Parenting decisions are among the most consequential choices that people make
throughout their lives. Starting with the work of pioneers such as Gary Becker, economists …

In many instances in empirical spatial analysis, the method of choice is a regression
analysis, whereby a variable of interest (the dependent variable) is related in a linear way to …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives in unprecedented ways. In
the face of the projected catastrophic consequences, many countries have enacted social …

Family firms are ubiquitous and play a crucial role across all world economies, but how they
differ in the disclosure of social and environmental actions from non-family firms has been …

Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human
behavior, revealing how our identities—and not just economic incentives—influence our …

Encyclopedia of Distances is the result of re-writing and extending our Dictionary of
Distances published in 2006 (and put online http://www. sciencedirect. com/science/book …

When effort is observable to peers, students may try to avoid social penalties by conforming
to prevailing norms. To test this hypothesis, we first consider a natural experiment that …

We find strong evidence that three key dimensions of national culture (trust, hierarchy, and
individualism) affect merger volume and synergy gains. The volume of cross-border mergers …

The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India
began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attributed a sense of dignity and …

We provide an overview and synthesis of the literatures analyzing games in which players
are connected via a network structure. We discuss, in particular, the impact of the structure of …