A reputational model of debt is examined from an evolutionary game perspective. The game is played between randomly matched opponents and we ask whether debt can be supported in the long run steady state when lenders are given the option of joining an information sharing coalition. The players...

I study the effect of economic liberalization on violent crime. The particular emphasis is on the case of India, where, in the years following 1991, there was a virtual dismantling of controls on entry and production in registered manufacturing. This was accompanied by a significant reduction in...