Environmental self-auditing by private firms is generally thought to both deserveand require encouragement. Firms can audit themselves more cheaply andeffectively than can regulators, but too often are deterred for fear that theinformation they uncover will be used against them. To reduce this...

This study provides novel analysis of the events in the WTI crude oil futures market on April 20, 2020. We detail how the arbitrage linkages between the NYMEX CL contract and the e-mini NYMEX QM contract broke down and report new information about the unusual market conditions on that date....

Using data from the Mid-Atlantic surfclam fishery, this study examines the effect of measurement error on the analysis of technical efficiency. After specifying a stochastic frontier model and estimating it under naive analysis, a measurement error correction technique known as Simulation...

Environmental self-auditing by private firms is generally thought to both deserve and require encouragement. Firms can audit themselves more cheaply and effectively than can regulators, but too often are deterred for fear that the information they uncover will be used against them. To reduce...

I present a theory of distributed improvement that extends Agile, Lean, and the Theory of Constraints by demonstrating how to simultaneously improve global and local performance in large systems, especially large organisations. I describe simple, effective rules that allow anyone in an...

Environmental self-auditing by private firms is generally thought to both deserve and require encouragement. Firms can audit themselves more cheaply and effectively than can regulators, but too often are deterred for fear that the information they uncover will be used against them. To reduce...