When information on longevity (survival functions) is unknown early in life, individuals have an interest in insuring themselves against moving into different 'risk-classes' as their life expectancy is revealed. The "First-Best" allocation involves transfers across states of nature. With...

The authors analyze a duopoly model where firms first choose locations on a line segment and then choose quantities in the second stage. Pure strategy quantity equilibria fail to exist for locations close together. For low transport costs, near agglomeration occurs and the firms choose locations...

This paper presents a comparison between optimum and competitive land use patterns within an urban area. The concept of equilibrium in this paper pertains to five sectors: households, housing producers, composite commodity producers, land transactors and transportation authority. The concept of...

The standard model of the regulated firm assumes that the monopoly produces one homogeneous output with two inputs, capital and labor. However, many firms subject to regulatory constraint, particularly public utilities, produce a multitude of products, with related or unrelated demands. This...