This paper reconsiders evidence from experimental common pool resource games from the perspective of a model of payoff sampling. Despite being parameter-free, the model is able to replicate some striking features of the data, including single-peaked frequency distributions, the persistent use of...

The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated certain trends that were already incipient in the content and delivery of higher education, including open-access resource creation and asynchronous or livestreamed instruction. In this chapter, we focus on instruction in microeconomics, and describe three...

A major theme in accounts of the transitional recession and delayed convergence in post-communist economies is the role of institutions. Yet via unification, East Germany had immediate access to credible, high quality institutions. This paper argues that success in a capitalist economy depends...