This paper studies a fair trade program in which consumers provide a wage subsidy (bonus) to piece-rate tomato pickers. The total subsidy - determined by sales to participating buyers - is divided among workers based on their relative output: a worker who produces more gets a larger share of the...

Scholars continue to debate the scope of Congress’s Commerce Clause authority and whether fluctuations in the U.S. Supreme Court’s Commerce Clause jurisprudence place federal environmental regulatory authority at risk. Yet when one analyzes major Commerce Clause cases involving resource...

For decades the U.S. K-12 math education has been mired in dismal performance. The Common Core math standards -- the culmination of more than two decades of standard-based reform efforts -- promise to empower the American students to catch up with the international high performers. Being deeply...

The research team has introduced the concept of Ostrom to the sustainable development of common-pool resources in Ban Don Bay, Surat Thani province. There are mainly mangrove forest and fishery resources to be found in the context of the mangrove forest area, and the operation of Ban Don Bay...

This paper analyzes the historical determinants and long-term persistence of social capital, as well as its effect on economic development, by looking at the legacy of the commons in a Spanish region. In medieval times, common goods were granted to townships and were managed collectively by...

Nebraska is in a sound fiscal position compared to other states, but this situation is not likely to last. States are being asked to do more by both the local and federal levels of government, and the resulting budgetary squeeze needs to be addressed. States set budgets over short horizons, but...