The expression quot;greed and fear move marketsquot; is commonly cited to explain trading activity. In this paper, greed and fear form the intellectual basis of a theory explaining short selling activity. The theory describes two independent demands for shares to short sell, one based on future...

Neoclassical economic theory describes employee compensation as being equal to the worker's marginal revenue product. Other explanations of the wage formation process exist. For example, concept formation may enable employees to manipulate organizations and thereby receive higher compensation...