Redistributing incomes has always been one of the main goals of Iranian policy makers, although political regimes have changed frequently between 1991 and 2004. We have applied a microsimulation using the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition and a Heckman correction for sample selection bias to compare...

The rise of the internet, increased connectivity and higher availability of personal data increases the relevance of incentives based on reputation and the allocation of esteem. However, their use is controversial: critics argue that shaming can lead to a loss of control over the size of the...

We investigate consequences of a situation in which a merged subgroup of firms leads the market, after which merger experiences reduced marginal cost. Results show that while introduction of higher cost synergy to the model increases firms' motive to merge, it may not necessarily mitigate...

Incentives based on esteem, honor and shame are increasingly popular and easy to use due to modern surveillance techniques. However, the use of shaming is controversial: critics argue that delegating punishment to a crowd can lead to mob justice and a loss of control over the size of the...

The design of municipal water tariffs requires balancing multiple criteria such as financial self-sufficiency for the service provider, equity among customers and economic efficiency for society. A modeling framework is developed for analyzing how alternative municipal water tariff designs...

In this study, we investigate the role of urban water consumption in Tehran on its groundwater level drawdown. To do so, besides classic price and income determinants, we add COVID-19 infection as another covariate of urban water consumption. Our results show that at least in short run,...

Incentives based on esteem, honor and shame are increasingly popular and easy to use due to modern surveillance techniques. However, the use of shaming is controversial: critics argue that delegating punishment to a crowd can lead to mob justice and a loss of control over the size of the...