We study the incentives that governments have to protect intellectual property in a trading world economy. We consider … a world economy with ongoing innovation in two countries that differ in market size, in their capacities for innovation …

The current, unprecedented loss of global biodiversity resulting from anthropogenic interference in the world …The current, unprecedented loss of global biodiversity resulting from anthropogenic interference in the world … center of the public discussion on biodiversity. It examines whether genetic information derived from biodiversity can be …

that rationing binds on input use, such that farmers, despite trivial prices for water extraction, use roughly the socially … optimal amount of water on average. The rationing regime is still grossly inefficient, because it misallocates water across …

The Water Use Model -- Conceptual Foundations: Thermodynamics and Capital Theory -- General Design of Dynamic Models … for Water Uses -- Specifications for Constructing the Water Use Model -- Constraints of the Water Use Model -- Optimality … Conditions of the Water Use Model -- The Water Infrastructure Model -- Case Studies Guiding the Integration of Water …