Innovation is an imperative in all industry sectors. For those such as construction, which are not considered high-tech and which operate as one-off projects, the uptake and diffusion of new innovations into ongoing practice across projects pose particular problems. The nature of these problems...

This paper analyzes the evolution of inequality in Polandduring the economic transition that began in 1989?1990. Using microdatafrom the Household Budget Surveys, we find that, after a brief spike in1989, income and consumption inequality actually declined to belowpretransition levels during...

This dissertation applies the supergame approach to a Salop type product differentiation model with n firms in the market. The theory shows that product differentiation facilitates the formation of tacit collusion among the firms in an oligopolistic industry. The empirical analysis finds that...

Agri-environmental programs have become popular in many countries as a means of improving environmental quality. In the United States, recent Farm Bills have progressively expanded the number and range of these programs beyond soil conservation to water quality and other issues. Economists have...