This paper re-examines the calculation of the relative standard deviation (RSD) measure of competitive balance in leagues in which draws are possible outcomes. Some key conclusions emerging from the exchange between ...

This paper econometrically examines the impact of aid on the well-being of population sub-groups within 48 developing countries. This is a radical departure from previous empirical research of aid effectiveness at the ...

The decision to cooperate within R&D joint ventures is often based on ‘expert advice.’ Such advice typically originates in a due diligence process, which assesses the R&D joint venture’s profitability, for example, by ...

We report new experimental evidence of the household response to weekday differentials in peak and off-peak electricity prices. The data come from Auckland, New Zealand, where peak residential electricity consumption ...

While two different streams of literature exist investigating 1) the relationship between oil prices and emerging market stock prices and 2) oil prices and exchange rates, relatively little is known about the relationship ...

This paper examines international business cycle transmission within a two-country dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model featuring an endogenously determined trade pattern. In contrast to existing literature, this ...

This paper documents expropriation of foreign direct investment (FDI) across all developing countries for the 1993-2006 period, extending work by Kobrin (1980, 1984) and Minor (1994). This unique data set on worldwide ...

Second Life is a multi-purpose online virtual world that provides a rich platform for remote human interaction. It is increasingly being used as a simulation platform to model complex human interactions in diverse areas, ...

Video mediated and augmented reality technologies can challenge our sense of what we perceive and believe to be “real”. Applied appropriately, the technology presents new opportunities for understanding and treating a range ...

We conduct a laboratory experiment to test the effect on charitable donations to international development NGOs (INGOs) of emphasising current deprivation in a developing country, versus emphasising the potential good a ...