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Search for Tracker Potentials in Quintessence Theory
We report a significant finding in Quintessence theory that the the scalar
fields with tracker potentials have a model-independent scaling behaviour in
the expanding universe. So far widely discussed exponential,power law or
hyperbolic potentials can simply mimic the tracking behaviour over a limited
range of redshift. In the small redshift range where the variation of the
tracking parameter may be taken to be negligible, the differential
equation of generic potentials leads to hyperbolic sine and hyperbolic cosine
potentials which may approximate tracker field in the present day universe. We
have plotted the variation of tracker potential and the equation of state of
the tracker field as function of the redshift for the model-independent
relation derived from tracker field theory; we have also plotted the variation
of in terms of the scalar field for the chosen hyperbolic
cosine function and have compared with the curves obtained by reconstruction of
from the real observational data from the supernovae.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, late
Online Appendix to "Delivering endogenous inertia in prices and output"
This appendix provides simulation results for consumption, invest- ment and hours series for the "full model" discussed in the paper. The graphs also plot the relevant data for the US.
Learning-by-doing and Endogenous Price-level Inertia
This paper presents a DGE model in which aggregate price level inertia is generated endogenously by the optimizing behaviour of price setting firms. All the usual sources of inertia are absent here ie., all firms are simultaneously free to change their price once every period and face no adjustment costs in doing so. Despite this, the model generates persistent movements in aggregate output and in\u2021ation in response to a nominal shock. This occurs because firms temper their desire to raise prices after a positive money growth shock in order to learn and lower future costs.Endogenous price stickiness, Business Cycles, Inf1ation, Nominal rigidities, Learning-by-doing, Propagation mechanisms.
Delivering Endogenous Inertia in Prices and Output
This paper presents a DGE model in which aggregate price level inertia is generated endogenously by the optimizing behaviour of price setting ?rms. All the usual sources of inertia are absent here ie., all fi?rms are simultaneously free to change their price once every period and face no adjustment costs in doing so. Despite this, the model generates persistent movements in aggregate output and in?ation in response to a nominal shock. Two modi?cations of a standard one-quarter pre-set price model deliver these results: learning-by-doing and habit formation in leisure.Endogenous price stickiness, Business Cycles, Inflation, Nominal rigidities, Learning-by-doing, Habit formation, Propagation mechanisms, Persistence.
"Rare" Fluctuation Effects in the Anderson Model of Localization
We discuss the role of rare fluctuation effects in quantum condensed matter
systems. In particular, we present recent numerical results of the effect of
resonant states in Anderson's original model of electron localization. We find
that such resonances give rise to anomalous behavior of eigenstates not just
far in the Lifshitz tail, but rather for a substantial fraction of eigenstates,
especially for intermediate disorder. The anomalous behavior includes
non-analyticity in various properties as a characteristic. The effect of
dimensionality on the singularity, which is present in all dimensions, is
described, and the behavior for bounded and unbounded disorder is contrasted
Middlemen and the Allocation of Heterogeneous Goods
This paper presents a general equilibrium model in which middlemen emerge to facilitate trade in an environment of idiosyncratic tastes and heterogeneous goods. The gains to the traders can be measured along three dimensions: the rate of production, the time preference losses generated by the matching process, and the quality of the match between consumers’ preferences and the goods they ultimately consume.
Singular Behavior of Eigenstates in Anderson's Model of Localization
We observe a singularity in the electronic properties of the Anderson Model
of Localization with bounded diagonal disorder, which is clearly distinct from
the well-established mobility edge (localization-delocalization transition)
that occurs in dimensions . We present results of numerical calculations
for Anderson's original (box) distribution of onsite disorder in dimensions
= 1, 2 and 3. To establish this hitherto unreported behavior, and to understand
its evolution with disorder, we contrast the behavior of two different measures
of the localization length of the electronic wavefunctions - the averaged
inverse participation ratio and the Lyapunov exponent. Our data suggest that
Anderson's model exhibits richer behavior than has been established so far.Comment: Correction to v1: Fig.3 caption now displaye
Large Disorder Renormalization Group Study of the Anderson Model of Localization
We describe a large disorder renormalization group (LDRG) method for the
Anderson model of localization in one dimension which decimates eigenstates
based on the size of their wavefunctions rather than their energy. We show that
our LDRG scheme flows to infinite disorder, and thus becomes asymptotically
exact. We use it to obtain the disorder-averaged inverse participation ratio
and density of states for the entire spectrum. A modified scheme is formulated
for higher dimensions, which is found to be less efficient, but capable of
improvement
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