Jorge Mario Bergoglio, since becoming Pope Francis in March 2013, is focusing on martyrdom in the Roman Catholic Church.

Barro and McCleary interpret the lowering of saint-making criteria combined with a geographic broadening of candidates as an intentional effort on the part of the Catholic Church hierarchy to universalize its relevance. More specifically, the Catholic Church - the world's longest-lasting...

This paper examines firms' choices to use mobile platforms — namely iOS and Android. Using Crunchbase® data on startups seeking external funding, we find that 16 of 47 business categories are likely to use mobile platforms. 10 of these 16 exhibit no platform preferences, implying...

This book addresses the most prominent policy issues raised by advertising--competition, consumer information, children, ad bans, and free speech.

Key economists for the government and for the Microsoft Corporation lay out their views on the key issues and then respond to the views presented by the opposing side.

This book recommends the creation of a new, alternative legal structure for collective investment, the "managed investment trust."

Rowe and Graening outline policymakers' plans to govern the terms of access to transmission and distribution systems owned by utilities.

This book addresses the most prominent policy issues raised by advertising--competition, consumer information, children, ad bans, and free speech.

The authors consider whether any special circumstances justify departure from free trade in telecommunications equipment.

This book discusses local competition in the telecommunications sector.