cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Information Cascades: Replication and an Extension to Majority Rule and Conformity Rewarding Institutions
title: Information cascades: Replication and an extension to majority rule and conformity-rewarding institutions
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Hung, Angela A.
name: Plott, Charles R.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1998
Subjects: Majority rule, Conformity, Efficiency decisions, Information production, Public information, Voting, Aggregation, Social psychology, Net income, Efficiency metrics

description: In a randomly determined order, each agent was given an independent, private signal about which of two states was selected by a random draw. After receiving the private signal each agent made a publicly announced decision about the state. Thus, at the time of personal decision each agent had a private signal and also knew the decisions of all preceding agents. The experiments focused on three different types of organization. (1) Agents were rewarded according to whether their announced decision was right or wrong. This "individualistic institution" is the one studied by Anderson and Holt (AER, 1997). Their discovery of information cascades is replicated. (2) Agents were rewarded according to whether a majority of announced decisions were right or wrong. Under this "majority rule institution" the instance of information cascades is sharply reduced. (3) Agents are rewarded more according to whether their personal announced decision was the same as the majority decision than they were rewarded if their decision was correct. This "conformity rewarding institution" is motivated by proceedings in which there is incentive to produce reports that conform to the reports of others. Substantial information cascades are observed.
description: The financial support of the National Science Foundation and the Laboratory of Experimental Economics and Political Science is gratefully acknowledged. We are also deeply appreciative of the collaboration of David Winkler who developed the software programs and helped extensively with the experiments.

Published as Hung, A.A., & Plott, C.R. (2001). Information cascades: Replication and an extension to majority rule and conformity-rewarding institutions. The American economic review, 91(5), 1508-1520.
description: Submitted - sswp1051.pdf
Cathormiocerus longiscapus Pic 1912
Creators: name: Germann, Christoph
name: Borovec, Roman
name: Braunert, Carlo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Cathormiocerus
Cathormiocerus longiscapus

description: Cathormiocerus longiscapus Pic, 1912
Material examined. 1 ♂, Morocco, Ounara env., lgt. H. Franz (NHMW).
Remarks. A very rare species, since Borovec & Bahr (2007) listed only seven specimens in the revision of the Cathormiocerus variegatus- species group. The locality is the second known of the species.
description: Published as part of Germann, Christoph, Borovec, Roman & Braunert, Carlo, 2015, Four new Entiminae from the Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Phyllobiini, Trachyphloeini), with additional data on the distribution of some poorly known species, pp. 345-358 in Zootaxa 4040 (3) on page 356, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/233130
Maxomys moi
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Maxomys
Maxomys moi

description: 740.
Indochinese Mountain Spiny Rat
Maxomys moi
French: Maxomys du Vietnam / German: Indochina-Rajah-Ratte / Spanish: Rata espinosa de montana de Indochina
Other common names: Indochinese Mountain Maxomys, Indochinese Spiny Rat, Indochinese Maxomys, Mo's Spiny Rat
Taxonomy. Rattus moi H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1922,
“Arbre Broyé [= Tram Hanh], Langbian Mountains [= Lam Vien Plateau], South Annam [= Lam Ddng Province, southern Vietnam |, 5400 ft. [= 1646 m].”
Maxomys moi is basal to all other species of Maxomys phylogenetically. Monotypic.
Distribution. S Laos and S Vietnam; possibly further N in Laos.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 142- 208 mm, tail 157-202 mm, ear 22-27 mm, hindfoot 37-44 mm; weight 80-220 g. The Indochinese Mountain Spiny Ratis large, with short, soft, and dense pelage, lacking spines. Dorsum is ocherous orange, most intense along back and lightest on sides, with brown muzzle and brown tinge on head. Venter is white and more sharply demarcated from dorsal pelage than on other species of Maxomys. Feet are white, long, and narrow. Ears are rounded and lighter grayish brown; vibrissae are long and dark. Tail is 95-105% of head—body length and distinctly bicolored, dark blackish brown dorsally and white ventrally. Skull has shallow rostrum and narrow infraorbital foramen. There are four pairs of mammae: one pectoral, one post-axillary, one abdominal, and one inguinal. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 52, FN =74.
Habitat. Highland primary and secondary broad-leafed evergreen forests and shrubby areas, but not disturbed habitats, at elevations of 190-1500 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. The Indochinese Mountain Spiny Rat is mostly nocturnal and terrestrial, probably nesting in burrows.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Indochinese Mountain Spiny Rat has a small distribution but is considered relatively common. Deforestation in lowland parts ofits distribution is a major threat. Additional research is needed to fully understand its natural history, taxonomy, and threats.
Bibliography. Achmadi et al. (2013), Adler et al. (1999), Bergmans (1995), Correia (2016c), Francis (2008), Musser & Carleton (2005), Musser et al. (1979), Rickart & Musser (1993), Robinson & Kloss (1922), Steppan & Schenk (2017).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 858, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
Cathormiocerus tenuiscapus Fairmaire 1884
Creators: name: Germann, Christoph
name: Borovec, Roman
name: Braunert, Carlo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Cathormiocerus
Cathormiocerus tenuiscapus

