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Constitutional Constraints Under Ambiguity: A Game-Theoretic Approach

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  • MARCELLO BASILI

    (DEPFTD, University of Siena, Italy)

  • FULVIO FONTINI

    (Department of Economics, University of Padua, Italy)

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In the paper a game between private and public individuals is set in order to study under which conditions the former would like to limitex-antethe choices of the latter. Ambiguity, as distinguished from risk, is explicitly introduced by means of capacities and Choquet Expected Utility. It is shown that constitutional constraints are necessary to prevent private individuals from being exploited by public individuals whenever citizens feel a too high level of ambiguity.

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  • Marcello Basili & Fulvio Fontini, 2007. "Constitutional Constraints Under Ambiguity: A Game-Theoretic Approach," International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 9(01), pages 59-66.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:igtrxx:v:09:y:2007:i:01:n:s0219198907001278
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219198907001278
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    Keywords

    Games with ambiguity; Constitutional constraints; exploitation; choquet expected utility;
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    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
    • C0 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General
    • C6 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling
    • C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
    • D5 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium
    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
    • M2 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics

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