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A note on closing the windows: Some lessons from queuing theory

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  • Krishna B. Athreya
  • Mukul Majumdar

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Consider two departments of a government each serving customers of a particular type. We explore conditions under which a reorganization leading to both departments serving both types of customers leads to an enhancement of “efficiency” defined in terms of the expected queue size in a stochstic equilibrium.

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  • Krishna B. Athreya & Mukul Majumdar, 2005. "A note on closing the windows: Some lessons from queuing theory," International Journal of Economic Theory, The International Society for Economic Theory, vol. 1(1), pages 73-81, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijethy:v:1:y:2005:i:1:p:73-81
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7363.2005.00006.x
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    1. Krishna Athreya & Monisankar Bishnu, 2010. "On the efficiency of ‘single window’," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 43(2), pages 207-226, May.
    2. Amitrajeet A Batabyal & Gamini Herath, 2010. "A stochastic analysis of goods allocation by queuing and the prevention of violence," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 30(4), pages 3143-3151.
    3. Krishnendu Ghosh DASTIDAR & YANO Makoto, 2017. "In many emerging economies corruption, poor quality of information and poor governance lead to restricted entry. In this paper we analyze the determinants of the .height.of entry barrier in a developi," Discussion papers 17010, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    4. Krishnendu Ghosh Dastidar & Makoto Yano, 2021. "Corruption, market quality, and entry deterrence in emerging economies," International Journal of Economic Theory, The International Society for Economic Theory, vol. 17(1), pages 101-117, March.
    5. Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. & DeAngelo, Gregory J., 2012. "Goods allocation by queuing and the occurrence of violence: A probabilistic analysis," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 1-7.

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