description: Cathormiocerus tenuiscapus Fairmaire, 1884
Material examined. 1 ♂, Morocco, 22 km east of Tanger, sifting of Sandsteilküste [steep sandstone-coast], niedr. Veget. [low vegetation], 35°50′17.3″ N 05°41′23.8″ W, 20m, 4.i.2001, P. Stüben lgt. (PSMG).
Remarks. Borovec (Borovec & Bahr 2008) examined 160 females of this species, from Spain (Cádiz) and Morocco (Tanger). The present record is the first discovery of a male. The male is externally indistinguishable from females except for the shape of the abdominal ventrites, with ventrite 5 shorter, apically broadly rounded and ventrites 1 and 2 shallowly concave, while females have ventrite 5 longer, subtriangular and ventrites 1 and 2 slightly convex. The penis is illustrated here for the first time (Figs 32, 33).
description: Published as part of Germann, Christoph, Borovec, Roman & Braunert, Carlo, 2015, Four new Entiminae from the Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Phyllobiini, Trachyphloeini), with additional data on the distribution of some poorly known species, pp. 345-358 in Zootaxa 4040 (3) on page 357, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/233130
Plurality and Probability of Victory: Some Equivalence Results
Creators: name: Patty, John W.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 2000

description: This paper examines decision-making by political candidates under three different objective functions. In particular, we are interested in when the optimal strategies for expected vote share, expected plurality, and probability of victory maximizing candidates coincide in simple plurality elections. It is shown here that if voters' behavior, conditional on the policies proposed by the candidates, is identical from the candidates' perspective, and candidates are restricted to choosing pure strategies, then all three objectives lead to the same best response function when there are two candidates and abstention is not allowed. We then provide a counter-example to Hinich's claim of general asymptotic equivalence in two candidate elections without abstention in which voter types are independently, but not identically distributed. In addition, we provide a counterexample to general best response equivalence between these objective functions in two candidate elections in which abstention is allowed, but our other assumptions are satisfied. Finally, an example of why our result can not be immediately extended to arbitrary numbers of candidates is provided.
description: Revised version. Original dated to March 1999.

The author would like to thank Jeff Banks, Fred Boehmke, Kim Border, Tom Palfrey, and especially Richard McKelvey for helpful discussions and comments on earlier drafts of this paper. Special thanks are due to John Duggan for finding an error in a proof in an earlier draft of this paper. The financial assistance of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology is gratefully acknowledged.

Published as Patty, J.W. (2001). Plurality and probability of victory: some equivalence results. Public Choice, 112, 151-166.
description: Submitted - sswp1048_-_revised.pdf
Pelletierellus bosnicus Apfelbeck 1898
Creators: name: Germann, Christoph
name: Borovec, Roman
name: Braunert, Carlo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Pelletierellus
Pelletierellus bosnicus

description: Pelletierellus bosnicus (Apfelbeck, 1898)
Material examined. 6 ♂♂ and ♀♀, Montenegro, Kolašin, Dolovi Lalevica, Biogradska gora, 42°53′53.91″ N, 19°37′37.00″ E, 1693 m, alpine meadow, sifting, J. Pelikán lgt. (JPHC); 13 ♂♂ and ♀♀, Montenegro, Prokletje Mts., Gusinje, Maja ex Podgois, 27.v.2014, 1800-2000m, P. Jansa lgt. (PJHC); 1 spec., Montenegro, Prokletje Mts., Gusinje—Grbaja valley, 26.-27.v.2014, P. Jansa lgt. (PJHC); 6 ♂♂ and ♀♀, Montenegro, Biograd. Gora, Bendovac Mts. env., 28.-29.v.2014, 1700-2033m, P. Jansa lgt. (PJHC); 5 ♂♂ and ♀♀, Montenegro, Čakor Mts., 24.v.2014, P. Jansa lgt. (PJHC); 1 spec., Montenegro, Biogradska Gora, Biograd lake, 28.-29.v.2014, 1150- 1290m, P. Jansa lgt. (PJHC); 1 spec., Montenegro, Prokletje Mts., Grbaja—Talianka env., 26.v.2014, ca 1900 m, P. Jansa lgt. (PJHC).
Remarks. Very rare species, known mainly from old material collected in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
description: Published as part of Germann, Christoph, Borovec, Roman & Braunert, Carlo, 2015, Four new Entiminae from the Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Phyllobiini, Trachyphloeini), with additional data on the distribution of some poorly known species, pp. 345-358 in Zootaxa 4040 (3) on page 357, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/233130
Platonic Mechanism Design
Creators: name: Title, Leslie Rachel
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1998

description: We characterize the class of tiered exchange functions for an assignment problem. We examine a model with a finite number of indivisible goods to be assigned to a finite number of individuals with status quo endowments. However, these individuals can be partitioned into tiers, and new axioms of social justice are developed to account for this tiering.
description: Thanks to John Ledyard, Matt Jackson, Simon Wilkie, Kim Border, Edward Fine, and the members of the SSGSSS for their comments and infinite patience.
description: Submitted - sswp1047.pdf
Pelletierellus neglectus Borovec 1992
Creators: name: Germann, Christoph
name: Borovec, Roman
name: Braunert, Carlo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Pelletierellus
Pelletierellus neglectus

