A number of papers have studied imperfect imitative learning as a utility-increasing activity (e.g. Dawid, McCain 2000). Some studies of imitative learning have taken account of the tendency of people to imitate others who are "near" them in some sense (e.g. McCain 2000, Bala and Goyal). As...

Communities are increasingly turning to local environmental institutions (LEIs) to address unmet environmental challenges, and reform advocates point to such place-based solution as critical for addressing the shortcomings of the existing environmental protection system. Yet, there has been very...

Community-based efforts to address environmental problems occupy an increasingly large space on the environmental policy landscape. Advocates argue that local environmental institutions (LEIs) can deliver both procedural and environmental quality benefits. Yet, despite over a decade of expansive...

This paper presents a model of opportunism and contingent wage schedules in labor markets, which is, in a sense, intermediate between the "implicit" and explicit contract approaches. The "expected utility" condition is not a part of the contract, but is a condition for the acceptability of a...

A research use exemption enables companies or research institutions to apply patented know-how of third parties for research purposes for free without being sued for hurting patent rights.Depending on the extent of its implementation, the research use exemption may be positive or negative for...