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Browsing ECO Articles by Author "ZWART, Sanne"
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Title:Decision Makers Facing Uncertainty: Theory Versus Evidence
Author(s):GIORDANI, Paolo E.; SCHLAG, Karl H.; ZWART, SanneDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper aims at assessing cultural differences in uncertainty attitude across Europe. We select questions from the European Values Survey (EVS) capturing salient features of uncertain scenarios (safe versus uncertain, ...
Title:Ensuring a Representative Referendum Outcome: The Daunting Task of Setting the Quorum Right
Author(s):ZWART, SanneDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The majority of the participating voters in referenda does not necessarily reflect the majority of the whole population since voters can abstain. This paper shows that although the quorum can be set such that the outcome ...
Title:Liquidity Runs with Endogenous Information Acquisition
Author(s):ZWART, SanneDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper analyzes a liquidity run model in which investors strategically acquire private information. The availability of information can eliminate the multiplicity typical for models without private information. Even ...
Title:The mixed blessing of IMF intervention: Signalling versus liquidity support
Author(s):ZWART, SanneDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Although IMF support is supposed to benefit a country, it might be bad news that the IMF believes intervention is necessary. This paper analyzes a bank run model in which both the liquidity effect and the signalling effect ...