. Perceived educational returns, economic preferences ("consumerism") and sociopolitical attitudes ("individualism") adapt quickly …

, the reduction of the length of the first cycle of studies to three years, in several continental European countries where …

This paper studies how an institution such as markets affects the evolution of mankind. My key point is that the forces …

Higher education, like any other commodity or service, has been viewed in a variety of economic frameworks. Little of … authors spell out the key economic dimensions of a market, and illustrate their relevance for research that seeks to analyze … the players and policies in the many distinct domestic and international markets that exist for the inputs and outputs of …

Market completeness has important implications for household behavior. I firmly reject complete markets for …

Markets are ubiquitous in our daily life and, despite many imperfections, they are a great source of human welfare …. Nevertheless, there is a heated recent debate on whether markets erode social responsibility and moral behavior. In fact …, competitive pressure on markets may create strong incentives for unethical practices (like using child labor) to increase …

-benefit considerations affect the acceptance of morally controversial transactions, and imply that trial studies of the effects of payments …

Friedman (1962) suggested that in general, unfettered markets ensure the efficient provision of goods and services … to be more mixed and modest than expected. We suggest that this in fact should not be surprising, since economic theory …