This paper characterizes the efficient sequential equilibrium when a government uses indirect control to exert its … to exert direct control by intervening with an endogenously determined intensity of force which is costly to both players …

of the model using sales complaint data for exclusive and independent insurance agents. We find that exclusive insurance … agents working for large branded firms are more likely to be the subject of a justified sales complaint, relative to …

sales. This paper offers a new method of evaluating the accuracy of these apportionment rules and the ownership distortions … example, the magnitude of property, employment and sales explains less than 22 percent of the variation in profits between …

demand, both of which generate sluggish responses of sales to shocks …

interest in music not generating revenue through individual track sales - unpaid consumption and deadweight loss - into … willingness to pay for the bundled offering. On the other hand, streaming may displace traditional individual track sales. Even if … they displace sales, streams may however still raise overall revenue if the streaming payment is large enough in relation …

illustrate this approach using search engine query data as predictors for consumer sentiment and gun sales …

findings from the regression results are that drug control spending reduces drug use. However, the results suggest for … marijuana users, the marginal cost of drug control exceeds the social benefits of drug control. This may not be the case for …