description: Pelletierellus neglectus (Borovec, 1992)
Material examined. 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Macedonia, prov. Resen, Leva Reka, 2.v.1997, A. Podlussány & T. Rozner lgt. (APBH).
Remarks. This species was described based on material collected in 1937 in Macedonia, Galicnik, Bistra planina. This are the first specimens collected since the description.
description: Published as part of Germann, Christoph, Borovec, Roman & Braunert, Carlo, 2015, Four new Entiminae from the Mediterranean region (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Phyllobiini, Trachyphloeini), with additional data on the distribution of some poorly known species, pp. 345-358 in Zootaxa 4040 (3) on page 357, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/233130
The Evolution of Social and Economic Networks
Creators: name: Jackson, Matthew O.
name: Watts, Alison
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1998
Subjects: networks, evolution

description: We examine the dynamic formation and stochastic evolution of networks connecting individuals whose payoffs from an economic or social activity depends on the network structure in place. Over time, individuals form and sever links connecting themselves to other individuals based on the improvement the resulting network offers them relative to the current network. Such a process creates a sequence of networks that we call an 'improving path'. The changes made along an improving path make the individuals, who added or deleted the relevant link(s) at each date, better off. Such sequences of networks can cycle, and we study conditions on underlying allocation rules that characterize cycles.

Building on an understanding of improving paths, we consider a stochastic evolutionary process where in addition to intended changes in the network there is a small probability of unintended changes or errors. Predictions can be made regarding the relative likelihood that the stochastic evolutionary process will lead to any given network at some time. The evolutionary process selects from among the statically stable networks and cycles. We show that in some cases, the evolutionary process selects inefficient networks even though efficient ones are statically stable. We apply these results to the matching literature to show that there are contexts in which the evolutionarily stable networks coincide with the core stable networks, and thus achieve efficiency.
description: Published as Jackson, M.O., & Watts, A. (2002). The evolution of social and economic networks. Journal of Economic Theory, 106(2), 265-295.
description: Submitted - sswp1044.pdf
The econometrics and behavioral economics of escalation of commitment: A re-examination of Staw & Hoang's NBA data
Creators: name: Camerer, Colin F.
name: Weber, Roberto A.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1998
Subjects: Escalation
Sunk cost fallacy
Behavioral economics

description: We examine the phenomenon of escalation from an economist's perspective, emphasizing explanations which do not rule out rational behavior on the part of firms or agents. We argue that escalation cannot be established as a separate phenomenon unless these possible alternative explanations are properly accounted for. We present Staw and Hoang's (1995) study of NBA data as an instance of where evidence of escalation might be overturned upon more careful analysis. After performing several tests of our alternative explanations, we find that evidence of escalation persists, although it is weaker both in duration and magnitude.
description: We thank Amanda Rosenberg and Gail Nash for data entry, and participants at the Psychology-Economics Conference, Vancouver BC (June 6-7 1997), Linda Babcock, Max Bazerman, Richard Day, David Grether, Chip Heath, Keith Murnighan, Tom Ross, Barry Staw, Keith Weigelt and an anonymous referee for helpful comments.

Published as Camerer, C.F., & Weber, R.A. (1999). The econometrics and behavioral economics of escalation of commitment: A re-examination of Staw and Hoang's NBA data. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 39(1), 59-82.
description: Submitted - sswp1043.pdf
Uncertainty and Candidate Personality Traits
Creators: name: Alvarez, R. Michael
name: Glasgow, Garrett
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 2000

description: [No abstract]
description: This paper was prepared for presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Political Science Association; we thank John Brehm and Charles Franklin for their comments. An earlier version of this research was presented in January 1996 to the NES Board of Overseers, and was titled "Survey Measures of Uncertainty: A Report to the NES Board on the Use of `Certainty' Questions to Measure Uncertainty About Candidate Traits and Issue Positions."

Published as Glasgow, G., & Alvarez, R.M. (2000). Uncertainty and candidate personality traits. American Politics Quarterly, 28(1), 26-49.
description: Submitted - sswp1042.pdf
Maxomys alticola
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Maxomys
Maxomys alticola

