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Working Papers

2015

1. Discounting and Welfare Evaluation of Policies
   Working Papers, University of Haifa, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economic Theory (2017)

2012

2. Equilibria in an overlapping generations model with transfer policies and exogenous growth
   LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Haifa, Department of Economics View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (2013)
3. Intergenerational equity and the discount rate for policy analysis
   LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Haifa, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article in Macroeconomic Dynamics (2012)
4. Pareto optimality of the golden rule equilibrium in an overlapping generations model with production and transfers
   LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Macroeconomic Dynamics (2015)

2010

5. Welfare evaluation of policies in an overlapping generations growth model
   2010 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)

2009

6. Cournot equilibrium without apology: Existence and the Cournot inverse demand function
   LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2009)
7. Regularity and stability of equilibria in an overlapping generations model with exogenous growth
   LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (7)

2008

8. Intergenerational equity and the discount rate for cost-benefit analysis
   Discussion Papers (ECON - Département des Sciences Economiques), Université catholique de Louvain, Département des Sciences Economiques View citations (1)
   Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2006) View citations (1)
   2008 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2008)
   LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2008) View citations (2)

2007

9. Absorbing Games with Compact Action Spaces
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations (5)
   Also in Discussion Paper Series, The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (2007) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Mathematics of Operations Research (2009)

2003

10. A measurable "measurable choice" theorem
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (4)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1987) View citations (2)
11. A value on 'AN
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
    Also in Discussion Paper Series, The Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem (2001)
12. An equivalent definition of stable equilibria
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Game Theory (2004)
13. Equilibria for discounted stochastic games
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (20)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1987) View citations (39)
14. Localization of the degree on lower-dimensional sets
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1986) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Game Theory (2004)
15. Ordinality in non cooperative games
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (9)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1987) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Game Theory (2004)

2002

16. Some other economic applications of the value
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (2)
    See also Chapter (2002)
17. Stochastic games
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    Also in LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1981) View citations (4)
    See also Chapter (2002)

2001

18. The Ex Ante Incentive Compatible Core in the absence of wealth effects
    Working Papers, Brown University, Department of Economics View citations (7)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (2001) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2002)

2000

19. The Incentive Compatible Core of a Quasi-Linear Economy
    THEMA Working Papers, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise

1999

20. Relative utilitarianism
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (27)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1993)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1999)

1998

21. On the Strategic Stability of Equilibria
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine View citations (51)
    Also in LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1986) View citations (426)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1986)
22. The speed of convergence in repeated games with incomplete information on one side
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (5)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1995) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Game Theory (1998)

1997

23. An impossiblity theorem with von Neumann-Morgenstern preferences
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1997)

1996

24. Perfect correlated equilibria
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (16)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1992) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1996)
25. Relative utilitarianism an improved axiomatisation
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
26. The limit-price mechanism
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Mathematical Economics (2003)

1995

27. Incomplete Information Games and the Normal Distribution
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (5)
28. Two examples of strategic equilibrium
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (16)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1992)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (1995)

1994

29. Correlated- and communication equilibria
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (8)
30. Economies with atoms
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
31. Repeated Games. Part A: Background Material
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (46)
32. Repeated Games. Part B: The Central Results
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (21)
33. Repeated Games. Part C: Further Developments
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (19)
34. The TU-value: the non-differentiable case
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

1992

35. Essential maps and manifolds
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1990)
36. The small worlds axiom for stable equilibria
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (18)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1990)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (1992)

1991

37. Nonzero-sum stochastic games
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (13)
38. Stable equilibria - a reformulation. Part II. Discussion of the definition, and further results
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article in Mathematics of Operations Research (1991)

1989

39. Correlated effectivity functions
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1988)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1989)
40. EQUILIBRIUM AND RATIONALITY CONTEXT AND HISTORY- DEPENDENCE
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
41. Stable equilibria - a reformulation. Part I. Definition and basic properties
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (52)

1988

42. Nondifferentiable TU markets: the value
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (4)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1987)
43. Stable equilibria - a reformulation
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (32)
    See also Journal Article in Mathematics of Operations Research (1989)
44. The Shapley value in the non differentiable case
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in International Journal of Game Theory (1988)

1987

45. A measure of aggregate power in organizations
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
    Also in LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) (1984) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1987)
46. Repeated games. Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (27)

1986

47. A counterexample to the folk theorem with discounting
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (1986)
48. Repeated games
    LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (45)
    See also Book (2015)
49. The minmax theorem for U.S.C.-L.S.C. payoff functions
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

1985

50. Formulation of Bayesian analysis for games with incomplete information
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (283)

1982

51. Repeated games: an overview of the zero-sum case
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
52. Stochastic games have a value
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

1981

53. Incomplete information games with transcendental values
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Mathematics of Operations Research (1981)

1980

54. A note on the characteristic function of supergames
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (1)
55. Minmax and maxmin of repeated games with incomplete information
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (5)
56. Values and derivatives
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article in Mathematics of Operations Research (1980)

1978

57. Necessary and sufficient conditions for recurrence and transience of Markov chains, in terms of inequalities
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

1977

58. A duality theorem on a pair of simultaneous functional equations
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (11)
59. The maximal variation of a bounded martingale
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (9)

1976

60. On a repeated game without a recursive structure
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (2)
61. The normal distribution and repeated games
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (8)

