M., & Sbragia, L. (2017). The impact of adaptation on the stability of international environmental agreements

We examine the stability of international environmental agreements when they include both adaptation and mitigation policies. We assume that adaptation requires a prior irreversible investment and presents the characteristics of a private good by red... Read More about The impact of adaptation on the stability of international environmental agreements.

The Work-Averse Cyber Attacker Model: Theory and Evidence From Two Million Attack Signatures (2017)
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Allodi, L., Massacci, F., & Williams, J. (2017). The Work-Averse Cyber Attacker Model: Theory and Evidence From Two Million Attack Signatures

A common presumption is that the typical cyber attacker is assumed to exploit all possible vulnerabilities with almost equal likelihood. That is, the probability of an attack on a given vulnerability is at maximum entropy, one cannot importance sampl... Read More about The Work-Averse Cyber Attacker Model: Theory and Evidence From Two Million Attack Signatures.

The Middle East in the international system: improving, understanding and breaking down the international relations/area studies divide (2017)
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Fawcett, L. (2017). The Middle East in the international system: improving, understanding and breaking down the international relations/area studies divide

The year 2016 is a particularly timely one for a re-launch of the Institute for Middle East and Islamic Studies at Durham University. Events in the Middle East and North Africa continue to present huge challenges for regional and international order... Read More about The Middle East in the international system: improving, understanding and breaking down the international relations/area studies divide.

Which are the most suitable contextual indicators for use in widening participation to HE? (2017)
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Gorard, S., Boliver, V., Siddiqui, N., Banerjee, P., & Morris, R. (2017). Which are the most suitable contextual indicators for use in widening participation to HE?

UK universities are increasingly making decisions about undergraduate admissions with reference to various contextual indicators which are intended to identify whether or not an applicant comes from a disadvantaged family, neighbourhood or school env... Read More about Which are the most suitable contextual indicators for use in widening participation to HE?.

An analysis of school-based contextual indicators for possible use in widening participation (2017)
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Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & Boliver, V. (2017). An analysis of school-based contextual indicators for possible use in widening participation

This paper looks at the National Pupil Database for England in terms of variables that could be used by universities to help them assess undergraduate applications. Where a young person is obviously disadvantaged, this can be taken into account in co... Read More about An analysis of school-based contextual indicators for possible use in widening participation.

Cooperation and Endogenous Repetition in an Infinitely Repeated Social Dilemma (2017)
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Kamei, K. (2017). Cooperation and Endogenous Repetition in an Infinitely Repeated Social Dilemma

A large body of theoretical and experimental literature suggests that exogenously imposed infinite repetition can mitigate people’s opportunistic behavior in dilemma situations through personal enforcement. But, do people collectively choose to inter... Read More about Cooperation and Endogenous Repetition in an Infinitely Repeated Social Dilemma.

Nondictatorial Arrovian Social Welfare Functions, Simple Majority Rule, and Integer Programming (2017)
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Busetto, F., Codognaton, G., & Tonin, S. (2017). Nondictatorial Arrovian Social Welfare Functions, Simple Majority Rule, and Integer Programming

In this paper, we use the linear programming approach to mechanism design, first introduced by Sethuraman et al. (2003) and then systematized by Vohra (2011), to analyze nondictatorial Arrovian social welfare functions with and without ties. First, w... Read More about Nondictatorial Arrovian Social Welfare Functions, Simple Majority Rule, and Integer Programming.

An analysis of contextual and other indicators of HE students for possible use in widening participation (2017)
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Gorard, S., Siddiqui, N., & Boliver, V. (2017). An analysis of contextual and other indicators of HE students for possible use in widening participation

This paper looks at the HESA statistics for all students at university at HEIs in England from 2008/9 to 2011/12, linked to the National Pupil Database (NPD), with records for all pupils in England who ended Key Stage 4 (KS4) in 2006.This limits the... Read More about An analysis of contextual and other indicators of HE students for possible use in widening participation.

Equilibrium competition, social welfare and corruption in procurement auctions (2017)
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Li, D., & Xu, M. (2017). Equilibrium competition, social welfare and corruption in procurement auctions

We study the e¤ects of corruption on equilibrium competition and social welfare in a public procurement auction. In our model, …rms are invited to the auction at positive costs, and a bureaucrat who runs the auction on behalf of a government may requ... Read More about Equilibrium competition, social welfare and corruption in procurement auctions.

Semiparametric estimation of the random utility model with rank-ordered choice data (2017)
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Yan, J., & Yoo, H. I. (2017). Semiparametric estimation of the random utility model with rank-ordered choice data

We propose two semiparametric methods for estimating the random utility model using rank-ordered choice data. The framework is “semiparametric” in that the utility index includes finite dimensional preference parameters but the error term follows an... Read More about Semiparametric estimation of the random utility model with rank-ordered choice data.

Marginalisation, Young People in the South and East Mediterranean and Policy (2017)
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Calder, M., MacDonald, R., Mikhael, D., Murphy, E. C., & Phoenix, J. (in press). Marginalisation, Young People in the South and East Mediterranean and Policy

This document is the report for Work Package 7 (WP7) of the EU-funded project Power2Youth (P2Y). WP7 provides an overview of the key policy messages for the EU that arise from the research conducted as part of Work Packages 1–6. These key messages ar... Read More about Marginalisation, Young People in the South and East Mediterranean and Policy.

Policy Paper: The Common Travel Area: Prospects After Brexit (2017)
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O'Donoghue, A., Murray, C., Warwick, B., & de Mars, S. (2017). Policy Paper: The Common Travel Area: Prospects After Brexit

Maintaining the Common Travel Area that has existed between the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man has been set down by the UK Prime Minister as one of her government’s 12 key negotiating objectives. In this note, some of the funct... Read More about Policy Paper: The Common Travel Area: Prospects After Brexit.

Disapproval Aversion or Inflated Inequity Acceptance? The Impact of Expressing Emotions in Ultimatum Bargaining (2017)
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Chen, J. I., & Kamei, K. (2017). Disapproval Aversion or Inflated Inequity Acceptance? The Impact of Expressing Emotions in Ultimatum Bargaining

Past experimental research has shown that when rating systems are available, buyers are more generous in accepting unfair offers in ultimatum bargaining. But it at the same time suggests that sellers behave more fairly to avoid receiving negative fee... Read More about Disapproval Aversion or Inflated Inequity Acceptance? The Impact of Expressing Emotions in Ultimatum Bargaining.

Tax Reform, Unhealthy Commodities and Endogenous Health (2017)
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Wang, J., Marsiliani, L., & Renstrom, T. (2017). Tax Reform, Unhealthy Commodities and Endogenous Health

This paper explores how tax reforms with taxes on unhealthy commodities impact consumer behaviours and welfare when individual health is endogenised. We employ a dynamic general equilibrium model which includes both goods and health sectors. Although... Read More about Tax Reform, Unhealthy Commodities and Endogenous Health.