This paper provides conditions on the primitives of a continuous-time economy under which there exist equilibria obeying the consumption-based capital asset pricing model. The paper also extends the equilibrium characterization of interest rates of Cox, Ingersoll, and Ross (1985) to multiagent...

Government regulation is ubiquitous today in rich and middle-income countries--present in areas that range from workplace conditions to food processing to school curricula--although standard economic theories predict that it should be rather uncommon. In this book, Andrei Shleifer argues that...

Where large-scale investments are needed, especially for infrastructure projects, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been touted as an option. With encouragement by the international financial institutions, PPPs have been promoted in developing countries, especially those facing large...

Mine companies' profits higher. - Hecla and federal dividends for quarter are sharply higher. - Hecla Mining company, operating lead, zinc, silver and copper properties in Idaho, reported for the quarter ended March 1, net income of $176,660 after depreciation and depletion, but before provision...