, and the labor market behavior of men in the later part of their working lives. Unlike previous work which has typically …

Welfare Economics. A key theme of Cognitive Economics is finite cognition (often misleadingly called "bounded rationality …

In line with the fallacy of riskification of uncertainty by which decision makers believe that the effects of … markets, such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and financial crises--as a problem of risk management. This is … business continuity. Taken together, this article offers the foundation for a behaviorally plausible, decision …

ingredients: (a) decision rights can be transferred ex ante through ownership, (b) managers (and possibly workers) enjoy private …

organization; and relationships with limited partners. In selecting investments, VCs see the management team as more important than …

We examine trends in self-employment among white and black men from 1910 to 1990 using Census and CPS microdata. Self …-employment rates fell over most of the century and then started to rise after 1970. For white men, we find that the decline was due to …-employment. For black men, we find that the self-employment rate remained at a level of roughly one-third the white rate from 1910 to …

follow 999 high-risk men in Liberia 10 years after randomization into either: 8 weeks of a therapy; a $200 grant; both; or a … greatest among the highest-risk men. The effects of therapy alone, however, are smaller and more fragile. The effects of …