1972

62. Upper hemi-continuity of the equilibrium set correspondence for pure exchange economies
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1972)

1971

63. An equivalence theorem for the core of an economy whose atoms are not "too" big
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1971)
64. On Fatou's lemma in several dimensions
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (3)
65. The value of two-person zero-sum repeated games with lack of information on both sides
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (45)

Undated

66. BANACH FAMILIES AND THE IMPLICIT FUNCTION THEOREM
    Working Papers, University of Haifa, Department of Economics
67. REGULARITY AND STABILITY OF EQUILIBRIA IN AN OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS GROWTH MODEL
    Working Papers, University of Haifa, Department of Economics View citations (3)
68. Separate control over the local and the asymptotic behaviour in L_p spaces
    Working Papers, University of Haifa, Department of Economics View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2017

1. Discounting and welfare evaluation of policies
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017, 19, (5), 903-920 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2015

2. PARETO OPTIMALITY OF THE GOLDEN RULE EQUILIBRIUM IN AN OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS MODEL WITH PRODUCTION AND TRANSFERS
   Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2015, 19, (8), 1780-1799 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2014

3. Essential properties of Lp,q spaces (the amalgams) and the implicit function theorem for equilibrium analysis in continuous time
   Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2014, 50, (C), 187-196 View citations (1)

2013

4. Equilibria in an overlapping generations model with transfer policies and exogenous growth
   Economic Theory, 2013, 54, (3), 537-595 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2012

5. INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY AND THE DISCOUNT RATE FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
   Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2012, 16, (1), 61-93 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2012)

2009

6. Absorbing Games with Compact Action Spaces
   Mathematics of Operations Research, 2009, 34, (2), 257-262 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper (2007)
7. Cournot equilibrium without apology: Existence and the Cournot inverse demand function
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2009, 65, (1), 142-175 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2009)

2004

8. An equivalent definition of stable Equilibria
   International Journal of Game Theory, 2004, 32, (3), 339-357 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2003)
9. Localization of the degree on lower-dimensional sets
   International Journal of Game Theory, 2004, 32, (3), 379-386 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper (2003)
10. Ordinality in non cooperative games
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2004, 32, (3), 387-430 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

11. A value on ′AN
    International Journal of Game Theory, 2003, 32, (1), 109-120 View citations (4)
12. The limit-price mechanism
    Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2003, 39, (5-6), 433-528 View citations (41)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

2002

13. The Ex Ante Incentive Compatible Core in the Absence of Wealth Effects
    Econometrica, 2002, 70, (5), 1865-1892 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

1999

14. Relative Utilitarianism
    Econometrica, 1999, 67, (3), 471-498 View citations (86)
    See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

15. The speed of convergence in repeated games with incomplete information on one side
    International Journal of Game Theory, 1998, 27, (3), 343-357 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1997

16. An impossibility theorem with von Neumann-Morgenstern preferences
    Economics Letters, 1997, 56, (3), 305-309 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper (1997)

1996

17. Perfect Correlated Equilibria
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1996, 68, (2), 279-302 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

18. Two examples of strategic equilibrium
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1995, 8, (2), 378-388 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper (1995)

1992

19. The small worlds axiom for stable equilibria
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1992, 4, (4), 553-564 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper (1992)

1991

20. Stable Equilibria—A Reformulation. Part II. Discussion of the Definition, and Further Results
    Mathematics of Operations Research, 1991, 16, (4), 694-753 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper (1991)

1989

21. Correlated effectivity functions
    Economics Letters, 1989, 30, (2), 97-101
    See also Working Paper (1989)
22. Stable Equilibria---A Reformulation
    Mathematics of Operations Research, 1989, 14, (4), 575-625 View citations (69)
    See also Working Paper (1988)

1988

23. The Shapley Value in the Non Differentiable Case
    International Journal of Game Theory, 1988, 17, (1), 1-65 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (1988)

1987

24. A measure of aggregate power in organizations
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1987, 43, (1), 184-191
    See also Working Paper (1987)

1986

25. A counterexample to the folk theorem with discounting
    Economics Letters, 1986, 20, (1), 7-7 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (1986)
26. On the Strategic Stability of Equilibria
    Econometrica, 1986, 54, (5), 1003-37 View citations (628)
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1981

27. Incomplete Information Games with Transcendental Values
    Mathematics of Operations Research, 1981, 6, (2), 313-318 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (1981)

1980

28. Values and Derivatives
    Mathematics of Operations Research, 1980, 5, (4), 523-552 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper (1980)

1972

29. Upper Hemi-Continuity of the Equilibrium-Set Correspondence for Pure Exchange Economies
    Econometrica, 1972, 40, (1), 99-108 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper (1972)

1971

30. An Equivalence Theorem for the Core of an Economy Whose Atoms Are Not 'Too' Big
    Econometrica, 1971, 39, (5), 713-21 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper (1971)

Books

2015

1. Repeated Games
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (7)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2015) View citations (23)
   See also Working Paper (1986)

Chapters

2002

1. Some other economic applications of the value
   Chapter 58 in Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications, 2002, vol. 3, pp 2185-2201 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2002)
2. Stochastic games
   Chapter 47 in Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications, 2002, vol. 3, pp 1809-1832 View citations (49)
   See also Working Paper (2002)