When solar and batteries work together, utility cost recovery can change
A theoretical study examines how electricity tariffs shape household solar and storage decisions and utility costs.
- solar energy
- energy storage
- electricity tariffs
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Economics
Research into economic systems, decisions, and policy.
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Economics
Research into economic systems, decisions, and policy.
A price-finding method for marketplaces with fees and subsidies
An arXiv preprint proposes an ascending-price procedure for calculating competitive equilibria in trading networks with transaction-specific fees, taxes and subsidies.
- competitive equilibrium
- online marketplaces
- platform fees
When uncertain policy estimates make caution optimal
A theoretical economics preprint finds that standard plug-in policy rules can have infinite risk and recommends a dampened alternative.
- economics
- optimal policy
- statistical uncertainty
Prediction markets overestimated success on users’ personal goals
An arXiv preprint finds that markets about users’ own futures resolved YES less often than their final prices suggested, unlike comparison markets about external events.
- prediction markets
- forecasting
- personal goals
Preprint Claims a Characterization of a Gini-Type Inequality Ordering
Wei ShuAng reports a mathematical characterization of a Gini-type ordering under decision-theoretic constraints and weak Lorenz dominance. The abstract does not specify the theorem’s assumptions or proof.
- inequality
- Lorenz curve
- Gini coefficient
A local-search approach to recognizing dominant strategies
An economics preprint proposes a criterion for mechanisms in which repeated improvements between neighboring strategies always lead to a dominant strategy.
- mechanism design
- dominant strategies
- strategy-proofness
How network position shapes strategic communication
A theoretical preprint finds that network structure can shape both actions and incentives to reveal private information, even when players have identical preferences.
- strategic communication
- social networks
- game theory
A flexible model tests how stock volatility responds to returns
An arXiv preprint develops statistical tests for a volatility model and reports evidence from five stock indices that challenges two simpler models.
- stock volatility
- GARCH
- asymmetry
Meta-analysis compares traditional and modern difference-in-differences estimates
An AI-assisted replication preprint finds substantial agreement between two-way fixed effects and modern difference-in-differences methods across economics studies, while identifying some sign reversals.
- economics
- difference-in-differences
- two-way fixed effects
New Theory for Threshold Regression with Persistent Variables
An arXiv preprint develops statistical methods for threshold regression when the variable defining the threshold is highly persistent.
- threshold regression
- persistent time series
- econometrics
When network structure makes strategic opposites equivalent
An arXiv preprint argues that bipartite networks uniquely permit a relabelling between strategic complements and substitutes in binary-action games, with a consequence for equilibrium.
- game theory
- bipartite networks
- strategic complements
Norwegian green bond growth showed no clear link to local power prices
An arXiv preprint finds that green bonds became a larger share of Oslo Børs listings, but detects no statistically significant link between local electricity prices and issuers’ bond choices.
- green bonds
- electricity prices
- Oslo Børs
Survey explores what workers value beyond their pay
A four-country survey finds that many workers report nonfinancial motivations, raising questions about how guaranteed income might address potential AI-related job losses.
- work values
- job satisfaction
- guaranteed income
A Market Model Explores Why Bounded Rationality Can Persist
An evolutionary model suggests that relatively rational and boundedly rational trading can coexist when their interactions are complementary and trading frictions differ moderately.
- evolutionary game theory
- bounded rationality
- financial markets
The Welfare Limits of Dividing Consumers into Markets
A theoretical preprint maps the combinations of consumer surplus and industry profit possible when two firms serve captive and contested consumers.
- market segmentation
- consumer surplus
- duopoly