Prior research on 'strategic voting' has reached the conclusion that unanimity rule is uniquely bad: it results in destruction of information, and hence makes voters worse off. We show that this conclusion depends critically on the assumption that the issue being voted on is exogenous, i.e.,...

This study examines the development and implementation of judicial strategies by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) over the last fifteen years. Firstly, the author shows that this strategy was born in the wake of the Viking and Laval cases, with the aim of using the standards and...

This paper examines the investment strategies of regulated companies in abatement technologies,market participants' trading behaviors, and the liquidity level in an inter-temporalcap{and{trade market using laboratory experiments. The experimental analysis is performedunder varying market...

This chapter surveys theoretical research on the long-term performanceof xed-mix investment strategies. These self-nancing strategies rebalancethe portfolio over time so as to keep constant the proportionsof wealth invested in various assets. The main result is that wealthcan be grown from...

With hedge funds, issues such as finding common factors that definealternative strategies or the tracking of hedge funds have beendiscussed more or less recently in the financial literature. We proposehere the use of recent developments in estimation of factor modelsto unveil the five latent...

We run a large-scale natural field experiment to evaluate alternative strategies to enforce compliance with the law. The experiment varies the text of mailings sent to potential evaders of TV license fees. We find a strong alert effect of mailings, leading to a substantial increase in...

Which are the basic strategic options of young scientists in the process of scientific competition? Which are the basic structural conditions influencing the outcome of strategic actions? What strategic choices should be made depending on given structural conditions? In thispaper we approach...