Questions tagged [self-study]
Questions about self-studying economics, including curriculum design, study strategies, resources, etc.
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Why does a firm in a perfectly competitive market not need to cover fixed costs in the short run?
While studying, I came across the solution that in some cases only the produces surplus, PS, needs to be positive, however not the profit, $\pi$. That means that if $PS \geq 0; p \geq AVC$, whereas, e....
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Economic interpretation of the given dynamic equations
How do you interpret these equations
$$c_{t+1}/c_t=1-\beta [(c_t/w_t)-a]$$
$$w_{t+1}+c_t =kw_t+q$$
where $\beta$ a, k, q are strictly positive parameters. $c$ is consumption and $w$ is wealth.
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Job search theory in discrete time
Let us assume that there is a labor who lives in discrete time universe and discounts future payoffs with the discount factor $b\in (0,1)$.
And we assume that this labor is at period $t=0$ at first. ...
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Market impact function
I have the following Dynamical system for market impact function
$$p_{t+1}-p_t=a(d_t-s_t)$$
$$s_{t+1}-s_t=bp_ts_t-cs_t$$
$$d_t=y-rp_t$$
where $s_t$ is quantity supplied, $d_t$ is quantity demanded, ...
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Behavioral Dictator Game
I am doing a self study on behavioral economics and I am trying to solve behavioral version of the dictator game with following utilities for person 1 and 2.
$$ u_1( \sigma_1, \sigma_2 ) = \...
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Why decreasing co-state variable (over time) is Compulsory?
I have a short question.
In the continuous time infinite horizon optimal control maximization problem Like
$$\max \int^{\infty}_0 u(c_t)e^{-pt}dt$$
I use current hamiltonian function and I obtain ...
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Intertemporal budget constraint notion
Let $W$ denote the investor's wealth $B$ is the the investment in the risk free asset (suppose that the risk free rate is taken to be zero) and $X$ is the investment on the risky security which has ...
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Writing constraint
A firm accumulates useful knowledge $k$ by investing in R&D activities. Specifically, if the firm invests $r > 0$ dollars into R&D, the stock of useful knowledge grows by about $2\sqrt{r}$ ...
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Finding optimal path in continuous time
I have the following optimal control problem
$$\max_{c_t,l_t} \int_0^{\infty} [ln(c_t)+\theta ln(1-l_t)]e^{-pt}dt$$
st. $$\dot{k_t}=k_t^{1/2}l_t^{1/2}-c_t-\beta l_t$$ $$k_0>0$$
I do big part of ...
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Bliss point hamiltonian function
I have the following utility function
$$u(c_t)=g(c_t-b)^2$$ for constants $g,b>0$
Edited: in order to be bliss utility function, It must be g is negative. But in the question g is given to be ...
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Why do the gross return of wealth and wealth move in opposite direction?
I have a short question:
Why does the gross return of wealth decrease as wealth increases?
Why do the gross return of wealth and wealth move in opposite direction?
$$R=1+(a/w^2)$$ where a is non-...
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Books friendly to self-studying Industrial Organization
I'm currently an undergraduate freshman looking for resources to self-read Industrial Organization. I've read Varian's undergraduate book cover-to-cover and have a decent understanding of basic game ...
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Study guide (and…) for “Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus” by Varian
I have been googling study guides, solution manuals and other helpful material made by professors. But I have not found anything useful.
Q: Do you guys know anything that will make the book easier ...
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Corner solution of the maximization problem
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Hello, I upload the actual question with my 8-pages answer. Please can you check it. Is there a corner dissolution for $c=\gamma$. Please share your ideas. Thanks.
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Revenue maximization problem
There are $N>0$ Households in an economy.
The government has aim to maximize a weighted average of income by imposing tax on the rich people and redistribute the tax revenue to the labor ones.
