network externalities as languages. At the same time, producers of new cultural goods in any one country draw on the stock of … externalities, but that add little to the stock of usable ideas. A reform of cultural policy suggested by our two-country analysis …

system (GIS) mapping, the paper presents evidence that production technology in the tropics has lagged behind temperate zone … and weak agricultural technology in the tropics have combined to slow the demographic transition from high fertility and …

in developing countries---pressure for land use change, significant local and global externalities, weak property rights … the economics of deforestation in the tropics. This combination of theory and empirics provides insights not only into the …

of the land has no important amenity values nor apparent major externalities associated with use. These lands were to be … federal government and the role of the environmental movement in the process. Market failure and externalities were asserted … justifications, but there is no strong supportive evidence. Although externalities were possible, the most obvious solution was to …

We examine the role of consumption externalities in the demand for pharmaceuticals at both the brand level and over a … equations describing the dynamic adjustment process. We find that consumption externalities influence both valuations and rates …

capital gain position of the fund. This paper's simulations show that these externalities are important determinants of the …

externalities', an increase in the size of the market brings forth additional products valued by others with similar tastes. But who … benefits whom? We examine the patterns of and mechanisms for preference externalities between black and white and between … preference externalities are large and positive within groups, they are small and possibly negative across groups. For example …

This paper discusses the environmental externalities that are commonly found in the developing world (the environmental …