Environmental and Resource Policy for Consumer Durables
Environmental and Resource Policy for Consumer Durables

Author: Marco Runkel

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-09-25

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 3642170110

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A recent line of research in environmental and resource economics deals with the analysis of the so-called product-related environmental policy, i.e. the regulation of certain product characteristics which are mainly determined by producers and which influence the impact of consumption goods on the environment. In this line of literature, only little attention has been paid to the role of product durability. The present study aims at filling this gap. It investigates the relationship between (built-in) product durability, production emissions, solid consumption waste and recycling. The main task is to identify inefficiencies in the durability choice of producers and to assess regulatory policies which aim at correcting for such market failure.

Experimenting with Dynamic Macromodels
Experimenting with Dynamic Macromodels

Author: PierCarlo Nicola

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-02-01

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 3540773975

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This book presents a macroeconomic dynamic model à la Solow-Swan, including the market for labor, in a discrete time structure. The model is expanded to include expenditure on R&D and public expenditure on infrastructure. For each of the three models the results are shown in time series figures, which demonstrate that even small changes in the parameters produce responses in the time behavior of the main variables: from steady growth, to regular cycles, to chaotic-like time paths.

Strategic Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management
Strategic Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management

Author: Baptiste Lebreton

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-11-22

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 3540389083

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The structure of this book follows the decision-making process of Original Equipment Manufacturers investigating the potential of closed loops, including fundamental questions managers must answer when planning a circular supply chain: Does a closed loop fit corporate objectives? Is it profitable? How should OEMs deal with free-rider competition? Which product/technology/location setup leads to a profit-maximizing supply chain? The book includes case studies from the tire and the computer industry.

Risk-Averse Capacity Control in Revenue Management
Risk-Averse Capacity Control in Revenue Management

Author: Christiane Barz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-08-16

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 3540730141

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This book revises the well-known capacity control problem in revenue management from the perspective of a risk-averse decision-maker. Modelling an expected utility maximizing decision maker, the problem is formulated as a risk-sensitive Markov decision process. Special emphasis is put on the existence of structured optimal policies. Numerical examples illustrate the results.

Preferences in Negotiations
Preferences in Negotiations

Author: Henner Gimpel

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-08

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 3540722254

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The attachment effect can hinder effective negotiation. Parties are influenced by their subjective expectations formed on account of the exchange of offers, they form reference points, and loss aversion potentially leads to a change of preferences when expectations change. This book presents a motivation, formalization, and substantiation of the attachment effect. The results can be used for prescriptive advice to negotiators.

The Employment Effects of Technological Change
The Employment Effects of Technological Change

Author: Jens Rubart

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-08-15

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 3540699562

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This book provides an empirical and theoretical examination of the short- and medium run impacts of technological advances on the employment and wages of workers which differ in their earned educational degree. Furthermore, by introducing labor market frictions and wage setting institutions the author shows the importance of such imperfections in order to replicate empirical facts.

Computer-aided Systems in Public Transport
Computer-aided Systems in Public Transport

Author: Mark Hickman

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-01-23

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 3540733124

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This volume consists of selected papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport. Coverage includes the use of computer-aided methods and operations research techniques to improve: information management; network and route planning; vehicle and crew scheduling and rostering; vehicle monitoring and management; and practical experience with scheduling and public transport planning methods.

Index and Stability in Bimatrix Games
Index and Stability in Bimatrix Games

Author: H. Arndt von Schemde

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-12-11

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 3540291024

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The index of an equilibrium in a game gives information about the "stability" of the equilibrium, for example with respect to game dynamics. Unfortunately, index theory is often very technical. This book presents a new geometric construction that visualises the index in an intuitive way. For example, a 3A-n game, for any n, can be represented by a figure in the plane, from which one can read off any equilibrium, and its index as a geometric orientation. With this insight, the index can be characterised in strategic terms alone. Moreover, certain "hyperstable" equilibrium components are seen to have nonzero index. The construction gives an elementary proof that two-player games have a Nash equilibrium, and, in an unusual direction, the powerful fixed point theorem of Brouwer.