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Rezoning the Afterlife: Religion and Property Rights in the Middle Ages
(1987-08)
This paper reviews an economic theory of religion and uses the theory to explain changes in attitudes toward hell, heaven, and divine retribution in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. The hypothesis is straightforward. ...
American Commercial Television and the Federal Communications Commission
(1984-04)
The Federal Communications Commission receives political support from commercial television stations and from television viewers. The main regulatory tool of the FCC is its power to assign television channels to communities ...
Some Issues in Granting Park Concessions in Smaller Countries
(1985-07)
If parks have particular characteristics, park managers should grant firms exclusive right to provide products or services within the park. Thus, contrary to the usual case, the manager is wise to allow monopoly provision ...
Forest Economics and Policy
(New Zealand Institute of Foresters Inc., 1988-02)
The economics of deriving raw materials from forests is examined. Competitive markets are consistent with the notion of efficiency, although they may not produce results that are fair. Sustainability as an alternative ...
American Commercial Television; Competition, Collusion, Regulation
(1982)
This paper’s objective is to use economic theory to predict behavior of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), a commercial broadcast television trade association. To make predictions about a trade association ...
Would You Buy a Used Car from this Priest? An Economic Theory of Religion and the Church
(1985-07)
This paper uses the theory of the firm to explain a variety of characteristics of religious doctrine and behavior. The paper analyzes doctrine about the afterlife, altering events, temporal happiness, and various social ...
The Effect of "Foreign" and Local Visitors on Granting Park Concessions
(1986-08)
If parks have particular characteristics, park managers should grant firms exclusive right to provide products or services within the park. The particular characteristics include that park development is only attractive ...
The Value of a Forest: A Critique of the Groome and Associates IRR Method
(1985-02)
The Groome and Associates Internal Rate of Return method for estimating the value of a standing forest is compelling in its simplicity. A forest manager need only be aware of current lumber prices, aware of harvesting ...
The Effect of Foreign and Local Visitors on Granting Park Concessions
(New Zealand Association of Economists, 1987)
If parks have particular characteristics, park managers should grant firms exclusive rights (concessions) to provide products or services within the park. The characteristics include that park development is only attractive ...
Towards an Economic Theory of the Church
(MCB University Press, 1989)
This paper employs the theory of the firm to explain behavior of the church. Churches produce a set of products including entertainment, a variety of socially valuable public goods, eternal life, and alteration of otherwise ...