Externalities are the incidental effects that the activities or actions of one party have on another party. Positive externalities occur when the actions of a person or entity have a positive impact ...

Wine growers everywhere fear spring frosts. New vine buds emerge in the spring and are highly susceptible to freezing temperatures which can kill them and result in significant crop loss for the year.

Good sex might be priceless, but there’s still a market for it. Ideally, such a market doesn’t involve money—but demand is rampant, supply plentiful, and the exchange goes on every day in every way.

When future economists look back on the dawn of the internet era, they will marvel that an age of such technological marvel was attended by a widespread, infantile mania for preventing positive ...

I agree with the main points you were making in the “immigrants and markets” post but, at the risk of being accused of demanding proctological exactitude, I think it’s worth clarifying the issue “of ...

Andriy Blokhin has 5+ years of professional experience in public accounting, personal investing, and as a senior auditor with Ernst & Young. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Economist Paramo Sanyal of the Brattle Group discusses the the Universal Service Fund, which subsidizes telephone service for low-income customers, ...

The multi-layered nature of spaces is captured by real estate values that are sensitive to material, people, and place variables. What individuals, households, and firms consider when making purchase ...