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Confidence enhanced performance : does it exist and if so how does it work?
(Bilkent University, 2010)We empirically test and investigate the psychological mechanism behind the theory of Confidence Enhanced Performance (Compte and Postlewaite, 2004). This theory suggests that if confidence enhances performance, then ... -
Do players learn how to learn? : evidence from conctant sum games with varying number of actions
(Bilkent University, 2009)This thesis investigates the learning behaviour of individuals in strategic environments that have different complexity levels. A new experiment is conducted in which ascending or descending series of constant sum games ... -
Estimating consumer surplus in ebay computer monitor auctions
(Bilkent University, 2006)In this study, using data from computer monitor auctions on eBay collected in 2000, bidding functions are estimated by maximum likelihood using five different assumptions about the underlying distribution of independent ... -
Limit sets of best-reply processes
(Bilkent University, 2007)I analyze limiting behavior of best-reply processes. I find that without inertia Nash Equilibria are not limit sets. Moreover, even for processes with inertia, Nash Equilibria are not stable. I argue that minimal CURB ... -
Product innovation in durable goods monopoly with partial physical obsolescence
(Bilkent University, 2007)In the literature on planned obsolescence, it has always been assumed that the durable goods monopolist is able to limit the durability of the whole of the product. However, usually it is a component of the product rather ... -
The rise of money : an evolutionary analysis of the origins of money
(Bilkent University, 2006)This paper shows that if there are more goods than money in all trading periods then nonconvertible fiat money is evolutionarily successful in complex economies. This result is developed in Kiyotaki and Wright (1993) search ...
