Essays in microeconomic theory
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation consists of three chapters in three different subfields of Microeconomic Theory: the theory of Matching Markets, Network Theory, and Political Economy. Although each paper is an independent contribution in its respective field, the three papers share a common theme and methodological approach: In each paper I aim to take a well studied topic in the field; break down the problem into the most fundamental elements; and based on those lean elements construct a new game-theoretic model that tries to get at the very essence of the problem and shed new light on it. The first chapter studies unraveling in matching theory and shows that the tiniest uncertainty regarding final outcomes in a matching market can cause unraveling and completely destabilize the market. The second chapter leverages uncertainty in link formation to shed light on social network formation and identify potential threshold effects driven by the value of friends-of-friends in the network. The third chapter models protest dynamics in authoritarian regimes and produces a realistic model where protests serve as a mechanism to allow citizens to inform other citizens' of their preferences regarding the regimes' survival.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Livne, Yair |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business. |
| Primary advisor | Bulow, Jeremy |
| Primary advisor | Skrzypacz, Andrzej, 1973- |
| Thesis advisor | Bulow, Jeremy |
| Thesis advisor | Skrzypacz, Andrzej, 1973- |
| Thesis advisor | Ostrovsky, Michael |
| Advisor | Ostrovsky, Michael |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Yair Livne. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Graduate School of Business. |
| Thesis | Ph.D. Stanford University 2012 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2012 by Yair Livne
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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