Estimating Individual Preferences in the Music CD Market

The Internet and the Reshaping of the Music CD Market

Labor Market Competition and Individual Preferences over Immigration Policy

This paper uses three years of individual-level data to analyze the determinants of individual preferences over immigration policy in the United States. We have two main empirical results. First, less-skilled workers are signiŽ cantly more likely to prefer limiting immigrant in ows into the United States. Our Ž nding suggests that, over the time horizons that are relevant to individuals when e...

Analysis of Brand Characteristics of Music Artists in the Pop Cd Market: Case of Japan

Following [23], the customers for the CD market are classified into twelve segments along two axes: “Artist Loyalty” and “Market Sensitivity”. The purchasing behavior of individual customers is formulated as a Markov chain in discrete time. The transition structure of the customers across the twelve segments is common. However, the market segmentation is reflected by altering transition probabi...

the test for adverse selection in life insurance market: the case of mellat insurance company

انتخاب نامساعد یکی از مشکلات اساسی در صنعت بیمه است. که ابتدا در سال 1960، توسط روتشیلد واستیگلیتز مورد بحث ومطالعه قرار گرفت ازآن موقع تاکنون بسیاری از پژوهشگران مدل های مختلفی را برای تجزیه و تحلیل تقاضا برای صنعت بیمه عمر که تماما ناشی از عدم قطعیت در این صنعت میباشد انجام داده اند .وهدف از آن پیدا کردن شرایطی است که تحت آن شرایط انتخاب یا کنار گذاشتن یک بیمه گزار به نفع و یا زیان شرکت بیمه ...

Simulating Market Dynamics with CD++

CD++ is an implementation of the Cell-DEVS formalism, which has been used to simulate various complex systems. In this study, we constructed a Cell-DEVS to simulate the dynamics of a dual market. Using new features of CD++, we obtained accurate results taking into account consumers’ purchasing history. The resulting model allows fast execution, easier model implementation and maintenance.