Game Theory Behind Covid Small-Business Relief Package Bill
During the hardship of Coronavirus, the economy inevitably has undergone depression due to social distancing and quarantine regulations that limit people’s ability to consume. Hence, a vast amount of small businesses can no longer support themselves and are on the brink of bankruptcy. This is why a bill to support small businesses is introduced to […]
Game Theory on vaccination
The article: https://www.pnas.org/content/101/36/13391 The source of the article: Chris T. Bauch and David J. D. Earn PNAS September 7, 2004 101 (36) 13391-13394; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0403823101 Edited by Maurice R. Hilleman, Merck Institute for Vaccinology, West Point, PA, and approved July 21, 2004 (received for review May 28, 2004) For the parents with newly born babies, they face a prison dilemma because […]
Attitude Networks and COVID-19
Within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, mapping divisions in health attitudes and behaviors can be important for understanding how effective a region’s COVID-19 response will be. As we have seen, successfully flattening the curve requires coordinated actions and trust in the process from all groups that make up a region (a college campus, a […]
A Real-Life Willy Wonka?
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/jelly-belly-co-founder-launches-willy-wonka-themed-treasure-hunt-with-candy-factory-as-grand-prize Have you ever watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and thought to yourself “wow, I could’ve done that so much better than Charlie” or “those Oompa Loompas did not need to be there”? If so, you may be in luck, because a most lucrative opportunity has made itself available to the general public. About […]
Traffics and League of Legends Servers
https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Servers League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games .It is a MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) where 2 teams (blue and red) face off. In League of Legends, players assume the role of a “champion” with unique abilities and battle against a team of […]
To Mask or Not to Mask? Strong Ties Matter Most
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mask-shaming Masks — something found in households few and far between pre-2020 — are now as much of a staple as our socks. We cannot leave the house, enter a store, or see our friends without these trusty face-coverings. Masks genuinely have become a matter of life and death; they have become not just one […]
The Game Theory behind Art Auctions
The paper by Madhuri Kamtam discusses the practice of auctioning in the art world but in a game theory perspective. While holding auctions, art houses like Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonham’s are actively engaging their customers to purchase their products. In this complicated game of auctioning, a not easily seen game strategy may include increasing social […]
Using Networks to Understand Housing Voucher Take-Up
Source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pam.22104 Low participation rates in government assistance programs are a major policy concern in the United States. In the paper Housing Voucher Take-Up and Labor Market Impacts published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the researchers attempt to identify factors of successful lease-up when a household is offered a housing voucher. Identifying […]
Last Minute Bidding on eBay
How do the rules of the game impact the behavior of its players? This paper discusses the bidding strategies of buyers on eBay and Amazon, e-Commerce sites that facilitate internet auctions. A big attraction of auctions through the internet is that buyers do not have to be at the same place to participate, which allows […]
The U.S. Kidney Exchange System and Potential Reforms
There are nearly 100,000 people on the kidney transplant waitlist in the United States. Five percent of those on the waitlist die each year waiting for a kidney. Is there a shortage of available donors? Or are the glaring statistics a result of a growing mortality rate in kidney ailments? Though the kidney exchange system […]
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