The advantages a DSL and the benefits its use potentially brings imply that informed decisions on the design of a domain specific language are of paramount importance for its use. We believe that the foundations of such decisions should be informed by analysis of data empirically collected from...

This paper presents a classroom experiment in cooperative behavior. Students make production decisions as a cartel and earn revenues based on their own output decision and the output decision of the rest of the cartel. Cooperative behavior generates maximum profit for the group, but individuals...

This study looks at crime as one potential obstacle to the revitalization of downtown retail areas. High crime in central city neighborhoods may discourage retail development, either because crime against the establishment increases business costs or because crime and the fear of crime drive...