On June 5, 6, and 7 of 2015, the reconstructed French frigate L'Hermione made its first official landing in the United States at the port of Yorktown, Virginia. This vessel was named after the original 1780 frigate that brought the Marquis de Lafayette to America from France to help in the...

We conducted a three-phase study of arts participation using SPPA (Survey of Public Participation in the Arts) data going back to 1982. Using statistical methods to correct for possible survey sampling bias (including clustering, stratification, and weighting), in phase 1 we confirm previous...

Managers of start-up firms make a number of important yet understudied decisions, such as whether or not to develop a new product, whether or not to choose a high-technology product or service, whether or not to use external assistance, and the amount of time and effort they will devote to their...

We examine how asset structure is related to leverage in different institutional environments, using tens of thousands of firm-level observations from small, privately held, emerging market firms that are likely to face financing constraints. Our empirical analysis indicates that the linkage...

After a clarification of definitions important in methodological discussions, a brief history of early methodological thought in economics and political economy is presented. The development of “orthodox” methodology is traced, and the fundamental assumptions underlying neoclassical economic...