We conduct an incentive-theoretical analysis of political economy considerations in the design of social protection programmes in developing countries to accompany economic reforms. We focus on two aspects of social protection - the provision of redistribution and retraining - that arguably...

In many design environments, the technology around which a product is designed may evolve over the course of the product development cycle. In reaction, designers may modify the product's design to avail of new technology, resulting in cost overruns and delays. This effect can be mitigated if a...

Recently, marketing of content (such as books, video and music), digital products and services (such as mobile games, and software), or cloud-based services has been increasingly stimulated by the provision of free samples of content or free games or limited-version of the software or service....