This paper models strategic interactions between a product supplier, a provider of information about product quality, and end users, in the context of road transportation. Using a game-theoretical analysis of suppliers' pricing strategies, we assess the social welfare effects of traffic...

This paper models strategic interactions between a product supplier, a provider of information about product quality, and end users, in the context of road transportation. Using a game-theoretical analysis of suppliers' pricing strategies, we assess the social welfare effects of traffic...

This chapter describes how authorities in Louisiana (governor Bobby Jindal and Baton Rouge mayor Kip Holden) coped with the effects of Hurricane Gustav. This was the first hurricane to hit Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. It hit land on Labor Day of 2008, missed New Orleans and hit Baton Rouge...