University of Johannesburg

Department of Economics and Econometrics

Professor Alexander Zimper

 

Research interests

Decision Theory, Game Theory, Financial Economics

 

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Scientific publications

 

2009

“An epistemic model of an agent who does not reflect on reasoning processes,” accepted for publication in Mathematical Social Sciences

“On attitude polarization under Bayesian learning with non-additive beliefs,” joint with Alex Ludwig, in press Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Zimper, A. (2009) “Half empty, half full and why we can agree to disagree forever,” Journal of              Economic Behavior and Organization, 71, 283-299.

 

2008

Zimper, A. (2008) “Revisiting independence and stochastic dominance for compound lotteries,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Vol. 8: Iss. 1 (Topics), Article 12.

Guerdjikova, A. and A. Zimper (2008) “Flexibility of choice versus reduction of ambiguity,” Social Choice and Welfare, 30, 507-526.

 

2007

Schmidt, U. and A. Zimper (2007) “Security- and potential level preferences with thresholds,” Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 51, 279-289.

Zimper, A. (2007) “A fixed point characterization of the dominance-solvability of lattice games with strategic substitutes,” International Journal of Game Theory, 63, 107-117.

Zimper, A. (2007) “Strategic games with security- and potential level players,” Theory and Decision, 63, 53-78.

 

2006

Zimper, A. (2006) “Assessing the likelihood of panic-based bank runs,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Vol. 6: Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 9.

Zimper, A. (2006) “Uniqueness conditions for strongly point-rationalizable solutions to games with metrizable strategy sets,” Journal of Mathematical Economics, 42, 729-751.

Ludwig, A. and A. Zimper (2006) “Investment behavior under ambiguity: The case of pessimistic decision makers,” Mathematical Social Sciences, 52, 111-130.

Zimper, A. (2006) “A note on the equivalence of rationalizability concepts in generalized nice games,” International Game Theory Review, 8, 669-674.

Ludwig, A. and A. Zimper (2006) “Rational expectations and ambiguity: A comment on Abel (2002),Economics Bulletin, 4(2), 1-15.

 

2005

Zimper, A. (2005) “Equivalence between best responses and undominated strategies: A generalization from finite to compact strategy sets,” Economics Bulletin, 3(7), 1-6.

University of Johannesburg

Department of Economics and Econometrics

PO Box 524 Auckland Park

2006 Johannesburg

South Africa

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E-mail: zimper@bigfoot.com