In this paper we illustrate the benefits of forging a better alliance among behavioral, economic, and statistical approaches to modeling consumer choice behavior. We focus on the problems that arise when building descriptive ...

Since the 1980s, the fault tree theory has been known as a great development in the industrial systems' sector. Its first goal is to estimate and model the probability and events' combination which could potentially lead ...

This paper studies the evolution of a fish stock that is exploited by an n-countrv oligopoly. A feature of the economic structure is that the countries exploiting the fish stock experience time lags in obtaining and ...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse determinants of occupational allocation by gender, in Russia, between 1994 and 2001, using the only available nationally representative longitudinal survey (RLMS). Design/methodolo ...

The limits imposed on economic modeling by the representative agent hypothesis have prevented dynamic analysis from fully exploring the links between the micro and macro level of the economic system. This book presents ...

Australia has a long history of immigration. From the Moccasins who traded with indigenous peoples in the far North West hundreds of years ago to the last person to fly into Sydney by 747 Qantas Jumbo Jet with a permanent ...

This article addresses the potential of the Fair Work Acts good faith bargaining provision to enhance good faith bargaining and employment relationships, using New Zealand's good faith provisions under the Employment ...

This paper examines the developing body of Chinese prostitution law, and the nature of its implementation, with reference to mainstream media controversy surrounding the case of a male academic penalized as a buyer of ...