New species of Boeckella (Copepoda: Calanoida)

The new species, Boeckella bispinosa, is described and figured from Tasmanian material. The male fifth legs of B. opaqua Fairbridge, a Western Australian species, are figured and the original description supplemented. The female genital segment of B. pseudocheZae Searle is figured. New records of B. symmetrica Sars, B. minuta Sars, and B. major Searle are given

Annual Report 2001-2002

The Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE) is a center of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). The Institute was created in 1985 and is dedicated to the pursuit of academic excellence in Economics. This document presents the Institute’s biennial report for the years 2001 and 2002. The Institute’s activities cover both theoretical and empirical research in various areas, including industrial organization, finance, regional economics, political economics, macroeconomics and growth, public economics, game theory, and experimental economics. The numerous studies undertaken by the Institute’s staff have translated into a large number of publications in international scientific journals and books.N

Convergence in Finite Cournot Oligopoly with Social and Individual Learning

Convergence to Nash equilibrium in Cournot oligopoly is a problem that recurrently arises as a subject of study in economics. The development of evolutionary game theory has provided an equilibrium concept more directly connected with adjustment dynamics and the evolutionary stability of the equilibria of the Cournot game has been studied by several articles. Several articles show that the Walrasian equilibrium is the stable evolutionary solution of the Cournot game. Vriend (2000) proposes to use genetic algorithm for studying learning dynamics in this game and obtains convergence to Cournot equilibrium with individual learning. We show in this article how social learning gives rise to Walras equilibrium and why, in a general setup, individual learning can effectively yield convergence to Cournot instead of Walras equilibrium. We illustrate these general results by computational experiments.Cournot oligopoly; Learning; Evolution; Selection; Evolutionary stability; Nash equilibrium; Genetic algorithms

Annual Report 2005-2006

The Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE) is a research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The Institute, created in 1985, is located in Bellaterra, on the campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Its goal is to promote research in economics at the highest scientific level. Recent rankings of scientific production (Journal of the European Economic Association, December 2003) place the IAE-CSIC among the top European centers. The research developed at the IAE is both theoretical and empirical and covers a variety of fields, including industrial organization, political economics, macroeconomics and growth, microeconomics, game theory and experimental economics.N

Annual Report 2003-2004

The Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE) is a research center of the Spanish High Council for Scientific Research (CSIC). The Institute was created in 1985. The building is located in Bellaterra, campus of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Its goal is to promote research in economics at the highest scientific level. The research developed at the IAE is both theoretical and empirical and covers a variety of fields, including industrial organization, political economics, macroeconomics and growth, microeconomics, game theory and experimental economics.N

Report: 2007 and 2008

This booklet gives an overview of the research activities at the IAE (Institute for Economic Analysis) in 2007 and 2008. As a research institute of the CSIC (Higher Council for Scientific Research), the mission of the IAE is to produce policy-relevant research in economics with the highest standard of academic scholarship, and to train young researchers.N

Report: 2009 and 2010

This booklet gives an overview of the research activities at the IAE (Institute for Economic Analysis) in 2007 and 2008. As a research institute of the CSIC (Higher Council for Scientific Research), the mission of the IAE is to produce policy-relevant research in economics with the highest standard of academic scholarship, and to train young researchers.N