Introducing Iqbal the Economist

Naveed Iqbal

Objective: To determine end treatment and sustained virological response to conventional interferons and ribavirin. Methodology: This descriptive study was conducted from January 2009 to September 2011 at DHQ hospital Dir, KPK, Pakistan. Three hundred and forty-seven patients of chronic hepatitis C aged 18 to 60 years were given conventional Interferons alpha 2a and Ribavirin for six months und...

The Economist as Plumber

The Main Street Economist

New technologies, products, and services are brought to market every year by small entrepreneurs. The heart valve, safety razor, and soft contact lens are just a few examples. One common thread ties all successful entrepreneurs together—innovation. Innovation brings something new or unusual to the marketplace, and in the process sharpens competitiveness and creates wealth. New firms, new produc...

De Economist

We analyze the dynamic behaviour of firms that locally interact through price competition in a social environment in an evolutionary game-theoretic model. These firms update their prices according to the behavioural rule ‘Win Cooperate, Lose Defect’ ~WCLD!, which is often observed in experimental economics. It can be regarded as a generalized Tit-for-Tat strategy. The model can explain the simu...

Iqbal, Shahid (Prep)