This paper analyzes self-control problems in intertemporal consumption of a sin good where current consumption imposes a negative externality on one's future selves due to the existence of present-biased preferences. We introduce the negative externality dubbed 'internality', which is augmented...

This paper offers a novel way of looking at airline alliances by integrating the concept into the study of regional arrangements like common markets or free trade areas. Not unlike a country wishing to join an established common market, an airline seeking admission to an airline alliance seeks...