284 research outputs found
Pretentiously detecting power cancellation
Granville and Soundararajan have recently introduced the notion of
pretentiousness in the study of multiplicative functions of modulus bounded by
1, essentially the idea that two functions which are similar in a precise sense
should exhibit similar behavior. It turns out, somewhat surprisingly, that this
does not directly extend to detecting power cancellation - there are
multiplicative functions which exhibit as much cancellation as possible in
their partial sums that, modified slightly, give rise to functions which
exhibit almost as little as possible. We develop two new notions of
pretentiousness under which power cancellation can be detected, one of which
applies to a much broader class of multiplicative functions
When Winning is the Only Thing:Â Pure Strategy Nash Equilibria in a Three-Candidate Spatial Voting Model
It is well-known that there are no pure strategy Nash equilibria (PSNE) in the standard three-candidate spatial voting model when candidates maximize their share of the vote. When all that matters to the candidates is winning the election, however, we show that PSNE do exist. We provide a complete characterization of such equilibria and then extend our results to elections with an arbitrary number of candidates. Finally, when two candidates face the potential entrant of a third, we show that PSNE no longer exist, however, they do exist when the number of existing candidates is at least three.Voting, spatial equilibrium, location models, entry.
The distribution of the Tamagawa ratio in the family of elliptic curves with a two-torsion point
In recent work, Bhargava and Shankar have shown that the average size of the
-Selmer group of an elliptic curve over is exactly , and
Bhargava and Ho have shown that the average size of the -Selmer group in the
family of elliptic curves with a marked point is exactly . In contrast to
these results, we show that the average size of the -Selmer group in the
family of elliptic curves with a two-torsion point is unbounded. In particular,
the existence of a two-torsion point implies the existence of rational isogeny.
A fundamental quantity attached to a pair of isogenous curves is the Tamagawa
ratio, which measures the relative sizes of the Selmer groups associated to the
isogeny and its dual. Building on previous work in which we considered the
Tamagawa ratio in quadratic twist families, we show that, in the family of all
elliptic curves with a two-torsion point, the Tamagawa ratio is essentially
governed by a normal distribution with mean zero and growing variance
The Transition from Welfare to Work
We consider the effects the child care market, child care vouchers, early childhood education programs, and welfare reforms have on welfare recipients in their transition from welfare to work. Specifically, we are interested in determining which factors encourage single mothers to move directly from welfare to work and which factors encourage the pursuit of additional schooling or job retraining before entering the labor market. Using Massachusetts data from July 1996 through August 1997, we find that the availability, quality, and cost of formal child care are all positively related to transiting directly from welfare to work. We also find that single mothers with older children are more likely to pursue a job and forego additional schooling, while single mothers with infants are more likely to advance their education before seeking employment.Welfare Reform, Child Care, Vouchers, Time Limits, Labor Supply
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