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Efficient mechanism for resource allocation with quadratic payments and its realization via an iterative bargaining process
IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 2013. Vol. 46. No. 9. P. 1176–1181.
Korgin N.
The problem of Pareto-efficient resource allocation among rational agents is considered. The mechanism that implements efficient allocation as Nash equilibrium in case when utility is transferable among agents is offered. The approach to solution of allotment problems as multicriteria public choice problems lies in the basis of this mechanism, that allows to implement Groves-Ledyard mechanism, which was initially designated to the solution of public good problems. It is shown, that there is exist the only Nash equilibrium in a game among agents induced by the mechanism developed. For the case when utility functions are private information of agents, it is shown, that efficient allocation may be realized via an iterative bargaining process based on this mechanism, if agents behave according to Cournot dynamics. Possibility to reduce agent's messages space to a scalar one in iterative bargaining process is demonstrated. It is also shown that mechanism developed may be inconsistent for some nontrivial agent's behavior – there exist some game solutions which can be reached via iterative bargaining process but are not Nash equilibrium and don't yield efficient resource allocation.
Dorovskiy A., / Series arXiv "math". 2026.
In this paper the structural stability of generic families of vector fields of the PC-HC class on the two-dimensional sphere is proved. A classification of these families up to moderate equivalence in neighborhoods of their large bifurcation supports is presented, based on such invariants as the configuration and the characteristic set. The realization lemma is proved. ...
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Taletskii D., / Series arXiv "math". 2026.
A vertex subset of a graph is called a \textit{distance-$k$ independent set} if the distance between any two of its distinct vertices is at least $k + 1$. For all $n,k \geq 1$, we determine the minimum possible number of inclusion-wise maximal distance-$k$ independent sets among all $n$-vertex trees. It equals~$n$ if $n \leq k ...
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Ovcharenko M., / Series arXiv "math". 2026.
We introduce an explicit class of tempered Laurent polynomials in the sense of Villegas and Doran--Kerr in n⩽4 variables including all Landau--Ginzburg models for smooth Fano threefolds with very ample anticanonical class. We check that it contains Landau--Ginzburg models for various Fano fourfolds which are complete intersections in smooth toric varieties and Grassmannians of planes, ...
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Zlotnik Alexander, / Series arXiv "math". 2026. No. 2602.03481v1.
We deal with the global in time weak solutions to the 1D compressible Navier-Stokes system of equations for large discontinuous initial data and nonhomogeneous boundary conditions of three standard types. We prove the Lipschitz-type continuous dependence of the solution $(\eta,u,\theta)$, in a norm slightly stronger than $L^{2,\infty}(Q)\times L^2(Q)\times L^2(Q)$, on the initial data $(\eta^0,u^0,e^0)$ in a ...
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Ustyuzhanin V., / Series Econometrics "arxiv". 2026.
This paper proposes Covariate-Balanced Weighted Stacked Difference-in-Differences (CBWSDID), a design-based extension of weighted stacked DID for settings in which untreated trends may be conditionally rather than unconditionally parallel. The estimator separates within-subexperiment design adjustment from across-subexperiment aggregation: matching or weighting improves treated-control comparability within each stacked subexperiment, while the corrective stacked weights of Wing et ...
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Medvedev V., / Series arXiv "math". 2026.
We investigate the interplay between the dimension of the space of static potentials and the geometric and topological structure of the underlying static three-manifold. A partial classification of boundaryless static manifolds is obtained in terms of this dimension. We also treat the case of static manifolds with boundary. In particular, we prove that if a ...
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Gabdullin N., Androsov I., / Series Computer Science "arxiv.org". 2026.
Label prediction in neural networks (NNs) has O(n) complexity proportional to the number of classes. This holds true for classification using fully connected layers and cosine similarity with some set of class prototypes. In this paper we show that if NN latent space (LS) geometry is known and possesses specific properties, label prediction complexity can ...
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Vorchik A., / Social Science Research Network. Серия SSRN Working Paper Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2026.
This article is devoted to the phenomenon of intrinsic motivation, to understand which two models are proposed. We study how positive/negative intrinsic motivation to work (experienced utility) affects worker's individual labour supply (model I) and the amount of effort they exert (model II). In model I, we use intrinsic motivation to explain the positive/negative slope ...
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Kolesnikov A., / Series arXiv "math". 2025.
We study Blaschke--Santal{ó}-type inequalities for N>=2 sets (functions) and a special class of cost functions. In particular, we prove new results about reduction of the maximization problem for the Blaschke--Santal{ó}-type functional to homogeneous case (functional inequalities on the sphere) and extend the symmetrization argument to the case of N>2 sets.
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Vorchik A., Мамышев М. А., / Series Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2025.
In this paper, we develop a formal mathematical model aimed to explain the Dunning-Kruger effect that beginners systematically overestimate their own competence in various fields of knowledge and activity. We argue that the Dunning-Kruger effect arises from the emotional nature of confidence combined with unknown unknowns that it simply can not take into account due ...
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Musaev A. U., Vorchik A., / Series Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2026.
