Hong, Kubik and Stein (JFE 2008) find that the price of a stock in the US is decreasing in the ratio of the aggregate book value of listed firms in a region to the aggregate personal income in the same region (“RATIO”), an “only-game-in-town” effect. We first replicate the HKS (2008)...

We delineate a non-co-operative game in which the countries of Europe implement restrictive measures to reduce the inflow of asylum seekers in their territories. These restrictions may divert the asylum seekers towards other countries, with spill over effects. Attention focuses on the role of...

This paper looks at the recent discussion on "Lootboxes" by regulators in several countries referring to the case of Japan in the light of business model revolutions. A game-of-chance mechanic which can be found in more and more in digital games to acquire virtual items and to help monetize...