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21 April, 2023

Ottmar Edenhofer: Climate, War and Science. Practical Dilemmas, Theoretical Challenges and a New Era of Climate Policy

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13 , 4th floor in Stockholm, and online REGISTER >Research seminar with Ottmar Edenhofer, who is Director and Chief Economist of the Potsdam InstAbstractStarting by stating the current status quo of climate change, the talk focuses on the practical dilemmas an ambitious climate policy is facing, also on the grounds of the theoretical challenges involved. The present geopolitical global situation is calling for a new era of climate policy. But how do we get there?

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22 April, 2014

Theoretically and empirically informed agent-based models

Johan Koskinen, University of Manchester Theoretically and empirically informed agent-based models and how it may be employed in Social Science.

Johan Koskinen, University of Manchester
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15 April, 2025

The Tyranny of Political Correctness? A Game-Theoretic Model of Social Norms and Implicit Bias

Journal of Applied Philosophy Abstract This article sets out to describe and solve two puzzles that emerge in segregated labour markets (e.g. the USA or Sweden). First, in many hiring contexts people prqualification norm

Type of publication: Journal articles | Berndt Rasmussen, Katharina , Nicolas Olsson Yaouzis
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09 March, 2016

The implications of learning across perceptually and strategically distinct situations

Synthese, 1-18. Abstract Game theory is a formal approach to behavior that focuses on the strategic aspect of situations. The game theoretic approach originates in economics but has been embraced by sch

Type of publication: Journal articles | Strimling, Pontus , , Cownden, D Eriksson, Kimmo , , Cownden, D
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26 April, 2022

Defining disability and the role of the disability and the medical communities

Theoria Abstract Definitions of disabilityare useful for different purposes and carry normative significance. However, defining disability has proven a difficult task. Communities with different theoreti

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mosquera, Julia
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25 October, 2022

Discontinuous and continuous stochastic choice and coordination in the lab

Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 206, 2022. Abstract We experimentally test theoretical predictions on equilibrium selection in a two-player coordination (investment) game. Through a minimal visual vari

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rigos, Alexandros
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22 October, 2013

ERC Advanced Grant 2012 to Peter Hedström

Peter Hedström at the Institute for Futures Studies has been granted funding for a project called "Analytical sociology: Theoretical developments and empirical research”. 302 researchers in total were

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19 February, 2005

The Employers in the Swedish Model: the Importance of Labour Market Competition and Organisation

The way the labour market functions is a crucial factor in any analysis of the Swedish model, but has all too often been described in theoretical terms. This paper examines the happenings behind the r

Type of publication: Working papers | Torbjörn Lundqvist
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29 June, 2007

Pension Systems and Pension Reform in an Aging Society

After having illustrated both theoretical and empirical sides of the debate on the ability of a pension system to fulfill its aim with an aging population, the paper makes two main claims: the debate

Type of publication: Working papers | Elsa Baroni
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23 May, 2010

Effects of Sharing Parental Leave on Pensioners’ Poverty and Gender Inequality in Old Age. A simulation in IFSIM

This paper aims to study the theoretical linkages between the design of the pension system and that of the labor market and their interplay in determining poverty outcomes in old age, particularly fro

Type of publication: Working papers | Elisa Baroni
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