Sometimes these indirect effects are tiny. But when they are large they can become problematic—what economists call externalities. Externalities are among the main reasons governments intervene in the ...

Sometimes these indirect effects are tiny. But when they are large they can become problematic—what economists call externalities. Externalities are among the main reasons governments intervene in the ...

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Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Miki Mitsunari. "Information Regulation: Do the Victims of Externalities Pay Attention?" Journal of Regulatory Economics 30, no. 2 (August 2006): 141–158.

COP16 failed to deliver meaningful progress on funding nature’s protection and restoration. How can governments, businesses ...

We study the direct and indirect effects of randomized entry. In partnership with the two largest service providers in Ghana, we implement a three-step design that randomizes the entry of new ...

The question of whether Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies should be subject to capital gains taxation has been bandied about ...

Bret Kugelmass, founder and CEO of Last Energy, has a bold vision: To become the first company to bring a small modular ...

This is the first tool to calculate clothing’s “true cost,” using a scientific model to measure a garment's environmental and ...

It is so much easier to blame the disappearance of these US jobs on China than on domestic consumers and automation ...

Market power reduces equilibrium quantities and distorts production, typically causing welfare losses. However, as Buchanan (1969) noted, market power may mitigate overproduction from negative ...

This electoral trend toward orderly urbanism was most stark in ultraliberal San Francisco. Fifty-eight percent of voters ...