This paper empirically investigates the determinants of citations based on the publication of the top 100 most often cited economists. The effects of publication age and author fame on subsequent citations are found to be positive and significant. Citations are also significantly affected by...

This paper investigates the effects of first-best policies to regulate nitrogen application. Some nitrogen fertilizer is applied ex ante before a random rainfall, but sidedressed nitrogen may be applied ex post. First-best policy is a tax or a quota on ex ante application, because sidedressed...

Lead Article. Cited in Giancarlo Gandolfo's textbook, International Economics I: The Pure Theory of International Trade (Springer-Verlag), 1995. Abstract Currently Unavailable.

This paper investigates long run consequences of international trade between two economies inhabited by two distinct races using different languages. If wages are not equal in autarky, free trade encourages the workers of the low-wage country to learn the language of the high-wage country. As...

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Cited in Giancarlo Gandolfo's textbook, International Economics I: The Pure Theory of International Trade (Springer-Verlag), 1995. Abstract Currently Unavailable.