We survey theoretical developments in the literature on the limits of arbitrage. This literature investigates how costs … from behavioral or from institutional considerations. We next survey, and nest within a simple model, the following costs …

household survey on the European Central Bank’s transparency. To benefit from higher transparency perceptions the European …

survey data is limited by measurement error and by the questionability of their behavioural relevance. Here we present a … interaction among the participants, with a survey of non-interacting respondents in a smooth and inexpensive way. We illustrate … the power of our approach with the analysis of trust and trustworthiness in Germany by combining representative survey …

sustainability. We show that the dual democratic mechanism – rejection/support rewards (RSRs) for politicians and elections – can … achieve sustainability. RSRs stipulate that incumbents who are not re-elected, but obtain the majority support among young …

finances of its member states. Yet there is no clear definition of sustainability. The economist’s common use of the term …. In this study, we develop a concept of sustainability focusing on the controllability of public finances. In so doing, we … adopt the approach of the Maastricht Treaty, to assume sustainability as long as a country does not violate the double …

the sustainability of the current global imbalances. …

forward a notion of current account sustainability and compares the experience of three Latin American countries – Chile … sustainability indicators and discusses their usefulness in predicting external crises. …