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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53593#.VMnk8yzQrzE Author(s)     Prateek Goorha * , Jason Potts Affiliation(s) School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia . ABSTRACT We propose considering an institutional context as a fuzzy control system, and, thereby, the role of any given institution to be akin to a database of fuzzy rules. We develop this analogy for a hierarchical institutional system and provide an overview of the method for designing the database structure using a hierarchical system of linguistic rules. This, we submit, is as an interesting way of looking at institutional development with nested institutions.   KEYWORDS Institutions , Context , Rules , Subjectivity , Control Cite this paper Goorha, P. and Potts, J. (2015) Defining “Context” with Institutions as Fuzzy Rule Bases. Theoretical Economics Letters , 5...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53414#.VMG65SzQrzE Author(s)    Youngjeen Cho Affiliation(s) Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea . ABSTRACT Fisheries subsidies negotiation was added to the negotiation agenda of the DDA largely by the concern for the depletion of fishery stocks. Some members, in particular, the Friends of Fish group countries, claimed that over-fishing and overcapacity caused by various fisheries subsidies program have resulted in the depletion of fishery stocks. Therefore, they argued that new disciplines should be introduced to address the situation. In 2007, after more than five years of negotiations, the chairman of the Rules Negotiations Group circulated a consolidated text. However, the negotiations have hardly made progress since then. This paper examines whether the Rule Negotiating Group chair’s text is...