We show in this paper how the characteristics of fire recurrency in forests can be theoretically derived from simple informations concerning forest morphology. The task is accomplished by means of a minimal model encapsulating a few assumptions on the interactions between overstorey and...

A reformulation of health economics is proposed that explicitly involves institutions. Decisions regarding health are taken under uncertainty, in the face of which institutions work and allow dealing with it. Taking institutions seriously allows moving forward from the economics of medical care...

This paper presents an original economic model of the apartment rental market where service expenditures are invisible to prospective residents (but highly important to current residents), while recruiting expenditures are highly visible to prospective residents (but often inconsequential to...

The study aimed to examine the differences in efficiency between Israeli safari sunset growers, and to explain sources of these differences. The following data were used: flower price data from the Aalsmeer Flower Auction (the Netherlands), data from a questionnaire completed by growers, and...

The Generalized Lambda Distribution is a popular tool for generating random numbers following a wide range of non-normal, asymmetric distributions. In this short paper we assess the accuracy of the technique in replicating moments across a range of "sample sizes." We find that accuracy is highly...

We investigate the behaviour of three flexible forms of the cost Function: the Translog, which is the most used in empirical analyses, Generalized Leontief and Symmetric Generalized McFadden, which both have also become popular. Their performances are evaluated by their abilities (i) to respect...

This paper shows that the Almost Stochastic Dominance (ASD) decision rule overlooks the effect of leverage on the variance of portfolio returns. If a portfolio dominates another by ASD then that portfolio bought with any amount of leverage will also be dominant by ASD. Therefore, there is no...

Under the usual assumption that the landlord is risk-neutral and the tenant is risk-averse, sharecropping is second-best in that it trades off risk sharing and incentives and leads to a constrained Pareto-efficient agreement. Many, however, have reported instances of reverse share tenancy, i.e.,...

This paper investigates the effects of ("keeping up with the Joneses" and "learning-by-investing") externalities, when labor productivity decreases with age. Within the framework of a continuous time overlapping generations model, the effects of the consumption externality on the propensity to...

This paper discusses the ability of models on cheap talk, and of audit and liability regulations, to provide analytically-based assessment of credibility of management forecast disclosure in market and regulated settings. While credibility is linked to restrictive conditions in pure market...