. Clark examines and compares surnames in such diverse cases as modern Sweden, fourteenth-century England, and Qing Dynasty …

through well-crafted real-world examples (vetted for awesomeness by Kung Fu Panda's Jade Palace). Does health insurance make …? Differences-in-differences analysis of a Depression-era banking crisis offers a response. Could arresting O. J. Simpson have saved …

through well-crafted real-world examples (vetted for awesomeness by Kung Fu Panda's Jade Palace). Does health insurance make …? Differences-in-differences analysis of a Depression-era banking crisis offers a response. Could arresting O. J. Simpson have saved …

Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic … banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone … but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households. Analyzing the political and banking …

</i> may change the way global economic history is understood. …

In the 1990s, large insurance companies failed in virtually every major market, prompting a fierce and ongoing debate … about how to better protect policyholders. Drawing lessons from the failures of four insurance companies, <i>When Insurers … Go Bust</i> dramatically advances this debate by arguing that the current approach to insurance regulation should be …

information, perverse incentives, and malfunctioning insurance markets. Dranove describes the ongoing efforts to revive the system …

Levine uses economic analysis to consider this question, comparing abortion to a form of insurance. Like insurance, he …

providing insurance against lifetime uncertainty. The terms of these contracts depend on the information available to insurance …. The relation between life insurance and annuities that have a bequest option is examined and "annuity options" are …

contract called “anti-insurance.” In restitution law, people who convey unrequested benefits to others are seldom entitled to …