The conference will focus on the distributional consequences of the public sector. Although our main interest is in the effects on personal distribution, i.e., on families and individuals, we are also interested in the relationship between the public sector and functional distribution of...

Globalization has substantially increased the flow of private capital available to emerging markets compared with official flows from multilateral institutions. Countries that pursue sound polices will attract large capital inflows, but those that do not will suffer net capital outflows. This...

(1) Economic Development and Reform (2) Law and Institutions (3) Contracts and Organization (4) Regulation and Deregulation (5) Economics of Transition (6) Positive Political Theory and Policy (7) Transaction Costs: Governance and Measurement (8) Property Rights (9) Corporate Governance (10)...

The free market offers almost limitless choices in everything from what we eat, to the books we read, to the vehicles we drive. It's constantly at work, providing ever broadening opportunities for us to increase our happiness and realize our dreams. Yet, when it comes to American elementary and...

Topics include experiments for the classroom, teaching evaluations and assessment, fostering the economics major, roundtable discussions for specific courses and research addressing student perfomance.

Issues in delegated portfolio management, investment services, open- and closed-end mutual funds, pension funds, venture capital funds, banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, exchange traded funds, ...

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Papers on any risk or insurance economics, risk management, insurance law or regulation, publick policy, health care, international issues, or employee benefits.