There is an ongoing debate about the effect of changes in labor regulations such as Right-to-Work (RTW) laws on rising income inequality in the U.S. In this paper, we use a relatively new methodology, the Synthetic Control Method – which we argue is more suitable for analyzing this data – to...

There is an ongoing debate about whether changes in labor regulations such as the Right to Work (RTW) laws are contributing to the rising trend of income inequality in the U.S. We adopt the Synthetic Control Method (SCM) for comparative case study to examine the impact of a state's adoption of...

Purpose: Information is often available to consumers through their social networks. Focusing on dairy consumers in India, this paper aims to present evidence of peer effects in consumers’ attitudes towards various food safety attributes and food safety practices. Design/methodology/approach:...