Successful public sector reform is rare in Africa. Over twelve years, Ethiopia transformed its public financial management (PFM) to…
In this paper we provide a model of Research Joint Venture (RJV), and study the incentives
of competing firms to cooperate in product…
The global economy and especially its poorest members, face a perfect storm. The crisis has been created by a Global LIE: leverage that is…
Biofuels have become big policy and big business. Government targets, mandates, and
blending quotas have created a growing demand for…
Countries differ markedly in the diversification of their exports. Products differ in the number of
countries that export them, which we…
Since the 1970s, federal American Indian policy in the United States has been aimed at promoting self-determination through self-governance…
The problem of the commons is more important to our lives and thus more central to economics than a century ago when Katharine Coman led…
Policy analyses frequently clash. Their disagreements stem from many sources, such as models, empirical estimates, values, who should have…
The recent financial crisis has led many to question how well businesses deliver
consumer financial services and how well regulatory…
In this survey chapter on pricing and reimbursement in U.S. pharmaceutical markets, we first provide
background information on important…