This paper attempts to model the evolutionary theory of modernization and democratization. The model reflects the key provisions of R. Inglehart and C. Welzel's theory and provides a microfoundation for the adaptation of subjective values to the objective importances of the survival factors and the structure of the labour markets from the perspective of evolutionary ...
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Antsygina A., Teteryatnikova M., Tremewan J. C. et al., / Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2025.
Many competitive environments allow for a third party to be indirectly involved by supporting one or both sides in the conflict. Such support can come from trade partners, colleagues, or allies, who can in turn benefit from a supported party's success. We use theory and an experiment to investigate how support relationships develop endogenously in ...
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Akhmedova A., / Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2026.
The study explores a psychological phenomenon of inaction inertia-avoiding action after missing a more favourable opportunity. Unlike action inertia (e.g.,sunk costs effect), inaction inertia has been less studied, particularly in economic contexts. Considering the reference dependent nature of the phenomenon, I build on the work of Kőszegi and Rabin (2006) to examine how past experiences ...
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Kuchumova (Paramonova) Y. A., Ozhegova A., Зорина К. С., / Series SSRN "Available at SSRN 6108727". 2026.
Simplified tax regimes with explicit eligibility thresholds are a common tool which reduces tax burden but distorts firms’ behavior, creating local bunching just below the threshold. However, we show that when firms have access to business splitting their responses extend far beyond the local margin. Our model demonstrates that splitting reduces local bunching but amplifies ...
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Kuchumova (Paramonova) Y. A., Кумачева С. Ш., / Series SSRN "Available at SSRN 5312100". 2025.
In recent years, an emerging body of empirical research has shown that tax audits, in addition to recovering unpaid taxes (direct effect), increase future tax compliance (indirect or dynamic effect). This literature also suggests that updating expectations induced by audit experience plays an important role in explaining this indirect effect. However, exactly how taxpayers form ...
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Dolgorukov V., Popova E., Логические исследования 2025 Т. 31 № 2 С. 31–51
The paper examines some structural parallels between normative standards in logic and game theory. On the one hand, the standard view holds that both logic and game theory are normative disciplines. On the other hand, their normative status remains a subject of debate. It is shown that parallel research programs have emerged within logic and ...
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Gusev V., Annals of Operations Research 2026 Vol. 356 P. 921–948
The article investigates the existence of a stable coalition structure in coalition partition games dealing with a system of distinct representatives. The system of distinct representatives, or the transversal, is a coalition of agents whose members represent different groups. An agent gains utility if he/she belongs to a transversal. The transversal value of a cooperative ...
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Pavlov V., Katok E., Zhang W., Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 2022 Vol. 24 No. 1 P. 305–314
Problem definition: To improve the poor performance of supply chains caused by misaligned incentives under the wholesale price contract, theory proposes coordinating contracts. However, a common finding of experimental studies testing such contracts is that they tend to yield only a marginal, if any, performance improvement over wholesale pricing. These studies identify several behavioral factors ...
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Bonkoungou S., Alexander Nesterov, Social Choice and Welfare 2025
We study a series of reforms in school admissions mechanisms motivated, among
other reasons, by fairness concerns and vulnerability to manipulation. Before the reforms
as well as after, the mechanisms were vulnerable to preference manipulation and induced
blocking students: students who miss desired schools despite having higher priority or seats
thereat left empty. We demonstrate that some of these ...
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St. Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University, 2022.
This edited volume contains papers that are an outgrowth of the 15th International Conference on "Game Theory and Management" held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in June 23–25, 2021 with a few additional contributed papers. These papers present an outlook of the current development of theory of games and its applications to management in various domains, ...
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Martynova E., Legal Issues in the Digital Age 2024 Vol. 5 No. 3 P. 103–128
The paper examines the application of collective countermeasures — i.e., measures taken by non-injured states — as a means of cooperative non-institutionalized response to malicious cyber-enabled activities undertaken or controlled by a state. Particularly, the paper investigates: the right of the state not injured by a cyber operation to take countermeasures against the perpetrating state ...
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Kirichenko V., Галактика медиа: журнал медиа исследований 2024 Т. 6 № 3 С. 376–389
This article is a review of Pippin Barr’s book The Stuff Games Are Made Of (2023), which explores various elements of game worlds. Over the course of ten chapters, including introduction and conclusion, the author of the monograph examine samples with stable basic concepts of computer games and their production. Being a game designer and a theorist, Pippin Barr reflects on many ‘medianized’ ...
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V. V. Gusev, Journal of Applied and Industrial Mathematics (перевод журналов "Сибирский журнал индустриальной математики" и "Дискретный анализ и исследование операций") 2024 Vol. 18 No. 2 P. 271–281
The paper examines the problem of the distribution of public space. We use the methods of cooperative game theory to solve this problem. Players are districts, while the value of the characteristic function is the total number of people interested in a particular type of public space in the areas under consideration. The axioms that ...
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Gurvich V., Maximchuk V., Naumova M., / Series SSRN Working Paper Series "GMU Working Paper in Economics". 2024.
In three recent works: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06498, https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.13511, and https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.03257 a very simple explicit rule was suggested and applied to compute Smith’s remoteness function of the game Exact Slow NIMk with n piles of stones for the case n = k + 1. In this paper we extend this rule to the general case of Exact Slow ...
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