In the problem of …nding an e¢ cient allocation when agents’utilities are privately known, we examine the e¤ect of restricting attention to mechanisms using “demand queries,” which ask agents to report an optimal allocation given a price list. We construct a combinatorial allocation problem with m items and two agents whose valuations lie in a certain class, such that (i) e¢ ciency can be obtai...

We consider how to combine the preferences of multiple agents despite the presence of incompleteness and incomparability in their preference orderings. An agent’s preference ordering may be incomplete because, for example, there is an ongoing preference elicitation process. It may also contain incomparability, which can be useful, for example, in multi-criteria scenarios. We focus on the proble...

background : the present study aimed to provide better insight on methodological issues related to time preference studies, and to estimate private and social discount rates, using a rigorous systematic review and meta-analysis. methods : we searched pubmed, embase and proquest databases in june 2013. all studies had estimated private and social time preference rates for health outcomes through...

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abstract the present study is conducted to find various forms of times in two fictional genres “tale” and “minimalist story”, and also to disclose the factors behind the difference of the aforementioned forms in the two mentioned genres. time is represented in the levels of plot, setting, language and the images in various forms. in case of tales, due to the absence or weakness of the plot, the...