Flipping and ex post aggregation

We show that Bayesian ex post aggregation is unstable with respect to refinements. Suppose a group of Bayesians use ex post aggregation. Since it is a joint problem, each agent's problem is captured by the same model, but probabilities and utilities may vary. If they analyze the same situation in more detail, their refined analysis should preserve their preferences among acts. However, ex post aggregation could bring about a preference reversal on the group level. Ex post aggregation thus depends on how much information is used and may keep oscillating (“flipping”) as one keeps adding more information. Received: 16 April 2002/Accepted: 27 May 2002     

On strategy-proofness and essentially single-valued cores: A converse result

In a general model of indivisible good allocation, S?nmez (1999) established that, whenever the core is nonempty for each preference profile, if an allocation rule is strategy-proof, individually rational and Pareto optimal, then the rule is a selection from the core correspondence, and the core correspondence must be essentially single-valued. This paper studies the converse claim of this result. I demonstrate that whenever the preference domain satisfies a certain condition of `richness', if the core correspondence is essentially single-valued, then any selection from the core correspondence is strategy-proof (even weakly coalition strategy-proof, in fact). In particular, on the domain of preferences in which each individual has strict preferences over his own assignments and there is no consumption externality, such an allocation rule is coalition strategy-proof. And on this domain, coalition strategy-proofness is equivalent to Maskin monotonicity, an important property in implementation theory. Received: 22 February 2000/Accepted: 22 January 2002 I am grateful to Ryo-ichi Nagahisa, Shinji Ohseto, Hiroshi Ono, Tomoichi Shinotsuka and Shigehiro Serizawa for valuable comments. And I am indebted to two anonymous referees for useful suggestions. Especially, I owe the present proof of Lemma 2 to one referee. I also thank Yukihiko Funaki, Atsushi Kajii, Mamoru Kaneko, Eiichi Miyagawa, Tatsuyoshi Saijo, Manimay Sengupta, Yves Sprumont, Yoshikatsu Tatamitani, Manabu Toda, Takashi Ui, Takehiko Yamato, Naoki Yoshihara and the participants of the seminars in Hokkaido University, Kansai University, ISER (Osaka University), Otaru University of Commerce and Tsukuba University. All errors are my own responsiblity.     

The dilemma of recognition: Administrative categories and cultural diversity

Governments around the world combat inequality by means of group-specific redistribution. Some pursue redistribution that benefits groups, but also wish to avoid accentuating or even recognizing group distinctions. This poses a dilemma that they try to resolve by adjusting the category system used to target redistribution. There are three types of adjustment: accommodation (the multicultural approach), denial (the ideal-typical liberal solution), and replacement (a compromise). In replacement the targets of redistributive policies are constructed to avoid accentuation or recognition of inconvenient group distinctions, but still allow redistribution that benefits these groups. Replacement is increasingly in demand around the world because the disadvantages of multiculturalism are becoming apparent while denial is hard to sustain in the face of group inequality. The actual effect of replacement is little researched and less understood, however. Does it resolve the dilemma of recognition? Two examples–India and Nigeria–where replacement has been tried ever since the 1950s cast doubt on its viability.     

低阻ITO玻璃的制造工艺

有机发光显示器件是目前平板显示中的热点,所用ITO玻璃比液晶显示所用的有更高更严的要求。该文探讨了OLED用ITO玻璃生产的相关工艺,得出使用直流溅射ITO陶瓷靶时,较好的气氛是低氩微氧,功率约200W左右,溅射时基板温度约250℃,高温无氧退火。得到方阻20?以下、平均透过率大于80%的ITO玻璃。     

构造地貌分析体系及相关的构造地貌标志

对理论构造地貌学的主要分支古构造地貌、新构造地貌和活动构造地貌各自的特点作了分析对比 ;总结、提出了对构造地貌研究具有普遍意义的几何分析、运动分析和动力分析的构造地貌分析体系 ;列举了相关的构造地貌标志及国内外典型实例     

网络道德建设的重要性

网络道德建设具有特别的重要性 ,它可以规范人们的网络行为 ,丰富人们的道德意识 ,形成主体所认同的价值取向 ,造就人们的创新意识 ,推动集体主义的更新和发展     

对建立我国现代大学制度的探讨

文章提出面向新世纪我国高等教育管理体制改革的目标模式是建立现代大学制度 ,分析了现代大学与现代大学制度的基本特征 ,提出现代大学制度的基本形式是大学法人制 ,并从大学法人治理原则和治理结构两方面探讨了现代大学制度的治理方式     

论网络隐私权的法律保护

计算机信息网络技术的发展使得网络空间的个人隐私权受到前所未有的严峻挑战 ,这种状况已经严重阻碍了电子商务和网络经济的进一步发展。强化对网络空间的个人数据和隐私权的法律保护 ,已成为国际社会网络立法的当务之急。本文借鉴先进法域的立法经验并结合我国当前现状 ,提出了网络隐私权保护的相关立法建议