In light of the interest in axiomatic models of decision making in recent years, one is led to ask, in what ways do axiomatic derivations advance positive economics? If economists are interested in predicting how people behave, without a pretense to change individual decision making, how can...

"The Tiebout model is one of our most important theories of local government. It is also one of the most controversial. Current debate over the Tiebout model revolves around the apparent disparity between results of macro- and micro-level empirical studies. While macro-level evidence shows...

From Page 1:"First, please note that this is a very informal version of an essay called 'Property, Agency, Time, Culture, Spirit', to be published in a UNEP book on 'Human Values and Biodiversity', edited by Darrell Posey, due out in 1998."This paper is called 'What, Who, When, Why...' because...

"Contrary to most economic theory, consumers are not always easily distinguished from producers, particularly in the consumption and production of public services. Consumers of public safety add to their consumption and add to the community's supply of public safety by installing extra locks and...