description: 741.
Bornean Mountain Spiny Rat
Maxomys alticola
French: Maxomys de montagne / German: Gebirgs-Rajah-Ratte / Spanish: Rata espinosa de montana de Borneo
Other common names: Bornean Mountain Maxomys, Mountain Spiny Rat
Taxonomy. Mus alticola Thomas, 1888,
“Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo,”
Malaysia.
Phylogenetic affinities of M. alticola are uncertain, although it is probably most closely related to other endemic Bornean Maxomys. Monotypic.
Distribution. Mt Kinabalu and Mt Trus Madi, N Borneo.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 139- 176 mm, tail 128-176 mm, ear 17-22 mm, hindfoot 34-37 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Bornean Mountain Spiny Rat is medium-sized, with long and harsh pelage and many spines mixed dorsally and ventrally. Dorsum is dark bluish gray, nearly black, and lighter on sides. Venter is white and not sharply demarcated from dorsum. Feet are white, long, and narrow. Ears are light in color and large; vibrissae are long. Tail is c¢.100% of head-body length and sharply bicolored, dark brownish above and yellowish white below. The flea Sigmactenus alticola has been collected on the Bornean Mountain Spiny Rat. There are four pairs of mammae: one pectoral, one post-axillary, one abdominal, and one inguinal.
Habitat. Lower andupper montane tropical forest up to high elevations with subalpine forests. The Bornean Mountain Spiny Rat is apparently most common in areas with many trees.
Food and Feeding. The Bornean Mountain Spiny Rat eats insects.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. The Bornean Mountain Spiny Ratis probably nocturnal and reportedly terrestrial.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Bornean Mountain Spiny Rat appears to have a relatively restricted distribution, but it isprobably larger throughout mountains of northern Borneo. It occurs in Kinabalu National Park and is threatened most by habitat loss, although this is less of a problem at higher elevations. Additional research is needed to fully understand its natural history, taxonomy, and threats.
Bibliography. Achmadi (2017), Achmadi et al. (2013), Cassola (2016ah), Corbet & Hill (1992), Musser & Carleton (2005), Musser et al. (1979), Nor (2001), Phillipps & Phillipps (2016), Steppan & Schenk (2017).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 858-859, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
Detecting Failures of Backward Induction: Monitoring Information Search in Sequential Bargaining
Creators: name: Johnson, Eric J.
name: Camerer, Colin F.
name: Sen, Sankar
name: Rymon, Talia
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1998
Subjects: bargaining, experimental economics, bounded rationality, behavioral economics, behavioral game theory, fairness, limited cognition

description: We ran three-round sequential bargaining experiments in which the perfect equilibrium offer was $1.25 and an equal split was $2.50. Subjects offered $2.11 to other subjects, $1.84 to "robot" players (who are known to play subgame perfectly), and $1.22 to robots after instruction in backward induction. Measures of information search showed that subjects did not look at the amounts being divided in different rounds in the correct order, and for the length of time, necessary for backward induction, unless they were specifically instructed. The results suggest that most of the departure from perfect equilibrium is due to limited computation and some is due to fairness.
description: The financial support of NSF 88-09299 and NSF 90-23531 to the first two authors is gratefully acknowledged. We also thank Rachel Croson, Brian Becker, Barry Blecherman, Gerard Cachon, David Goldstein, Teck-Hua Ho, Keith Weigelt, Ben Wilner, and many colleagues at Penn for their work and ideas. We also have received helpful comments from several referees and seminar participants at many universities including Harvard, Cornell, New York University, Penn State, Rochester, Toronto, Minnesota, MIT, and the International Conference on Game Theory (Florence) and BoWo IV (Bonn).

Published as Johnson, E.J., Camerer, C., Sen, S., & Rymon, T. (2002). Detecting failures of backward induction: Monitoring information search in sequential bargaining. Journal of Economic Theory, 104(1), 16-47.
description: Submitted - sswp1040.pdf
Portfolio in Cartography and Remote Sensing
Creators: name: Lemenkova, Polina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: My professional portfolio briefly summarizes my skills in in Cartography and Remote Sensing. It includes the selected examples of my works on RS data processing, including satellite image processing, cartographic modelling using DEM and terrain data, case studies on thematic mapping and modelling Earth Observation (EO) data. The illustrations are copied from my published papers.
Maxomys baeodon
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Maxomys
Maxomys baeodon

description: 742.
Small Bornean Spiny Rat
Maxomys baeodon
French: Petit Maxomys / German: Kleine Rajah-Ratte / Spanish: Rata espinosa de Borneo pequena
Other common names: Small Bornean Maxomys, Small Spiny Rat
Taxonomy. Mus baeodon Thomas, 1894,
“Mount Kina Balu,” northern Borneo, Malaysia.
Phylogenetic affinities of M. baeodon are uncertain, although it is probably most closely related to other endemic Bornean Maxomys. Monotypic.
Distribution. N Borneo.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 126- 140 mm, tail 119-133 mm, ear 17-19 mm, hindfoot 25-28 mm; weight 53-67 g. The Small Bornean Spiny Ratis small, with short and harsh pelage and spines mixed dorsally and ventrally. Dorsum is dark brown, with dark reddish hue, and lighter and browner on sides. Venteris grayish white, with gray underfur and not sharply demarcated from dorsum. Feet are pale, long, and narrow. Ears are pinkish and somewhat pointed; vibrissae are long and dark. Tail is ¢.95% of head-body length. Skull is small, with simple teeth. There are four pairs of mammae: one pectoral, one post-axillary, one abdominal, and one inguinal.
Habitat. Primary rainforest at elevations of 900-1400 m. The Small Bornean Spiny Rat probably prefers areas with many tall trees.
Food and Feeding. The Small Bornean Spiny Rat eats seeds.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. The Small Bornean Spiny Rat is probably nocturnal and terrestrial.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Small Bornean Spiny Rat is relatively rare, with small and patchy distribution. It occurs in Mount Kinabalu National Park and Danum Valley Conservation Area. Deforestation is prevalent throughout its distribution and probably a threat. Additional research is needed to fully understand its natural history, taxonomy, and threats.
Bibliography. Achmadi (2017), Achmadi et al. (2013), Corbet & Hill (1992), Gerrie & Kennerley (2017a), Musser & Carleton (2005), Musser et al. (1979), Phillipps & Phillipps (2016), Steppan & Schenk (2017), Wells, Corlett et al. (2009), Wells, Pfeiffer et al. (2004).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 859, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona
Creators: name: Rakitov, Roman
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Oncometopia
Oncometopia orbona

