Browsing UiS Brage by Author "Ncube, Mthuli"
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Decisions of Persons, the Pharmaceutical Industry, and Donors in Disease Contraction and Recovery Assuming Virus Mutation
Hausken, Kjell; Ncube, Mthuli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Background The article develops an eight-period game between N persons and a pharmaceutical company. The choices of a donor and Nature are parametric. Methods Persons choose between safe and risky behavior, and whether ... -
Evidence on the Impact of the Troubled Assets Relief Program on Stock Returns
Ncube, Mthuli; Hausken, Kjell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)In response to the global financial crisis which began in 2008, the US government launched the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), the largest government bailout in US history. TARP was controversial and publicly ... -
Evidence on the Troubled Assets Relief Program, Bailout Size, Returns and Tail Risk
Ncube, Mthuli; Hausken, Kjell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The US government launched the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) in mid-September 2008. This article analyzes the market response to the TARP launch. We reject the null hypothesis that the bailout size has no effect ... -
A Game Theoretic Analysis of Competition Between Vaccine and Drug Developers During Disease Contraction and Recovery
Hausken, Kjell; Ncube, Mthuli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)Background Infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS are behaviorally challenging for persons, vaccine and drug companies, and donors. Methods In 3 linked games in which a disease may or may not be contracted, ... -
Game Theoretic Analysis of Persons, the Pharmaceutical Industry, and Donors in Disease Contraction and Recovery
Hausken, Kjell; Ncube, Mthuli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Disease contraction and recovery depend on complex interaction between persons potentially contracting and recovering from the disease, the pharmaceutical industry potentially developing drugs, and donors potentially ... -
Insurgent attacks, government protection, and international intervention
Hausken, Kjell; Ncube, Mthuli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-12)A government failing to protect against insurgents may or may not be rescued by the international community. Classifying events during 1961-2012, we find that among the successful interventions, war occurs more often than ... -
Policy Makers, the International Community and the Population in the Prevention and Treatment of Diseases: Case Study on HIV/AIDS
Hausken, Kjell; Ncube, Mthuli (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01)A four-period game is developed between a policy maker, the international community, and the population. This research supplements, through implementing strategic interaction, earlier research analyzing "one player at a ...