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Question on Central bank loss function interpretation
How do you interpret this central bank’s loss function:
$$L(\hat x, \pi)=\alpha \hat{x}^2+(\pi-\pi^T)^2$$
where $\alpha >0$ and $\hat x$ is output gap.
Phillips curve is $\pi = \theta \hat{x}+\...
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Central bank loss function (I did a solution, but it doesn’t totally make sense I guess)
I have question on central bank loss function.
We know that the central bank loss function is
$$L(\pi, \bar{Y})= (\pi- \pi^e)^2+\beta \bar {Y}^2$$
And we know that fisher equation is $$i=r+\pi^e$$...
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The relationship between profit and wages
It seems obvious that an individual company increases their profits when they reduce wages or increase automation or some such.
But if wages fell universally because of this, wouldn't that decrease ...
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Recommendation on economics books for a statistician
I have mainly an statistics/informatics background and i have basically not knowledge in economics.
What some good books to star given my background?
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My principal interest is stock market ...
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OLS and 2SLS normal equations
For a system of equations with $M=2$ endogenous variables, $ Y=\begin{bmatrix} y_1 & y_2 \end{bmatrix}$ and $K=3$ exogenous variables, $X=\begin{bmatrix} x_1 & x_2 & x_3 \end{bmatrix}$.
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Sequential Price Competition for Perfect Complements
There are two goods, $1$ and $2$ produced by two firms at zero marginal costs. The goods are perfect complements. The demand for each goods is: $Q_1=Q_2=a-(p_1+p_2)$. The prices are set sequentially, ...
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Questions regarding 'Efficient Trade with Interdependent Values' by Marek Pycia and Peng Wang,2015
This question is with reference to the paper 'Efficient Trade with Interdependent Values' by Marek Pycia and Peng Wang,2015(See here).
At page no. 4 of the paper, the authors describe $v_i$ as the ...
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Bertrand Duopoly Equilibrium for Discrete Prices
There are two identical firms, $1$ and $2$, with zero marginal costs. They produce homogenous product, which is demanded by a unit mass of identical consumers, each of which has inelastic unit demand ...
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How to show that a leontief utility function is homothetic?
usually what i do to show that a utility function is homothetic is by either showing that the function is homogeneous or if the MRS is homogeneous of degree 0.
However the MRS is not defined. So im ...
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Reference Request: The Effect of Wealth in Society
I am new to the subject and I am looking for some help.
It goes without saying that the economy is the center of society, and the theory of economics deals with that, But I am especially interested ...
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Preference: Convexity and Monotonicity
I need an example of a
Convex, non-monotonic preference
Non-convex, monotonic preference
I figured that an example of non-convex, monotonic utility preference could be $U(x,y)=x^2+y^2$.
For convex, ...
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optimization problem for two individuals
Two flat mates 1 and 2, rent a flat and play their own music on the only CD player owned by flat-owner. They both like their own music, but dislike the music played by the other. Given the timing ...
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two period consumption problem
Ms. A earns 25,000 dollars in period 1 and 15,000 dollars in period 2. Mr. B earns 15,000 dollars in period 1 and 30,000 dollars in period 2. they can borrow money at an interest rate of 200% and can ...
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NASH equilibrium [closed]
How to approach questions like these:
In a two player static game with a discrete strategic space that permits each player to chose one of the four possible strategies what is the maximum number of ...
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How do you keep up to date and find the most relevant papers?
What tools or methods you use to keep up with the frontier of the field? I follow some specific papers and authors. I was wondering what's the best way to keep up to date with relevant things with so ...
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Neoclassical model with proportional taxes
In a certain economy, time is discrete with periods $t=0,1,2,...$. The economy is populated by many households and identical firms. The utility of a household is:
$\displaystyle\sum^{\infty}_{t=0}\...
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Spence's Job Market Signaling Game
I have a little doubt in the Job Market Signalling Game. I am referring to A Primer in Game Theory: Gibbons, Chapter 4, Signaling Games
The attached paragraph refers to a Separating Equilibrium case ...
