Misinformation is widely seen as a threat to democracy that should be promptly addressed by scholars, journalists, and policy-makers. However, some of the debated solutions are either controversial (internet platform regulation) or may be difficult and costly to implement in many settings...

Social capital depicts the extent of mutual trust in a jurisdiction. This study examines the impact of social capital on nonprofit density and provides evidence that the social capital of a county is positively associated with the growth of nonprofit density in the county. The total number of...

The downstream sector has been facing several challenges in the recent times. One of the most important challenge being the development of efficient supply chain to meet the ever increasing demand. Besides, there are other factors like reducing the operational costs, regulatory policies relating...

This paper studies a welfare maximization problem with heterogeneous agents. A social planner designs a menu of choices for agents who misperceive either the properties of options or their own preferences. When agents misperceive the true properties of alternatives, it is optimal to limit a menu...

COVID-19 has reshaped lives worldwide and societies are looking for ways to mitigate risk while reopening to stimulate economic recovery. Facial covering (mask) usage reduces the risk of disease spread by preventing transmission by even asymptomatic individuals. Yet, particularly in the U.S....

Existing commentaries on government responses to COVID-19 have focused on such factors as competent leadership, policy instruments, or cultural dispositions. Yet few have provided a synthesis that examines how these factors relate to each other. This article fills this gap in the debate by...

This paper offers new insights on the interactions between economics and politics in Portugal. We use two unexplored data sets consisting of monthly polls on vote intentions for the main political parties in Portugal and responses to a consumer survey containing a battery of questions on...

This paper analyzes the popularity of the main political entities in Portugal. Estimation results of popularity functions strongly favor the responsibility hypothesis, with unemployment, and to a lesser extent inflation, affecting popularity levels. Incumbents are more penalized for increases in...

For some environmental problems, the federal government is too large a scale for determining solutions; yet states are too small because the problems extend beyond individual states' borders. In those cases, regional decision-making may offer advantages. This paper examines two recent efforts to...

Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world, said President George W. Bush in his February 1, 2006 State of the Union Address, delivered before a Joint Session of...