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Do you mind me paying less? Measuring Other-Regarding Preferences in the Market for Taxis
This is the final version. Available on open access from INFORMS via the DOI in this record.We present a natural field experiment designed to measure other–regarding preferences in the market for taxis. We employed testers of varying ethnicity to take a
number of predetermined taxi journeys. In each case we endowed them with only
80% of the expected fare. Testers revealed the amount they could afford to pay to
the driver mid–journey and asked for a portion of the journey for free. In a 2×2
between–subject design we vary the length of the journey and whether or not a business card is elicited. We find that (1) the majority of drivers give at least part of
the journey for free, (2) giving is proportional to the length of the journey and (3)
that 27% of drivers complete the journey. Evidence of out–group negativity against
black testers is also reported. In order to link our empirical analysis to behavioural
theory we estimate the parameters of a number of utility functions. The data and the
structural analysis lend support to the quantitative predictions of experiments that
measure other–regarding preferences, and shed further light on how discrimination
can manifest itself within our preferences.University of Exete
Integrals of Motion for Critical Dense Polymers and Symplectic Fermions
We consider critical dense polymers . We obtain for this model
the eigenvalues of the local integrals of motion of the underlying Conformal
Field Theory by means of Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz. We give a detailed
description of the relation between this model and Symplectic Fermions
including the indecomposable structure of the transfer matrix. Integrals of
motion are defined directly on the lattice in terms of the Temperley Lieb
Algebra and their eigenvalues are obtained and expressed as an infinite sum of
the eigenvalues of the continuum integrals of motion. An elegant decomposition
of the transfer matrix in terms of a finite number of lattice integrals of
motion is obtained thus providing a reason for their introduction.Comment: 53 pages, version accepted for publishing on JSTA
Three-leg correlations in the two component spanning tree on the upper half-plane
We present a detailed asymptotic analysis of correlation functions for the
two component spanning tree on the two-dimensional lattice when one component
contains three paths connecting vicinities of two fixed lattice sites at large
distance apart. We extend the known result for correlations on the plane to
the case of the upper half-plane with closed and open boundary conditions. We
found asymptotics of correlations for distance from the boundary to one of
the fixed lattice sites for the cases and .Comment: 16 pages, 5 figure
On the structure of the scalar mesons and
We investigate the structure of the scalar mesons and
within realistic meson-exchange models of the and
interactions. Starting from a modified version of the J\"ulich model for
scattering we perform an analysis of the pole structure of the
resulting scattering amplitude and find, in contrast to existing models, a
somewhat large mass for the ( MeV,
MeV). It is shown that our model provides a description of
data comparable in quality with those of
alternative models. Furthermore, the formalism developed for the
system is consistently extended to the interaction leading to a
description of the as a dynamically generated threshold effect
(which is therefore neither a conventional state nor a
bound state). Exploring the corresponding pole position the
is found to be rather broad ( MeV,
MeV). The experimentally observed smaller width results from the influence of
the nearby threshold on this pole.Comment: 25 pages, 15 Postscript figure
Solvable Critical Dense Polymers
A lattice model of critical dense polymers is solved exactly for finite
strips. The model is the first member of the principal series of the recently
introduced logarithmic minimal models. The key to the solution is a functional
equation in the form of an inversion identity satisfied by the commuting
double-row transfer matrices. This is established directly in the planar
Temperley-Lieb algebra and holds independently of the space of link states on
which the transfer matrices act. Different sectors are obtained by acting on
link states with s-1 defects where s=1,2,3,... is an extended Kac label. The
bulk and boundary free energies and finite-size corrections are obtained from
the Euler-Maclaurin formula. The eigenvalues of the transfer matrix are
classified by the physical combinatorics of the patterns of zeros in the
complex spectral-parameter plane. This yields a selection rule for the
physically relevant solutions to the inversion identity and explicit finitized
characters for the associated quasi-rational representations. In particular, in
the scaling limit, we confirm the central charge c=-2 and conformal weights
Delta_s=((2-s)^2-1)/8 for s=1,2,3,.... We also discuss a diagrammatic
implementation of fusion and show with examples how indecomposable
representations arise. We examine the structure of these representations and
present a conjecture for the general fusion rules within our framework.Comment: 35 pages, v2: comments and references adde
Hydrothermal activity lowers trophic diversity in Antarctic sedimented hydrothermal vents
Sedimented hydrothermal vents are those in which hydrothermal fluid vents through sediment and are among the least studied deep-sea ecosystems. We present a combination of microbial and biochemical data to assess trophodynamics between and within hydrothermally active and off-vent areas of the Bransfield Strait (1050–1647 m depth). Microbial composition, biomass and fatty acid signatures varied widely between and within vent and non-vent sites and provided evidence of diverse metabolic activity. Several species showed diverse feeding strategies and occupied different trophic positions in vent and non-vent areas and stable isotope values of consumers were generally not consistent with feeding structure morphology. Niche area and the diversity of microbial fatty acids reflected trends in species diversity and was lowest at the most hydrothermally active site. Faunal utilisation of chemosynthetic activity was relatively limited but was detected at both vent and non-vent sites as evidenced by carbon and sulphur isotopic signatures, suggesting that the hydrothermal activity can affect trophodynamics over a much wider area than previously thought
Refined conformal spectra in the dimer model
Working with Lieb's transfer matrix for the dimer model, we point out that
the full set of dimer configurations may be partitioned into disjoint subsets
(sectors) closed under the action of the transfer matrix. These sectors are
labelled by an integer or half-integer quantum number we call the variation
index. In the continuum scaling limit, each sector gives rise to a
representation of the Virasoro algebra. We determine the corresponding
conformal partition functions and their finitizations, and observe an
intriguing link to the Ramond and Neveu-Schwarz sectors of the critical dense
polymer model as described by a conformal field theory with central charge
c=-2.Comment: 44 page
Discrimination in a deprived neighbourhood: an artefactual field experiment
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record.We present a field experiment designed to examine the discriminatory motives of an
understudied demographic: the poorest people in England. Subjects are first asked
to divide £10 between two strangers, and then play a £10 dictator game with another
stranger. We subtly vary the ethnicity of the receivers by providing subjects
with surnames randomly drawn from the electoral register, including treatments that
allow us to parse behaviour into either in–group favouritism or out–group negativity,
an important behavioural distinction that is typically overlooked in the discrimination
literature. Our results suggest that the observed discriminatory attitudes are
the result of out-group negativity rather than in-group favouritism. We advance the
literature on discrimination through the estimation of a structural model of group–
contingent social preferences, which we exploit to perform counterfactual simulations.
Our results provide insights into the behaviour of this unique demographic and provide
a rationale for why they may support discriminatory policies in their voting
behaviour
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