Very true Rick,
De Beers has often reacted to threats to the diamond price (for instance
that caused by the break-up of the Soviet Union) by marketing new types of
jewellery. However, it also takes steps to remove large quantities of stones
from the market. Its buying up and dumping Namibian
I was under the impression that there was at least another equatorial
civilization - that which arose in West Africa - Benin which, while somewhat
fluid, covered the delta and Edo States and stretched to Lagos and beyond in
present-day Nigeria. Like the Aztecs they certainly produced quite
This may be of interest to some list members
Don
Donald McCarthy
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I've just come back to the office after a while on the road and noticed
Bryan's post on the Mariel boat lift and the response that mentioned the
Rybczynski theorem. If anyone is interested, I recently read an interesting
NBER paper on the Rybczynski theorem and immigration by Gordon Hanson and
There's a fair amount of game theoretic work on poker especially. Ken
Binmore's Fun and Games which is a good source for
cites. One of the best books I've seen on strategy in games is Epstein's The
Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic. I wholeheartedly recomend it.
Donald McCarthy
Centre
Dear list,
I'm looking for cites of papers modelling drug-addiction within a
standard rational-actor framework. I'm aware of Becker's work on the subject
of rational addiction and was wondering if any list members had any other
possible sources.
Thanks,
Don
Donald McCarthy
Centre for
