dimensions,following the tradition of Hotelling and Cournot competition. The horizontal product attribute is programmequality or …

various reasons for local government policy interactions, including fiscal competition, bidding for firms, yardstick … competition, expenditure spillovers, and Tiebout sorting. We discuss theoretically what parameters should be estimated to … determine the reason for competition among local governments. We emphasize how the policy outcomes emerging from this …

study how cash in hand influences decisions in a different but very important domain: savings. Savings accounts are a … promising tool for reducing poverty, but the use of savings accounts is often puzzlingly low. Holding on to cash that needs to … be physically deposited into a savings account may increase the psychological costs of saving. This study experimentally …

, measure integrity and other values of these groups, and use this data and data from Kenya to support one of the model …

contrast an economic-theory" perspective on optimal corrective measures with the legalistic" perspective adopted in the SGP. We …