Sökning: "Eric Skoog"
Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Eric Skoog.
1. An Experimental Test of Overconfidence as a Cause of Over- and Underinvestment in Conflict
D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiSammanfattning : Overconfidence has been proposed as a cause of conflicts. However, there is little empirical support for this claim. We test overconfidence as a cause of over- and underinvestment in conflicts in a computerized experiment. First, we derive a model where overconfidence explains over- and underinvestment in conflict. LÄS MER
2. The Failure of the Jagir-System: A Game-Theoretic Approach to the Fall of the Mughal Empire
C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiSammanfattning : In this paper, I investigate how the incentive-structures in the revenue-system of the Mughal Empire contributed to its disintegration. I develop a principal-agent model with multiple periods, to capture the situation that existed in the Mughal Empire. LÄS MER