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Making Economic Sense Out of Unisex Life Insurance (Or the Difference Between Cost and Value and Why It Matters to Real People)

Booth, Richard A., Marbury Research Professor of Law - 2002

In this piece, I take issue with one of the fundamental tenets of law and economics as it has been used to justify gender discrimination in the pricing of life insurance and annuities, namely, that individuals should bear their own identifiable costs so as to avoid misallocation of society's...

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The stock market and South Africa's economic development

Frank, Ashley Gavin - 2004

Financial liberalisation, through increasing investment as well as the average productivity of capital, should stimulate economic growth, or so the theory goes. Bank lending unfortunately suffers adverse selection and moral hazard effects, to which the establishment and expansion of stock...

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Prioritizing Sustainability Projects with Low Market Value in Institutions of Higher Education: a green roof case study

Storm, Lenna A. - 2010

This thesis adds to the body of knowledge available to decision makers in highereducation by presenting a framework for why valuable sustainability projects are oftennot pursued on university campuses, and offers one approach to overcoming theperceived financial obstacles for making investments...

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Labeling Regulations and Segregation of First- and Second-Generation Genetically Modified Products: Innovation Incentives and Welfare Effects

Moschini, GianCarlo; Lapan, Harvey E. - 2005

We review some of the most significant issues and results on the economic effects of genetically modified (GM) product innovation, with emphasis on the question of GM labeling and the need for costly segregation and identity preservation activities. The analysis is organized around an explicit...

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GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP INNOVATIONS AND PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION: TRADE AND WELFARE EFFECTS IN THE SOYBEAN COMPLEX

Sobolevsky, Andrei; Moschini, GianCarlo; Lapan, Harvey E. - 2002

We develop a new partial equilibrium, four-region world trade model for the soybean complex comprising soybeans, soybean oil, and soybean meal. In the model, some consumers view genetically modified Roundup Ready (RR) soybeans and products as weakly inferior to conventional ones; the RR seed is...

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How Do Economists Really Think About the Environment?

Fullerton, Don; Stavins, Robert N. - 1998

On a topic like the environment, communication among scholars from different disciplines in the natural and social sciences is both important and difficult, but such communication has been far from perfect. Economists themselves may have contributed to some rather fundamental misunderstandings...

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The future of the European Common Agricultural Policy : a new philosopy ?

Boussard, Jean-Marc - 2007

While the recent commodity price crisis brings questions regarding the general developement path of the CAP since 1992, this paper envisages returning to Rooseveltian recipes, after modernization.

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Toward a Stakeholder Theory of the Firm: The Case of the Saturn Partnership

Kochan, Thomas; Rubinstein, Saul - 2002

Saturn Corporation. Three questions are posed fora stakeholder theory: (1) Under what conditions is a stakeholder firm likely … to emerge,(2) what are the critical determinants of performance in a stakeholder firm, and (3)what will determine the …. Saturn?s governance structure, work organization, andinternal processes fit the characteristics of a stakeholder firm …

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Is corporate social responsibility linked with firm performance? An alternative test

Galbreath, Jeremy; Shum, P. - 2009

Direct tests between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance (FP) have been argued to be a futile pursuit. Following this line of thinking, the present study sought to test an alternative model in understanding the CSR-FP relationship. Specifically, reputation and customer...

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The Ability to Change or the Willingness to Change: Stakeholder Interpretation of Adversity

Napshin, Stuart A.; De Carolis, Donna M - 2011

Firms often face adverse environmental events which have the potential to destroy the value the firm has created. This study focuses on the occurrence of adverse events. In particular, we address the research question of what organizational and managerial characteristics impact shareholder...

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