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Lorenz and lexicographic maximal allocations for bankruptcy problems
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
This paper investigates the use of egalitarian criteria to select allocations in bankruptcy problems. In our work, we characterize the sets of Lorenz maximal elements for these problems. We show that the allocation selected ...
A simple test for the equality of integration orders
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
A necessary condition for two time series to be nontrivially cointegrated is the equality of their respective integration orders. Thus, it is standard practice to test for order homogeneity prior to testing for cointegration. ...
Wage stickiness and unemployment fluctuations: an alternative approach
(Springer, 2012)
info:eu-repo/semantics/article,
Erceg et al. (J Monet Econ 46:281–313, 2000) introduce sticky wages
in a New-Keynesian general-equilibrium model. Alternatively, it is shown here how
wage stickiness may bring unemployment fluctuations into a New-Keynesian ...
An axiomatic analysis of ranking sets under simple categorization
(Springer, 2012)
info:eu-repo/semantics/article,
This paper contributes to the axiomatization of additive rules for ranking
sets of objects under the psychological principle of categorization. Firstly we proceed
with the case where the elements in the sets are categorized ...
The great moderation of inflation: a structural analysis of recent U.S. monetary business cycles
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
U.S. inflation has experienced a great moderation in the last two decades. This paper examines the factors behind this and other stylized facts, such as the weaker correlation of inflation and nominal interest rate (Gibson ...
Incentives beyond the money: identity and motivational capital in public organizations
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
This paper explores optimality of contracts and incentives when the principal (public organisation) can undertake investments to change agents’ (public workers) identity. In the model, workers within the organisation can ...
Non-elective cesarean sections in public hospitals: hospital capacity constraints and doctor´s incentives
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
Using administrative records of births from the Perinatal Surveillance System of the Social Security System (ESSALUD) in Peru, we test whether high admissions of pregnant women affected unplanned cesarean section rates in ...
Enrolling the self-employed in mandatory health insurance in Colombia: are we missing other factors?
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
We assess the impact that Colombia’s 1993 health sector reform had on the enrollment of self-employed workers in mandatory social health insurance scheme, with a especial focus on the independent contractors. This group ...
Cost sharing and hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
In this paper, we study the effect of ambulatory and hospital coinsurance rates on HACSC among individuals with private insurance in Chile. During the last decade, Chile´s private health sector has experienced a dramatic ...
A theory of choice under internal conflict
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
In this paper we discuss, inspired by some psychological literature, that choices are the
outcome of the interplay of different, potentially conflicting motivations. We propose an
axiomatic approach with two motivations, ...