The long-run evolution of per-capita income exhibits a structural breakoften associated with the Industrial Revolution. We follow Mokyr (2002) and embedthe idea that this structural break reflects a regime switch in the evolution of technologicalknowledge into a dynamic framework, using Airy...

This paper discusses the relationship between bank size and risk-takingunder Pillar I of the New Basel Capital Accord.

We study the effect of hyperbolic discounting on competitive equilibria in secondary markets for a durable good. Under exponential discounting, secondary markets are irrelevant in our model. They do not affect the price in the initial period and are neutral to the allocation. Under hyperbolic...

A firm entering a market often has to solve the problem that consumers do not know the quality of its product. The present paper, studying entry by a firm facing an incumbent rival, shows that the latter's reaction to entry can work as a substitute for the entrant's revelation costs. As a...