description: Oncometopia (Oncometopia) orbona species group
Diagnosis. Members of this group can be distinguished by the aedeagus in caudal view being slightly asymmetrical, with a long unpaired process emerging from the base of the atrium and a short process on the ventral surface of the shaft. No female characters diagnostic of the group are known.
description: Published as part of Rakitov, Roman, 2016, The Oncometopia orbona species group (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Proconiini), pp. 109-133 in Zootaxa 4168 (1) on page 111, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/256418
Maxomys bartelsii
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Maxomys
Maxomys bartelsii

description: 743.
Bartels’s Javan Spiny Rat
Maxomys bartelsii
French: Maxomys de Bartels / German: Bartels-Rajah-Ratte / Spanish: Rata espinosa de Java de Bartels
Other common names: Bartels's Javan Maxomys, Bartels’s Spiny Rat
Taxonomy. Mus bartelsii Jentink, 1910,
“6000 feet (1829 m) on the Pangerangomountain [= Gunung Gede Pangerango],” western Java, Indonesia.
Maxomys bartelsii is sister to M. moi. Monotypic.
Distribution. W & C Java.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 127- 178 mm, tail 117-170 mm, ear 23-27 mm, hindfoot 31-36 mm; weight 93 g. Bartels’s Javan Spiny Rat is medium-sized, with short, soft, and dense pelage. Dorsum is sooty black and more mahoganyon sides. Venteris grayish white. Feet have short straw-colored hairs dorsally and are long and narrow. Ears are rounded; vibrissae are long. Tail is less than 100% of head-body length and blackish basally, fading to yellowish white distally. Short palate of skull is similar to other species of Maxomys, but incisive foramen is longer than that of other species. Various species of chiggers (Gahrliepa, Leptotrombidium, and Schoengastia) have been recorded from Bartels’s Javan Spiny Rat. There are three pairs of mammae: one post-axillary, one abdominal, and one inguinal. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 48, FN = 70.
Habitat. Tropical montane forest up to elevations of ¢.1830 m or higher.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Bartels’s Javan Spiny Rat has a relatively small distribution but does not seem to have any major threats. It occurs in Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park and Kawah Ratu Resort (where is one of the most common rats in the area). Additional research is needed to fully understand its natural history, taxonomy, and threats.
Bibliography. Achmadi (2017), Achmadi et al. (2013), Aplin (2016w), Breed &Taylor (2000), Duncan et al. (1974), Hadi (1991), Maharadatunkamsi (2012), Musser & Carleton (2005), Musser et al. (1979), Steppan & Schenk (2017).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 859, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
Taedia typica
Creators: name: Melo, María Cecilia
name: Dellapé, Pablo Matías
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Taedia
Taedia typica

