Online users often need to make adoption decisions without accurate information about the product values. An informational cascade occurs when it is optimal for an online user, having observed others' actions, to follow the adoption decision of the preceding individual without regard to his own...

The current financial crisis in East ASia has posed serious pressure on China to devaluate its currency. It is argued in this paper that devaluation is not inevitable. This argument is based on an analysis of the impacts of East Asia's crisis on China's trade and foreign capital inflows. China's...

Pesticides degrade principally through biodegradation processes, whereas antibiotics kill microorganisms or inhibit their growth in soils and thus may affect the fate of pesticides. In this study, the impact of antibiotics on the degradation of atrazine in a sandy soil is investigated in...