capture the complexity of economic networks, we propose two global measures that assess the trade integration and the trade … integration, which measures the impact of a perturbation in the economy of a country on another country, possibly through … only three partners. We also show that for some countries, the direct and indirect measures of trade integration diverge …

In this paper, wee propose a model for regulatory capture that is based on information transmission and asymmetric … information. In a three- tier model, a regulator is charged by a political principal to provide a signal for the type of a … information cost and the firm enjoys higher information rents. The main feature of soft capture is that it is not based on a …

the chain or costly vertical integration to solve the commitment problem. A two-stage supply chain under stochastic demand … and information asymmetry is modelled. A repeated investment-production game with coordinator commitment in supplier …'s investment addresses the information sharing and asset- specific investment problem. We provide a mitigation of the hold …

use of industry-commissioned consultants, experts and lobbyists that produce information for regulatory and policy use. A … firm and regulator, linked to the role of the regulator as information-processing intermediate for the political principal …. The firm puts processed but biased information at the free disposal of the regulator, 'no strings attached', who can then …

criminal suits, is analyzed in the framework of a two-sided incomlete information game. …