We investigate whether transactions where the buyer (or seller) always moves first and the seller (or buyer) always moves second in the exchange give higher payoffs than transactions in which it is randomly determined who moves first. We examine the effect of two treatment variables: partners...

This paper studies patenting decisions by firms in relation to the negotiation and signing of the Helsinki and Oslo protocol as part of the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. We use a uniquely constructed patent data set on SO2 abatement technologies filed in 15 signatory and...

Migration dynamics and local biodiversity are interrelated in a way that is likely to affect patterns of regional specialisation. We assess this relationship with a New Economic Geography model that has been extended with biodiversity. Biodiversity is heterogeneous, and responds to habitat...

1. Introduction -- 2. Exhaustible Resources and International Trade, A Survey -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Partial equilibrium -- 2.3. General equilibrium -- 2.4. Conclusions -- 3. Optimal Exploitation and Investments in a Small Open Economy -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. No world market for...