The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal in the United States,
but that statement does not hold true for words. Some words carry more weight than others--…

Following in the tradition in which crime is treated as an economic activity 2, 3, 4 this paper
offers an economic analysis of specialized crime producers, commonly known as" organized …

Financial planners and longer term investors face more kinds of investment risk than do “traders”
who make frequent trades and have shorter holding periods. The five broad categories …

Objective: A randomized, multicenter, controlled double-blind trial was performed in women
with cyclic breast pain (mastalgia) associated with fibrocystic breast changes (FBCs) to …

The Environmental Protection Agency and other government agencies use the willingness‐to‐pay
concept in labor market studies to estimate the value of a life for evaluating regulatory …

Empirical estimates of the value of a life based on the willingness-to-pay concept have been
used in formulating public policy decisions involving safety and environmental regulations …

The authors introduce a macroeconomic factor model, Eta model, and its various applications.
The underlying sage regarding the Eta model, be it for replication, maximization, or wealth …

This study examined how the American electorate has been described by political
campaigners, the mass media, and voters themselves between 1948 and 2000. Using a large (…

Calculations of lost earnings capacity in wrongful death and personal injury cases are typically
based on the discounted present value of lost future wages. The paper argues that these …

This paper considers the legal and economic rationale for the judicial treatment of lost earnings
in wrongful death and injury cases as risk-free and argues that such treatment is neither …