We use field and natural experiments in online auctions to study the revenue effect of varying the level and disclosure of shipping charges. Our main findings are (1) disclosure affects revenues-for low shipping charges, a seller is better off disclosing; and (2) increasing shipping charges...

The relationship between diverse demographic variables and the occupational stress indicator subscales (Cooper et al ., 1988) were examined among several hundred UK senior police officers. Officers who prior to their promotion to superintendent had spent most of their time within the criminal...

Occupational stressors were identified through qualitative interviews with sex offender treatment managers (N = 21) serving within HM prisons in England and Wales. Multidimensional scaling techniques revealed three distinctive stressor foci: intrinsic job factors; other people; personal. The...

A brief description of the limited arming of British police officers. In England and Wales 6 per cent of officers are authorised to carry firearms and only 2.6 per cent of this total are women. A questionnaire survey conducted in one English force explored the reasons given by men and women...

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT -- A NOTE ON ACCESSIBILITY AND AVAILABLE RESOURCES -- ACCESSIBILITY FOR THIS BOOK -- OPEN-SOURCED RESOURCES FROM THIS BOOK -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1: Setting the Stage: Going from Intent to Impact -- WHY THE TIME IS NOW -- WHAT...

This paper examines the impact of labor unemployment risk on corporatefinancing decisions. Theory suggests that firms choose conservativefinancial policies partly as a means of mitigating worker exposure tounemployment risk. Using changes in state unemployment insurance benefitlaws as a source...

This paper analyzes the effect of competition on a supermarket firm’s incentive to provide product quality. In the supermarket industry, product availability is an important measure of quality. Using U.S. consumer price index microdata to track inventory shortfalls, I find that stores facing...