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Title Progress in economics research. Volume 21 / Thomas L. Wouters, editor
Published New York : Nova Science, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 187 pages) : illustrations
Contents PROGRESS IN ECONOMICS RESEARCH. VOLUME 21 ; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG POLITICAL INSTABILITY, CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE, GENETIC STRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: PANEL COINTEGRATION REGRESSION, PANEL COINTEGRATION MLP NEURAL NETWORK AND PANEL SVM MODELS ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE, GENETIC STRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ; i. Consanguinity and Genetics ; ii. Consanguineous Marriage, Political Instability and Economic Development
3. PANEL NEURAL NETWORK, UNIT ROOT AND COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS i. Panel Unit Root Analysis ; ii. Johansen Panel Cointegration ; iii. Multi Layer Perceptron Panel Cointegration Model ; iv. Support Vector Machine Panel Cointegration Model ; 4. EMPRICAL RESULTS ; i. Data ; ii. Panel Regression and Panel Neural Network Analysis ; iii. Panel Neural Network Analysis with Cointegration ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE SELF; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. TEMPORAL SELVES ; 2.1. Hyperbolic Discounting ; 2.2. Addiction ; 2.3. Retirement ; 3. IDENTITY
3.1. Identity in Utility 3.2. Culture ; 4. POSSIBLE SELVES ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; UNDERSTANDING ADDICTION VIA BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND NEUROECONOMICS: INSIGHTS FROM DELAYED REWARD DISCOUNTING ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. DELAYED REWARD DISCOUNTING ; 3. DELAYED REWARD DISCOUNTING DRUG ADDICTION; Alcohol Misuse; Tobacco Dependence ; Illicit Drugs ; General Conclusions ; 4. THE NEUROECONOMICS OF DELAYED REWARD DISCOUNTING ; Neuroeconomics of Discounting in Healthy Individuals ; Single versus Dual Systems Approaches ; The Neuroeconomics of Addictions
5. PRIORITIES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Priorities for Behavioral Research ; Priorities for Neuroeconomics ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; REFERENCES ; UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION IN THE PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: AN ANALYSIS OF PERSONAL AND POLITICAL FACTORS ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. UNEMPLOYMENT PATTERNS IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP ; 3. DATA AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS ; 4. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ; 5. THE DURATION MODEL ; 6. EMPIRICAL RESULTS ; 6.1. Non-Parametric Duration Analysis ; 6.2. Parametric Estimation ; 6.2.1. Semi-Parametric Estimation ; 6.2.2. Full-Parametric Estimation
CONCLUSION APPENDIX A ; APPENDIX B ; APPENDIX C ; REFERENCES ; THE NATURE OF STRATEGIC INTERACTION AND NASH BEHAVIOR IN OLIGOPOLY MARKETS: A SURVEY OF RECENT EXPERIMENTAL FINDINGS ; ABSTRACT ; 1. A CROSS-STUDY COMPARISON OF BERTRAND AND COURNOT MARKETS WITH SUBSTITUTE GOODS ; 2. A COMPARISON OF BERTRAND AND COURNOT MARKETS WITHOUT MARKET FRAMING ; 3. A COMPARISON OF BERTRAND AND COURNOT MARKETS WITH VARYING LEVELS OF PRODUCT SUBSTITUTABILITY ; 4. A COMPARISON OF BERTRAND MARKETS WITH GOODS THAT ARE EITHER SUBSTITUTES OR COMPLEMENTS
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Economics.
economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Economics
Form Electronic book
Author Wouters, Thomas L
ISBN 9781613244005
1613244002