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Repeated Game SPNE
I approached this question in this way:
$(P_1,P_2), (R_1,R_2), (S_1,S_2)$ are the Nash Equilibria of the Stage 1 game. For the given strategy to be sustained as SPNE, there should be no way unilateral ...
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SPNE and Pareto Optimality
"The SPNE of a sequential game might not necessarily be Pareto Optimal"
I understand the definitons of Nash Equilibria and Pareto Optimality and that these are not synonymous concepts. An example in ...
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Expected payment in a second price auction with affiliation
The symmetric bidding strategy in a second-price auction with affiliation is given by $\beta(x)=v(x,x)$, where $v(x,y)=E[V_1|X_1=x,Y_1=y]$ (here $Y_1$ is the highest ordered statistic among the ...
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Bayesian Nash Equilibria: Strong and Weak Types
I need a little help with the question. I understand that since both players have two types each, there will be 4 different payoff matrices to be considered, $(S,S)$,$(S,W)$,$(W,S)$,$(W,W)$, each type ...
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Auctions with affiliation
This problem is an example given in Vijay Krishna's Auction Theory (2nd Edition, Chapter-6, Example 6.2). The problem is as follows:
Suppose $S_1,S_2$, and $T $ are uniformly and independently ...
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Take It Or Leave It Strategy: Social Optimum
Here is what I understood
Using Backward Induction, I inferred that buyer offers a price, say, $P$ and the seller will sell only if $P \geq c(I)$. Setting the lowest possible Price that will ensure ...
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Relation between Captial Market Line and Security Market Line
I am referring to the book, "William Sharpe et al, Investments, 6th Edition. I am trying to wrap my head around some lines from the book, pertaining to Security Market Line.
It reads,
"Earlier it ...
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Is there book or research on economically sustainable design of town or village?
I'm looking for a book which may help to design a self-sustainable small settlement, which can maintain its own economy with limited connections to the outside world. Prefereably it should answer ...
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Book recommendations: Introduction to economics
I recently made my first trip to a foreign country. I'm quite amazed by how things work. Why are things priced differently at different places? Is the bed-sheet that I bought from that country worth ...
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Disagreement in Strategic Bargaining
Construct a pair of startegies for the ultimatum game ($T=1$ bargaining game), that constitutes a Nash Equilibrium and together support the outcome that there is no agreement reached by the two ...
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Matchstick Game
Consider the following $2$ player finite extensive game. Player $1$ moves first. She must choose an integer from $1$ to $10$, and place that number of matchsticks on the table. Next, Player $2$ must ...
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Strategy sets and SPNE
I need to find the startegy sets for the two players in this game. I understand that the game has only one subgame, that is, the entire game.
I cannot seem to understand the strategy sets of the ...
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features of Generalised Method of Moments estimation
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What does it mean that GMM is robust to distributional assumptions?
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Linearisation of the IS curve?
How to the IS curve linearised around the structural equilibrium?, what is the math behind it?
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Nash Equilibria in Target Destroying-Guarding Game
Army A has a single plane which can strike one of three possible targets, A, B and C. Army B has one anti-aircraft gun that can be assigned to one of the three targets to guard it. The value of each ...
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Best Response Functions for Cournot
For a Cournot Duopoly game with Linear Demand functions, we need to find the optimal quantity of each firm such that profit is maximised. Given the linearity of the Demand curves, we will obtain a ...
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General Equilibrium Involving Production
I need a little conceptual clarification.
For a standard $N*K*M$ general equilibrium model, would an allocation, say, $y^k$ be Pareto Optimal if it does not solve $max(py^k)$?
I understand that the ...
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Majority Rule and Single Peakedness
Majority Rule will induce non empty choice set if individual preferences are single peaked
Is this statement true? I have some trouble in understanding the meaning of 'single peakedness' in context ...
