The chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera) that develop in fig tree inflorescences (Ficus: Moraceae) have often been used to study alternative reproductive behaviors. However, recent work suggests that such behaviors are more complex than previously thought. We investigated this in Otitesella longicauda...

In essay one, we examine nonlocalized competition in interest taxation between an arbitrary number of countries. Our focus is on the role of relative number of locked-in investors in asymmetric tax competition. We find that in equilibrium, small countries have advantages in tax competition. In...

This dissertation examines the Nash equilibrium in giving by private individuals when the gifts are used to produce a pure public good which benefits everyone. A new approach to proving the existence of equilibrium is developed that relaxes the conditions of Bergstrom et al., 1986 by requiring...