A neoclassical growth model is used to empirically test for the influences of a civil war on
steady-state income per capita both at home and in neighboring countries. This model provides …

… The data are available from James Murdoch. … This article extends the approach of
Murdoch and Sandler (2002) by further explicating spatially and intertemporally the relationship …

This paper applies the theory of the voluntary provision of a pure public good to the behavior
of nations to curb chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) emissions during the late 1980s. By devising …

This paper examines the major influences of an ally's demand for military expenditures.
Demand equations are estimated for a sample of NATO nations using the iterative, seemingly …

Postmortem examination of five institutionalised patients with Down's syndrome (DS) aged
40-66 years showed a complete absence of atheroma, while a similar number of mental …

A theoretical model of emission reductions is specified that accounts for voluntary and non‐voluntary
behaviour regarding the adherence to the Helsinki and Sofia Protocols, which …

Theoretical and empirical problems with hedonic benefit estimation (Rosen 1974) are
becoming increasingly apparent (see, eg, Atkinson and Crocker 1987; Bartik and Smith 1984; …

Potential disasters from chemical plants, earthquakes, floods, nuclear power plants, volcanos,
and hurricanes exist in several ur-ban centers around the world. The recent trag-edies in …

Residential housing sales data from the San Francisco Bay area are merged with earthquake
hazard measures, geologic measures, neighborhood quality measures, and community …

This paper develops a correlated probit model to describe dichotomous choices that may
contain a public-goods component or some other forms of interdependency. The key …