description: Taedia typica (Berg, 1892)
(Figs. 2, 4)
Calocoris (Paracalocoris) bimaculatus var. typicus Berg, 1892: 91; Calocoris (Paracalocoris) id. typicus: Reuter, 1907: 52; Calocoris (Paracalocoris) bimaculatus: Carvalho & Carpintero, 1992: 89 [lectotype designation]; Taedia sulina typica: Carpintero & Carvalho, 1993: 408; Taedia sulina var. typica: Coscarón & Carpintero 1996: 12; Taedia sulina: Carvalho & Gomes, 1971: 250, 283; Taedia sulina var. typica: Carvalho & Costa 1993: 218; Paracalocoris bimaculatus: Coscarón et al., 2015: 19 (in part).
Calocoris (Paracalocoris) bimaculatus var. vittatus Berg, 1892: 91; Calocoris (Paracalocoris) bimaculatus vittatus: Reuter, 1907: 52; Calocoris (Paracalocoris) bimaculatus var. vittata: Carvalho & Carpintero, 1992: 89 [lectotype designation]; Taedia sulina vittata: Carpintero & Carvalho, 1993: 408; Taedia sulina var. vittatus: Coscarón & Carpintero, 1996: 13; Taedia sulina var. vitatta: Carvalho & Gomes, 1971: 251, 252, 283; Taedia sulina var. vittata: Carvalho & Costa, 1993: 220. NEW SYNONYM
Calocoris (Paracalocoris) bimaculatus var. niger Berg, 1892: 91; Calocoris (Paracalocoris) bimaculatus niger: Reuter, 1907: 52; Calocoris (Paracalocoris) bimaculatus var. niger: Carvalho & Carpintero, 1992: 89 [holotype mention]; Taedia sulina niger: Carpintero & Carvalho, 1993: 408; Taedia sulina var. niger: Coscarón & Carpintero, 1996: 7; Taedia sulina var. niger: Carvalho & Gomes, 1971: 251, 285; Taedia sulina var. nigra: Carvalho & Costa, 1993: 218; Paracalocoris bimaculatus: Coscarón et al., 2015: 19 (in part). NEW SYNONYM
Taedia sulina Carvalho, 1954: 426; Carvalho & Froeschner, 1987: 215; Carvalho, 1959: 263; Carvalho & Afonso, 1977: 12; Schuh, 1995: 958; Coscarón, 2017: 168; Schuh, 2002–2013 [online catalog]. NEW SYNONYM
Distribution: Argentina (Misiones) and Brazil. The reference to Corrientes Province comes from Carpintero & Carvalho (1993) and is erroneous since it refers to the type specimen which is known from Misiones Province in Argentina.
description: Published as part of Melo, María Cecilia & Dellapé, Pablo Matías, 2023, On the Identity of the Mirine Plant Bug Capsus bimaculatus Fabricius (Hemiptera Miridae): New Synonyms, and Lectotype Designation, pp. 569-574 in Zootaxa 5293 (3) on page 573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/7961545
Elections and the Media: The Supply Side
Creators: name: Patty, John W.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1998

description: This paper examines the role of the media in modern elections. In particular, the media industry is included in a traditional spatial voting framework. Consumers are modeled as random utility maximizers, and predictions are obtained, including an incumbency/celebrity advantage, emphasis of news concerning front-runners and unknown candidates, higher levels of coverage of volatile issues, higher levels of horse-race coverage in heterogeneous electorates, and lower levels of issue coverage in competitive news markets. The paper also includes a brief, cursory look at media coverage of Perot's candidacies in 1992 and 1996, illustrating how the model can be used "out of the box."
description: The author thanks D. Roderick Kiewiet for the suggestion of this title. This paper has previously been presented as "Address Models of the Media in Political Science." The author wishes to acknowledge many helpful conversations with R. Michael Alvarez, Chris Anderson, Fred Boehmke, Kim Border, Rhett Brown, Sean Gailmard, Garrett Glasgow, Angela Hung, Richard McKelvey, Tom Palfrey, and Roberto Weber. The support of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences at Caltech is also gratefully acknowledged. This paper would have been impossible without the comments and support of Alison Monahan. All errors, omissions, and outright lies are the responsibility of the author, of course.
description: Submitted - sswp1039.pdf
Maxomys hylomyoides
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Maxomys
Maxomys hylomyoides

description: 744.
Sumatran Mountain Spiny Rat
Maxomys hylomyoides
French: Maxomys du Korinchi / German: Sumatra-Rajah-Ratte / Spanish: Rata espinosa de montana de Sumatra
Other common names: Sumatran Mountain Maxomys, Sumatran Mountain Rat, Sumatran Spiny Rat
Taxonomy. Epimys hylomyoides H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916,
“Sungei Kring, Korinchi Peak, 7,300’ [= 2225 m], West Sumatra,”
Indonesia.
In arecent genetic study, M. hylomy-
oides formed a clade with M. whaitehead:, M. musschenbroekii, a specimen allocated to M. tajuddinii, and a possible undescribed form from Borneo. There were two wellsupported clades in a recent genetic study that might represent distinct subspecies or species, which requires additional research. Monotypic.
Distribution. C part of W mountain range of Sumatra.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 114-132 mm, tail 98-132 mm, ear 17-19 mm, hindfoot 28-31 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Sumatran Mountain Spiny Rat is small, with short, soft, and dense pelage and soft spines. Dorsum is dark brownish, with gray underfur. Venter is dark orangish brown. Feet are long and narrow. Ears are rounded; vibrissae are long and dark. Tail is ¢.100% of head-body length and bicolored, brownish above and white below. Skull has long and wide rostrum. There are four pairs of mammae: one pectoral, one post-axillary, one abdominal, and one inguinal.
Habitat. Primary upper montane or moss forest at elevations of 600-2225 m.The Sumatran Mountain Spiny Rat might occur in subalpine or shrubland vegetation.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. No information.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Sumatran Mountain Spiny Rat has a relatively small distribution but faces no major known threats. It occurs in Kerinci Seblat National Park. Additional research is needed to fully understand its natural history, taxonomy, and threats.
Bibliography. Achmadi (2017), Achmadi et al. (2013), Clayton (20161), Medway (1964b), Musser (1979), Musser & Carleton (2005), Musseret al. (1979), Steppan & Schenk (2017).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 859, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
Prospect theory in the wild: Evidence from the field
Creators: name: Camerer, Colin F.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1998

