Systemic tax administration problems in many developing countries have led to a search for radical solutions. One such proposed solution is tax farming. Tax farming is a system wherein the right to collect taxes is auctioned off to the highest bidder. An analysis of the historical experience...

Grades and inspections govern the marketing of agricultural commodities. Federal legislation created the marketing institutions, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when national markets were emerging. Three commodities – fresh produce (fruit and vegetables), grains, and meat – all rely...

Statistics demonstrate the costs of poor working conditions. These statistics assume that achieving occupational health and safety is a cost free exercise. Thus distinctions between the cost of occupational accidents and ill health and loss of profit are blurred. The British Health and Safety...

This paper offers a critical evaluation of the notion of collective voice, advanced by Freeman and Medoff (1984) in their pioneering contribution What Do Unions Do? It takes note of theoretical and empirical work supportive of/consistent with the collective voice/institutional response model,...