Although American health policy debates address similar problems to other developed nations, it has factual and ideological specificities. I agree with Chinitz and Rodwin on the dominance of micro-economics thinking. However, I am not certain that learning from management theory or modifying medical education will be powerful enough to change the system. The vested interests of the stakeholders...

This study tests between two modern theories of decision making. Rankand sign-dependent utility (RSDU) models, including cumulative prospect theory (CPT), imply stochastic dominance and two cumulative independence conditions. Configural weight models, with parameters estimated in previous research, predict systematic violations of these properties for certain choices. Experimental data systemat...

A belief in human dominance over nature lies at the heart of current environmental problems. In this article, we extend the theoretical scope of social dominance theory by arguing that social dominance orientation (SDO) is an important variable in understanding person-environment relations. We argue that individuals high in SDO are more willing to exploit the environment in unsustainable ways b...

A bstract The paper aims at the qualitative criterion of higher-spin locality. Perturbative analysis Vasiliev equations gives rise to so-called z -dominated non-localities which nevertheless disappear from interaction vertices leaving final result spin-local in all known cases. This has led one -dominance conjecture that suggests universality observed cancellations. Here we specify conditions i...

Dominance and submission constitute fundamentally different social interaction strategies that may be enacted most effectively to the extent that the emotions of others are relatively ignored (dominance) versus noticed (submission). On the basis of such considerations, we hypothesized a systematic relationship between chronic tendencies toward high versus low levels of interpersonal dominance a...

Risk dominance and payoff dominance strategy are two complementary parts of the game theory decision strategy. While payoff dominance is still the basic principle in perfect information, two player games, risk dominance has shown its advantages in imperfect information conditions. In this paper, we first review the related work in the area of estimation methods and the influence of risk factors...

Motivated by the South African case, in this paper I present a new theory explaining the maintenance of single-party dominance in socially heterogeneous countries. The theory explores how citizens' beliefs about a dominant party structure both voter behavior and the electoral strategies of incumbent and opposition parties. Employing a two-part stylized formal model, I hypothesize that variation...

Dominance is supposed to be associated with many benefits, such as priority of access to food, safe locations, and sexual partners. It is accordingly thought to be of central importance in primate behavior. Since most primates live permanently in bi-sexual groups, the dominance position of an individual depends on social skills with both males and females. It therefore comes as a surprise that ...