description: The workhorses of economic analysis are simple formal models that can explain naturally occurring phenomena. Reflecting this taste, economists often say they will incorporate more psychological ideas into economics if those ideas can parsimoniously account for field data better than standard theories do. Taking this statement seriously, this article describes 10 regularities in naturally occurring data that are anomalies for expected utility theory but can all be explained by three simple elements of prospect theory: loss aversion, reflection effects, and nonlinear weighting of probability; moreover, the assumption is made that people isolate decisions (or edit them) from others they might be grouped with (Read, Loewenstein, and Rabin 1999; cf. Thaler, 1999). I hope to show how much success has already been had applying prospect theory to field data and to inspire economists and psychologists to spend more time in the wild.
description: This paper was prepared for D. Kahneman and A. Tversky (Eds.), Choices, Values and Frames (in press). The research was supported by NSF grant SBR-9601236 and the hospitality of the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences during 1997-98. Linda Babcock and Barbara Mellers gave helpful suggestions.

Published as Camerer, Colin F. (2001) Prospect Theory In The Wild: Evidence From The Field. In: Choices, Values, and Frames. Contemporary Psychology. No.47. American Psychological Association , Washington, DC, pp. 288-300.
description: Submitted - sswp1037.pdf
Coalition and Party Formation in a Legislative Voting Game
Creators: name: Jackson, Matthew O.
name: Moselle, Boaz
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 1998
Subjects: Bargaining, Legislative Voting, Political Parties, Coalition Formation

description: We examine a legislative voting game where decisions are being made over both ideological and distributive dimensions, and legislators' preferences are separable over the two dimensions. In equilibrium legislators prefer to make proposals for the two dimensions together, rather than offering sequential proposals on the two dimensions separately. The equilibria exhibit interaction between the ideological and distributive dimensions and in any equilibrium there is a positive probability that a proposal is made and approved which excludes the median legislator (as defined over the ideological dimension), in contrast with a game where no distributive decision is being made. Moreover, in any stationary equilibrium there is more than one ideological decision that has a positive probability of being proposed and approved.

We show that legislators can gain from forming political parties, and consider examples where predictions can be made about the composition of parties. We discuss the impact of political parties on the outcome.
description: Financial support under NSF grant SBR-9507912 is gratefully acknowledged. We thank David Austen-Smith, Tim Feddersen, Richard McKelvey, and Roger Myerson for helpful comments and discussions, and Steve Callander for calculations on one of the examples.

Published as Jackson, M.O., & Moselle, B. (2002). Coalition and party formation in a legislative voting game. Journal of Economic Theory, 103(1), 49-87.
description: Submitted - sswp1036.pdf
Status Quo Bias in Bargaining: An extension of the Myerson Satterthwaite Theorem with an application to the Coase Theorem
Creators: name: McKelvey, Richard D.
name: Page, Talbot
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 2000

description: We use a generalized version of the Myerson-Satterthwaite theorem to study inefficiencies in bilateral bargaining over trade of an indivisible good, where there is two sided private information on the valuations. We show that when preferences are convex and quasi linear, and when the private information represents the magnitude of the utility gain or loss and follows a uniform distribution, that the most efficient mechanism always exhibits a bias towards the status quo. In the case that utility functions are quadratic in the amount traded, we prove that for any incentive compatible direct mechanism, there is an expected bias towards the disagreement point. In other words, for the class of preferences we study, there is a strategic advantage to property rights in the Coase bargaining setup in the presence of incomplete information.
description: This paper was previously titled "The Coase Theorem with Private Information." The financial support of the National Science Foundation (Grant #SBR-9223701) is gratefully acknowledged. We thank Kim Border, John Duggan, Tom Palfrey, Andy Postlewaite, and Harl Ryder for valuable discussions and suggestions, and especially Kim Border for pointing us to the right duality results necessary in the proof of part B of our proposition.

Published as McKelvey, R.D., & Page, T. (2002). Status quo bias in bargaining: An extension of the Myerson–Satterthwaite theorem with an application to the Coase theorem. Journal of Economic Theory, 107(2), 336-355.
description: Submitted - sswp1035.pdf
Maxomys inas
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Maxomys
Maxomys inas

