Based on an endogenous model in which government spending responds to lobbying, the effects of spending on growth depend on the size of public 'spillovers' relative to lobbying. The spillover effects are small and lobbying effects large in less democratic societies as informational 'asymmetries'...

Furman-Stiglitz (1998) hypothesize that improved transparency in financial markets intensifies volatility, yet more conventional wisdom exemplified by the International Monetary Fund’s position states that lack of transparency intensifies volatility. Mohtadi-Ruediger (2012) provide a...

Furman-Stiglitz (1998) hypothesize that improved transparency in financial markets intensifies volatility, yet more conventional wisdom exemplified by the International Monetary Fund’s position states that lack of transparency intensifies volatility. Mohtadi-Ruediger (2012) provide a...

Furman-Stiglitz (1998) hypothesize that improved transparency in financial markets intensifies volatility, yet more conventional wisdom exemplified by the International Monetary Fund’s position states that lack of transparency intensifies volatility. Mohtadi-Ruediger (2012) provide a...

Purpose: The proliferation of terrorism worldwide raises the risk that terrorist strategies could evolve from conventional methods (e.g. suicide attacks) to biological, chemical and even radioactive and nuclear attacks (commonly abbreviated as CBRN) which are potentially much more dangerous....

Using the Supermarket Panel Data gathered by The Food Industry Center at the University of Minnesota, the behavior of food retailers is examined in their adoption of Information Technologies that facilitate information exchange with suppliers. Using a theoretical framework developed by Mohtadi...

A simple two-sector endogenous growth model of government spending and growth is developed with a producing and a lobbying sector. Lobbyists divert government spending for private gains. One key innovation is this: With democratization, information (and power) becomes more diffused (public),...