Prices of most agricultural and mineral commodities rose strongly in the past decade, peaking sharply in 2008. Popular explanations…
In the months before the January earthquake, Haiti and its criminal justice institutions were the subject of an unprecedented effort by two…
Individuals differ significantly in their willingness to take risks, partly due to genetic differences. We explore how risk taking behavior…
In this paper we establish six stylized facts related to marriage and work in Latin America and present a simple model to account for them…
To trust is to risk. When we lend someone money, we make ourselves vulnerable, hoping or expecting that the borrower will reward our trust…
Federal action addressing climate change is likely to emerge either through new legislation or via the U.S. EPA’s authority under the Clean…
We describe three essential elements of an effective post-2012 international global climate policy architecture: a means to ensure that…
This paper compares how the United States and the European Community dealt with competition policy challenges by two firms operating at the…
Firms in Africa report "regulatory and economic policy uncertainty" as a top constraint to their growth.
We argue that often firms in…
Good governance has grown rapidly to become a major ingredient in analyses of what’s missing in countries struggling for economic and…