This paper is to provide a theoretical investigation on real-money trading (RMT) observed frequently in online games. To complement former studies focused much on irregularity of transaction itself, economic incentives behind RMT are modeled and identified by reconsidering related economic...

This paper undertakes to give a reading of Mary Johnston's 1908 historical novel entitled Lewis Rand. The novel tells the story of a young Virginia man who receives a Jeffersonian education - literally - Lewis Rand is educated by Thomas Jefferson quot;in person.quot; The young man later breaks...

This short essay takes stock of H.L. Mencken's portrayal of Samuel Johnson as the quot;first Rotarianquot; and as nothing more than a mouthpiece for the prejudices and defender of the authorities of his time. I suggest by contrast that Johnson was fully appreciative of the need for the writer to...

In this paper I would like to establish the priority of Aristotle in the thought of George Frederick Holmes (1820-1897), the South's leading philosopher of the nineteenth century. Accompanying this aim is the possibility of an improved understanding of the historical quot;Mind of the Southquot;...

The article “the economy of creative imagination” argues in favour of the assumption that the process of creating economic goods, as well as living conditions of an individual, is accomplished, first of all, in the person\\\\\\\'s brain, in the imagination, by mobilizing the cosmic energies...

Football League clubs have agreed strict Financial Fair Play rules in what could be the most significant change to the way the game is governed. Faced with increased wage costs, losses, debt and insolvency, the new rules will impose a transfer embargo on clubs that overspend. In this study we...

Within the banking sector operational risk is often perceived to be a less <p> important risk than financial risks such as market or credit risk. Such a view <p> is typically reinforced by the observation that banks are in the business of <p> taking these financial risks and must lend large amounts of...</p></p></p>

External prominence (measured by the number of pages indexed on search engines or TED talk invitations) can be capitalized on the speakers' market while research performance (measured by publication and citation indicators) cannot. There is thus a clear distinction between the capitalization of...

The Tokugawa Era of Japan is known for its domination by the shogunate, or warrior bureaucracy. While samurai capture the popular imagination, the merchant class of this era was changing their cultural narrative as well. The regime, officially Neo-Confucian, considered trade a vulgar and...