Galley (Chris), Woods (Robert). - Reflections on the distribution of deaths in the first year of life This article reexamines the thesis first put forward by Jean Bourgeois-Pichat according to which the distribution of deaths in the first year of life is governed by a universal law. An...

Combining economic and political science perspectives, this timely and important book describes and analyses the circumstances and events leading to the demise and subsequent reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP).

Subsidies to the performing arts are usually justified by reference to externality and public goods arguments that are hard to quantify. We suggest that subsidies to theatres may be appropriate because of their inability to engage in spatial price discrimination to capture consumer surplus. For...