This paper studies a simple model of observational learning where agents care not only about the information of others but also about their actions. We show that despite complex strategic considerations that arise from forward-looking incentives, herd behavior can arise in equilibrium. The model encompasses applications such as sequential elections, public good contributions, and leadership cha...

Using a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dataset, this paper demonstrates firms are strategic in the regulatory cases they bring to court. They are increasingly likely to bring cases as the ideological distance between the FCC and the Court increases. Judges then vote ideologically as the firms’ actions predict they will.

Social interactions refer to particular forms of externalities, in which the actions of a reference group affect an individual’s preferences. In the presence of strategic complementarities, social interactions help reconcile the observation of large differences in outcomes in the absence of commensurate differences in fundamentals. I survey the theoretical literature and discuss different appro...

In this study we support the strategic environmental assessment process of the Coordination Plan of the District of Naples through the selection of an indicators set to monitor and evaluate the planned actions towards a sustainable mobility in the District. This process is implemented inside a GIS and its reliability is tested by linguistic hedges modelled from fuzzy sets.

Introduction Generating country-level political commitment will be critical to driving forward action throughout the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025). In this review of the empirical nutrition policy literature, we ask: what factors generate, sustain and constrain political commitment for nutrition, how and under what circumstances? Our aim is to inform strategic 'commit...

iran and us relationship has always been significantly important to both sides and its ups and downs and the reasons behind have constantly attracted the attention of the researchers and thinkers on international relations. despite the existence of some opportunities to improve common regional relations and interests, the intellectuals in both countries have been mainly concerned about the chan...

Interpreting the outcome of a recent survey on Internet banking in Europe, [CARIGNANI et al., 2000], we point the attention to the adoption of Web technologies in Italian retail banks. Four patterns are emerging: minimal (just a presence on the WWW); tactical (Web as a distribution channel); functional (adoption of Web-based information systems); strategic (a definite strategy centered on Web t...

Cross-disciplinary work in health is an important element to deliver comprehensive health care actions. The present study analyzed cross-disciplinary actions in intensive care according to Habermas. This case study was performed using a qualitative approach. The empiric material capture was collected by observing the setting and using semi-structured interviews with health workers. The informat...

We propose that the fit between an action's strategic orientation and the actor's regulatory state can influence the amount of enjoyment the action provides. In two studies using different methods of manipulating regulatory states and of gauging action evaluations, high regulatory fit increased participants' anticipations of action enjoyability. In a third study, high regulatory fit increased p...