An important problem in game theory is why bounded rationality occurs, e.g., why altruism to non-kin occurs. Previous explanations involved computational limitations of the players, repeated play among the players etc. As an alternative, we introduce a pre-play step in which each player i chooses a “persona”, i.e., a ficticious utility function she commits to use in the game. By adopting differ...

Etched into the memory of Asraf Ali, was the day in 1987 when the banks of the mighty river Brahmaputra overflowed and washed away the family home. Only 13 years old at the time, he lost both his parents, and their small piece of land to severe flooding in the municipality of Gaibandha, in Bangladesh. He remained homeless until he moved to the centre of Gaibandha to seek work as a pushcart driv...

The southern pines constitute an important commercial crop, and with proper management their rapid growth insures a renewable resource for the southern United States. On upland pine sites, hardwood shrubs and trees, herbaceous plants, and woody vines all compete with the pines for sunlight, growing space, moisture, and nutrients. The loss in pine volume production that results from this competi...

The contention that paternalism can be modernised in such a way as to avoid the usual criticisms is examined and dismissed. The alleged 'modernisation' consists simply in going through the motions of achieving the patient's free consent, while leaving the ultimate decision to the physician. Paternalism in this form is no better than the more old-fashioned variety, since it still takes away from...