The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics Editors Matteo Cervellati, University of Bologna Yuk-fai Fong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Business School Ronald Peeters, Maastricht University Daniela Puzzello, Indiana University Javier Rivas, University of Leicester Burkhard C. Schipper, University of California–Davis Unauthenticated Download Date | 7/28/17 10:07 PM The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (BEJTE) welcomes submissions in all areas of economic theory, both applied and „pure“ theory. Contributions can be either innovations in economic theory or rigorous new applications of existing theory. Pure theory papers published in the journal include, but are by no means limited to, those in behavioral economics and decision theory, game theory, general equilibrium theory, and the theory of economic mechanisms. Applications could encompass, but are not restricted to, contract theory, public finance, financial economics, industrial organization, law and economics, and labor economics. Abstracted/Indexed in AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library), Cabell‘s Directory, Celdes, CNPIEC, EBSCO - Business Source, EBSCO - TOC Premier, EBSCO Discovery Service, ECONIS, EconLit, Elsevier - SCOPUS, Google Scholar, J-Gate, Mathematical Reviews (MathSciNet), Naviga (Softweco), Primo Central (ExLibris), ProQuest - International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), SCImago (SJR), Summon (Serials Solutions/ ProQuest), TDOne (TDNet), Thomson Reuters - Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences, Thomson Reuters - Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition, Thomson Reuters - Social Sciences Citation Index, Ulrich‘s Periodicals Directory/ulrichsweb, WorldCat (OCLC), Zentralblatt Math. ISSN 2194-6124 · e-ISSN 1935-1704 All information regarding notes for contributors, subscriptions, Open Access, back volumes and orders is available online at http://www.degruyter.com/bejte. RESPONSIBLE EDITOR Burkhard C. Schipper, University of California–Davis, Department of Economics, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA, Fax +1-530-752 9382, Email: [email protected] Journal Manager Friederike Winter, De Gruyter, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 (0)30 260 05-376, Fax: +49 (0)30 260 05-250, Email: [email protected] responsible for advertisements Cladia Neumann, De Gruyter, Genthiner Straße 13, 10785 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 (0)30.260 05-226, Fax: +49 (0) 30.260 05-264 Email: [email protected] TYPESETTING Integra Software Service Pvt. Ltd, Pondicherry, India Printing Franz X. Stückle Druck und Verlag e.K., Ettenheim © 2016 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin /Boston Printed in Germany Unauthenticated Download Date | 7/28/17 10:07 PM BE J. Theor. Econ. 2016 | Volume 16 | Issue 1 Contents Research Articles Mariko Tanaka Currency Exchange in an Open-Economy Random Search Model 1 Climent Quintana-Domeque and Francesco Turino Relative Concerns on Visible Consumption: A Source of Economic Distortions 33 Aniruddha Bagchi and Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay Workplace Deviance and Recession 47 Nathan Larson Strategic Delay in Global Games Sasan Bakhtiari Assortative Outsourcing with Exit 83 119 Péter Csóka and Miklós Pintér On the Impossibility of Fair Risk Allocation 143 Alexander Steinmetz Price and Inventory Dynamics in an Oligopoly Industry: A Framework for Commodity Markets 159 Paul Anglin and Yanmin Gao The Dynamics of Incentives, Productivity, and Operational Risk Carmen Beviá and Luis C. Corchón Dynamic Contests With Bankruptcy: The Despair Effect 181 217 Hiroaki Ino and Toshihiro Matsumura Welfare-Improving Effect of a Small Number of Followers in a Stackelberg Model 243 Unauthenticated Download Date | 7/28/17 10:07 PM 2016 | Volume 16 | Issue 1 BE J. Theor. Econ. Romain Baeriswyl and Camille Cornand The Predominant Role of Signal Precision in Experimental Beauty Contests 267 Hyeon Park Loss Aversion and Consumption Plans with Stochastic Reference Points 303 Mikhail Galashin and Sergey V. Popov Teamwork Efficiency and Company Size 337 Jorge Holzer and Kenneth McConnell A Model of Access in the Absence of Markets 367 Giorgos Stamatopoulos The Core of Aggregative Cooperative Games with Externalities 389 Notes Theodore Bergstrom, Shane Parendo and Jon Sonstelie Competition and Personality in a Restaurant Entry Game 411 Editorial Ronald Peeters Editorial comment on “A Note on the Equivalence of the Conjectural Variations Solution and the Coefficient of Cooperation” by Escrihuela-Villar, M., The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics. Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 473–480, 2015 435 Unauthenticated Download Date | 7/28/17 10:07 PM
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