We assume that people have beliefs about their abilities, that these generate self-esteem, and that self-esteem is valued intrinsically. Individuals face two choices; one of which strictly dominates the other in a pecuniary sense, but necessarily involves gathering information concerning one's...

We assume that people have beliefs about their abilities, that these generate self-esteem, and that self-esteem is valued intrinsically. We consider the implications for an individual's incentive to manage their self-esteem in the labour market. Employing a model of labour market search with...

We consider a federation with three regions and an imperfectly mobile population. If in the Nash equilibrium one region makes transfers to the other two then the outcome is efficient. If in the Nash equilibrium two regions make transfers to a third region the outcome may be inefficient, because...

We consider a world in which the mode of food production, foraging or agriculture, is endogenous, and in which technology grows exogenously. Within a model of coalition formation, we allow individuals to form co-operative communities (bands) of foragers or farmers rationally. At the lowest...

The paper examines the redistributive consequences of the economic integration of factor markets. We consider two countries that redistribute income among their residents. The social benefits in each country are financed by a source based tax on capital which is democratically chosen by its...

The authors study a simple model of tariff wars and trade deals in which government revenue collection and disbursement uses resources. The introduction of costly governments leads to lower non-cooperative tariffs, the possibility that a less costly government may win a tariff war, and fully...