Collective Reputation in Trade: Evidence from the Chinese Dairy Industry
The existence of collective reputation implies an important externality.
Research
How Is the US Pricing Carbon? How Could We Price Carbon?
Economists have for decades recommended that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases be taxed—or otherwise priced—to provide incentives for their reduction.
Stand Out from the Millions: Market Congestion and Information Friction on Global E-Commerce Platforms
We investigate how market congestion and information friction affect firm dynamics and market efficiency in global e-commerce.
Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation
One of our great urbanists and one of our great public health experts join forces to reckon with how cities are changing in the face of existential threats the pandemic has only accelerated.
The Evolving Role of Greenhouse Gas Emission Offsets in Combating Climate Change
As governments, firms, and universities advance ambitious greenhouse gas emission goals, the demand for emission offsets – projects that reduce or remove emissions relative to a counterfactual scenari
Learning How to Build Back Better through Clean Energy Policy Evaluation
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act authorized and appropriated unprecedented spending and tax expenditures to decarbonize the Americ
Computation of Convex Hull Prices in Electricity Markets with Non-Convexities using Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition
The presence of non-convexities in electricity markets has been an active research area for about two decades.
Using Case Studies to Enhance the Quality of Explanation and Implementation
The opening chapter provides a brief outline of the conventional division of labor between qualitative and quantitative methods in the social sciences.
The Case for Case Studies: Methods and Applications in International Development
This book seeks to narrow two gaps: first, between the widespread use of case studies and their frequently “loose” methodological moorings; and second, between the scholarly community advancing method
Using Case Studies for Organizational Learning in Development Agencies
Sarah Glavery and her coauthors draw a distinction between explicit knowledge, which is easily identified and shared through databases and reports, and tacit knowledge, the less easily shared “know ho
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