This guidance is not intended to be exhaustive or mandatory. The aim is to assist practitioners engaged in evaluation assessments requested under Section 20 of the Child Care Act, 1991. The Guidance should not be seen as ...
This paper provides simple closed form formulae for players’ expected payoffs in a broad class of all-pay contests where players may have constraints on their actions.
This is the second year in which a team from University College Dublin has participated in the Multi Agent Contest. This paper describes the system that was created to participate in the contest, along with observations ...
This paper examines student incentives when faced with a college admissions policy which pursues
student body diversity. The effect of a diversify-conscious admissions policy critically depends on
the design of the policy. ...
This is the fourth year in which a team from University College Dublin has participated in the Multi-Agent Programming Contest. This paper describes the system that was created to participate in the contest, along with ...
This is the third year in which a team from University College Dublin has participated in the Multi Agent Contest. This paper describes the system that was created to participate in the contest, along with observations of ...
This paper completes Meirowitz (2008) by analyzing the effect of a
cap on political campaign spending in an environment where voters
have initial preferences over political candidates. The policy implications
are starkly ...
Much scholarly writing on states and state boundaries assumes that these form or at least condition the bounds of identity. The 'institutionalisation' process is said to be one where the boundaries of the state become the ...
This paper extends Che and Gale (1998) by allowing the incumbent politician to have a preference for the policy position of one of the lobbyists. The effect of a contribution cap is analyzed where two lobbyists contest for ...
This paper examines factors influencing voluntary forecast disclosure by target companies, whether good/bad news forecasts are disclosed and the influence of forecasts on the outcome of hostile bids. Disclosure was ...