description: 745.
Malayan Mountain Spiny Rat
Maxomys inas
French: Maxomys de |'Inas / German: Malaya-Rajah-Ratte / Spanish: Rata espinosa de montana de Malasia
Other common names: Malayan Mountain Maxomys
Taxonomy. Mus inas Bonhote, 1906,
Gunung Inas, Perak (Malay Peninsula), Malaysia.
Maxomys inas appears to be closely related to M. whiteheads, but genetic data are needed to confirm this. Monotypic.
Distribution. NW Peninsular Malaysia; perhaps extreme S peninsularThailand.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 124- 163 mm, tail 135-167 mm, ear 19-22 mm, hindfoot 31-33 mm. No specific data are available for body aideThe Malayan Mountain Spiny Rat is small, with short and spiny pelage. Dorsum is dark reddish brown. Venteris grayish chestnut, with gray hairs having chestnut tips. Feet are brownish white, long, and narrow. Ears are rounded and dark grayish; vibrissae are long and dark. Tail is 95-105% of head-body length and sharply bicolored, dark blackish brown above and white below. Skull is large compared with Whitehead’s Sundaic Spiny Rat (M. whiteheadi). The fur mite genus Listrophoroides has been recorded from the Malayan Mountain Spiny Rat. There are four pairs of mammae: one pectoral, one post-axillary, one abdominal, and one inguinal. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 42, FN = 83 (males) and 84 (females).
Habitat. Montane forests at elevations above 900 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. The Malayan Mountain Spiny Rat is terrestrial and mostly nocturnal.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Malayan Mountain Spiny Rat has a restricted distribution but is relatively common. It does not seem to have any major threats. It occurs in Selangor Wildlife Reserve and Kenaboi Forest Reserve. Additional research is needed to fully understand its natural history, taxonomy, and threats.
Bibliography. Achmadi et al. (2013), Aplin (2016x), Bochkov & O'Connor (2005), Breed & Yong (1986), Corbet & Hill (1992), Francis (2008), Musser & Carleton (2005), Nor (2001), Ramli & Hashim (2009), Rickart & Musser (1993), Steppan & Schenk (2017).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 859-860, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
An Experimental Study of Jury Decision Rules
Creators: name: Guarnaschelli, Serena
name: McKelvey, Richard D.
name: Palfrey, Thomas R.
Publisher: name: California Institute of Technology
Year: 2000
Subjects: Voting, Straw, Polls, Juries, Nash equilibrium, Legal innocence, Guilt, Game theory, Majority rule, Jurors

description: We present experimental results on individual decisions in juries. We consider the effect of three treatment variables: the size of the jury (three or six), the number of votes needed for conviction (majority or unanimity), and jury deliberation. We find evidence of strategic voting under the unanimity rule, where the form of strategic behavior involves a bias to vote guilty to compensate for the unanimity requirement. A large fraction of jurors vote to convict even when their private information indicates the defendant is more likely to be innocent than guilty. This is roughly consistent with the game theoretic predictions of Feddersen and Pesendorfer (FP) [1998]. While individual behavior is explained well by the game theoretic model, at the level of the jury decision, there are numerous discrepancies. In particular, contrary to the FP prediction, we find that in our experiments juries convict fewer innocent defendants under unanimity rule than under majority rule. We are able to simultaneously account for the individual and group data by using Quantal Response Equilibrium to model the error.
description: Revised version. Original version dated to October 1997.

Support of the National Science Foundation (Grant #SBR-9617854) is gratefully acknowledged. We thank Tara Butterfield for research assistance, John Patty for help in running the experiments, and Tim Reed and Charles Smith for writing the computer program for the experiments. We also thank Tim Feddersen, Susanne Lohmann, Krishna Ladha, the audiences at several academic conferences and seminars, and three referees for their comments.

Published as Guarnaschelli, S., McKelvey, R.D., & Palfrey, T.R. (2000). An experimental study of jury decision rules. American Political Science Review, 94(2), 407-423.
description: Submitted - sswp1034.pdf
Maxomys inflatus
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Maxomys
Maxomys inflatus

description: 746.
Broad-nosed Sumatran Spiny Rat
Maxomys inflatus
French: Maxomys a nez large / German: Breitnasen-Rajah-Ratte / Spanish: Rata espinosa de Sumatra de hocico ancho
Other common names: Broad-nosed Sumatran Maxomys, Fat-nosed Spiny Rat
Taxonomy. Epimys inflatus H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916,
“Sungei Kumbang, Ko- rinchi, 4,700’ [= 1433 m], West Sumatra,” Indonesia.
Phylogenetic affinities of M. inflatus are uncertain, but morphologically, it has no close relatives. Monotypic.
Distribution. W Sumatra.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 160- 193 mm, tail 143-190 mm, ear 22-25 mm, hindfoot 37-43 mm. No specific data are available for body ——The Broad-nosed Sumatran Spiny Rat is relatively large, with short and spiny pelage. Dorsum is orangish brown; venteris similar color to dorsum but patchier and lighter. Feet are long and narrow. Ears are rounded, vibrissae are long and dark. Tail is equal orslightly shorter than head—body length and bicolored, dark brownish above and white below. Skull has highly inflated nasolacrimal capsules, making rostrum wide. The mite Listrophoroides inflatus has been recorded from the Broad-nosed Sumatran Spiny Rat. There are three pairs of mammae: one post-axillary and two inguinal.
Habitat. Tropical evergreen forests at elevations of 900-1500 m.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. The Broad-nosed Sumatran Spiny Rat is probably nocturnal and terrestrial.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List. The Broadnosed Sumatran Spiny Rat has a relatively wide distribution and is considered relatively common. It occurs in Kerinci Seblat National Park, and it faces no major threats although logging in lowlands might have some impact. Additional research is needed to fully understand its natural history, taxonomy, and threats.
Bibliography. Achmadi et al. (2013), Bochkov & O'Connor (2005), Clayton (2016m), Musser & Carleton (2005), Musseret al. (1979), Robinson & Kloss (1916), Steppan & Schenk (2017).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 860, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260