Re: Politics and Game Theory

2002-12-15 Thread AdmrlLocke
I've long thought that the notion of "negative campaigning" is largely a product of the statist-liberal media oligopoly. They don't much care for other people--like candidates with whom they disagree--providing you with information so they criticize such candidates for "negative campaigning" if

Re: is japan faking it?

2002-12-15 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 12/15/02 9:40:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << * Japan's trade has continued to expand. Its current account surpluses totalled $US987 billion in the "disastrous" 1990s. This was nearly 2.4 times the total recorded in the 1980s when Japan was already seen as the "unstoppab

Re: Politics and Game Theory

2002-12-15 Thread john hull
I don't know the answer to the problem as you stated it. I did, however, recently work for a state Senate campaign and asked alot of questions. One thing they told me was that negative advertising only puts doubt in the mind of the unaligned voters regarding the opponent rather than winning any v

is japan faking it?

2002-12-15 Thread Alypius Skinner
Eamonn Fingleton, Is Japan Faking It? The Australian Financial Review, Friday 22 November 2002, in the Review section: For a decade now, the Western consensus has been that Japan is an economic basket case. But this is a dramatic misreading of a perennially secretive society. ... The truth

RE: Politics and Game Theory

2002-12-15 Thread Robson, Alex
Arham Choudhury wrote: > Can someone clarify this situation for me or direct me > to material that may help answer this question? Questions very similar to the ones you asked are examined in the following paper: Skaperdas, S and Grofman, B (1995) "Modeling Negative Campaigning", American

Politics and Game Theory

2002-12-15 Thread Arham Choudhury
Dear Armchairs, A question has been bothering me for sometime. The question involves the hypothetical scenario as follows. (I am new on this list and I hope I have posed the problem in a clear way): Let’s assume that the advertisement behavior during elections of political parties in a ‘two party

Emission trading and initial endowment

2002-12-15 Thread Steffen Hentrich
Dear Armschairs, emission trading literature attribute grandfathering often the risk strategic behavior of firms to prevent newcomer. They pile up permits to inflate price of permits and in doing so, they save their market position. It seems me odd. First, if a lot of firms sell on the permit mark

Re: Foreign aid - can money buy love?

2002-12-15 Thread dmitche4
I don't think money buys love. We give a lot of money to Egypt, and it isn't clear that we get any love. We also give a ton of money to Israel and it isn't really clear that they feel closer to us than they would otherwise. m - Original Message - From: fabio guillermo rojas <[EMAIL P