Humans are usually compassionate, caring and empathetic toward others, but are we really hardwired for altruism when a disaster hits? There is evidence that people exposed to natural disasters tend to behave more philanthropically, but most studies rely on small-scale surveys and experimental...

This paper examines the Silver Crisis of the late 1970s, which resulted in a $150 million lawsuit against the Hunt Brothers. In August 1988, the Hunt Brothers were found guilty by a jury of conspiracy, manipulation, monopolization, racketeering and fraud. Using a behavioural model, we aim to...

Witch-hunting is the process of finding people who use black magic and bring bad luck to others. When such “witches” are identified, they are often physically punished for their use of black magic. Most of the time, the accused have been women. In many cases, some victims of witch-hunting...

An investor faces a sequence of high-risk investment opportunities. The investor ranks the corresponding projects seen so far and must immediately decide whether and how much to invest into the currently observed opportunity. Returns are realized at the end of the investment horizon, where only...

This paper proposes a new optimal method for the parameter identification of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) for increasing the model accuracy. In this research, a new improved version based on deer hunting optimization algorithm (DHOA) is applied to the Convolutional neural network...

Jason has had a string of bad luck: he was fired from his job, his car got repossessed, he had to move back in with his mother when he was unable to make rent on his apartment, and his girlfriend dumped him. He is feeling unmotivated and discouraged, but also recognizes—at his mother's...

The objective of this paper is to provide an estimate of the elasticity of elephant poaching with respect to prices. Ivory being a storable commodity subjects its price to Hotelling's no-arbitrage condition, hence allowing identification of the supply curve. The price of gold, one of many...

We analyze the k-ticket lottery, which is used to allocate hunting permits in the state of Alaska. Each participant is given k tickets to distribute among lotteries for different types of items. Participants who win multiple items receive their favorite, and new winners are drawn from the...

Despite a number of significant advances in count data modeling during the last two decades and the growing popularity of these models in recreation demand analysis, standard count data models are inadequate to address the fast decay process of the dependent variable and the associated long...

Optimal harvests using individual licenses are determined given that a licensee's probabilities of procuring a license and harvesting successfully are less than one. Probabilities are dependent on the resource stock and the number of licenses, and licensees benefit from the harvesting experience...

Part I: Introduction, Framework, Methods and Starting Points -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Linking long-term changes in socioecological systems with the development of property rights -- Chapter 3: Methods and staring points -- Chapter 4: Important variables -- Part II: Land Use,...

This open access book uses an interdisciplinary approach that not only focuses on social organization but also analyzes how societies and ecological settings were interwoven. How did early modern indigenous Sami inhabitants in interior northwest Fennoscandia build institutions for governance of...

In the late nineteenth century, the North American bison was brought to the brink of extinction in just over a decade. We demonstrate that the loss of the bison had immediate, negative consequences for the Native Americans who relied on them and ultimately resulted in a permanent reversal of...

Voices along the whole of the political spectrum are calling for heightened scrutiny of American information-technology companies, especially the Big Five of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. One of the principal themes of this uprising is that present-day antitrust policy, forged...

Belief in witchcraft, is considered to be around, since the beginning of human social existence. It has been well depicted, documented and believed that witchcraft has ‘mainly’ been a feminine affair and had been (and is still being) practiced mostly by females. Alleged of causing...

This paper estimates the elasticity of elephant poaching with respect to prices. To identify the supply curve, the authors observe that ivory is a storable commodity and hence subject to Hotelling's no-arbitrage condition. The price of gold, one of many commodities used as stores of value, is...

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was passed in 1971 to extinguish aboriginal rights of Alaska Natives and provide compensation for those rights extinguished. Instead of vesting assets (land and money) in tribal governments, Congress required the formation of Alaska Native...

Intro -- Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Google You -- Chapter 2 - Self-Discovery -- Chapter 3 - Digital Self-Perception -- Chapter 4 - Digital Self-Branding -- Chapter 5 - Self-Determined Career -- Chapter 6 - Self-Learning -- Chapter 7 - Job Prep -- Chapter 8 - Interviews --...

This paper examines the rise and fall of a special purpose High Wealth Individual (HWI) unit in the Indonesian Directorate General of Taxation (DGT), 2009-2012. Fifty-four participants and observers of the implementation process reported on the contest over the principles and mechanisms of tax...

And meaningful and enforceable disclosure standards can be adopted to ensure full disclosure of honoraria and gifts, including “personal hospitality” at properties or facilities owned by a host, as well as consideration of the identities of the hosts and intermediaries who arrange such trips...

The EC-Seal Products dispute raises fundamental questions about the relationship between public morals and international trade. Can WTO members impose trade restrictions based on moral or ethical concerns? Under what conditions can these concerns trump existing trade liberalization commitments?...

English Abstract: Although Serbia has a generally high potential for the development of hunting tourism, they have not been fully realized adequately. In recent years, intensive talks about the "revival" of some hunting areas that were previously brought significant revenue to municipalities in...

John Maynard Keynes' activities on the stock market are well known. One company in which he bought stocks was the Hector Whaling Company Ltd., London – a comparatively small and little known company founded in 1928. The director of this company was Rupert Trouton. He had worked with Keynes for...

Regional economic impacts of fishing and hunting in Finland A state enterprise, Metsähallitus, administers state-owned land and water areas in Finland covering approximately 12 million hectares. One of the official administrative duties of Metsähallitus is to provide hunting and fishing...

"Expands the understanding of large-scale hunting methods beyond the customary role of subsistence and survival to include the social and political realms where large-scale hunting adaptations evolved, primarily from the Americas and spanning from the Folsom Period on the Great Plains to the...