Supervised devolution in the area of child-support enforcement has produced a tenuous but politically popular sharing of power between the federal government and the states for more than two decades. In this paradigm, policy has proceeded simultaneously along two developmental tracks. Along the...

We estimate elasticities of demand for New Jersey’s Pick 3 and Pick 4 midday/evening numbers games by exploiting random price variation generated by episodic promotions for each game. These Pick 3 Green Ball and Pick 4 Red Ball promotions lower the price of a lottery ticket for an evening...

State legislative bodies that contain more than a token level (15 percent) of female representatives provide these lawmakers with a greater sense of self-efficacy and opportunities for wider policy influence than those where women number under 15 percent. The objective of this study is to...

Calls for corporate social responsibility are widespread, yet there is no consensus about what it means; this may be its charm. However, it is possible to distinguish the fiduciary obligations owed to shareholders, as expressed by Milton Friedman, from all other paradigms of corporate...

We analyse the increase in sales of Pick 3 and Pick 4 daily numbers lottery games and other Ohio Lottery games after Ohio introduced midday drawings for the Pick 3 and Pick 4 games in August 1999. The midday drawings increased Pick 3 sales by 5%, Pick 4 sales by 12%, and total lottery sales by...

We analyze the increase in sales of daily numbers lottery games – Pick 3 and Pick 4 games – after Ohio introduced midday drawings in August 1999. Using a 36 month panel data set of Ohio lottery sales by zip code we find that midday drawings increased Pick 3 sales by 12.1% per adult and...

Calls for corporate social responsibility are widespread, yet there is no consensus about what it means; this may be its charm. It is possible to distinguish the fiduciary duty owed to shareholders as expressed by Milton Friedman from all other paradigms of corporate responsibility. Friedman...

Calls for corporate social responsibility are widespread, yet there is no consensus about what it means; this may be its charm. However, it is possible to distinguish the fiduciary obligations owed to shareholders, as expressed by Milton Friedman, from all other paradigms of corporate...