We propose a multi-agent epistemic logic of asynchronous announcements, where truthful announcements are publicly sent but individually received by agents, and in the order which they were sent. Additional to modalities contains dynamic for making receiving them. What an agent believes is function her initial uncertainty she has received. Beliefs need not be truthful, because already made may y...

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We investigate the effect of sequential commitment in the decentralized newsvendor model with price-dependent demand. Sequential commitment allows the self-profit maximizing parties to commit to contract parameters (e.g., wholesale price, retail price, buyback price and order quantity) sequentially and alternately, and we investigate its effect on the equilibrium profits of the channel and its ...

Nearly three months after the accidental shoot­ ing death of John Frangis, a 19-year old Elkhart m an, a new program dedicated to his m em ory has taken 166 firearm s off the street. In addition, the success of the plan has inspired South Bend civic leaders to begin to plan a local version of the effort. The idea behind the Elkhart gun buyback pro­ gram, officially titled, “Drop Your Guns," is ...