This paper uses a semi-parametric empirical model to estimate the economic benefitsof adopting a property rights-based management program in the Gulf of Mexico grouperfishery. The analysis predicts that a rights-based fleet will be comprised of fewer, morecost efficient boats than under the...

In the context of U.S. farm policy, this paper analyzes the effect that expectationsabout base acreage and yield updating in future policies have on a farmer’s productiondecisions in the presence of price, yield and policy uncertainty. We consider a riskaverse farmer producing a single crop...

A theory is developed that explains how the stock market can crash inthe absence of news about fundamentals, and why crashes are more commonthan frenzies. A crash occurs via the interaction of rational and naive investors.Naive traders believe in a simple (but reasonable) statistical modelof...

By simplifying the computational tasks and by providing step-by-step explana-tions of the procedures required to study a linear dynamic rational expectations(LDRE) model, this paper and the accompanying \LDRE Toolbox" of Matalb func-tions guide a researcher with almost no experience in...

Agent-based Computational Economics (ACE) is the computational study of economic processesmodeled as dynamic systems of interacting agents. This essay discusses the potentialuse of ACE modeling tools for the study of macroeconomic systems. Points are illustratedusing an ACE model of a two-sector...