by Edward Lopez | Aug 5, 2021 | Research, The Director's Blog
Robert Cooter and Thomas Ulen’s classic textbook, Law & Economics 4th Edition, describes the concept known as the Hold Up Problem. A hold up is a market actor who possesses and exercises market power to interrupt others’ ongoing physical investment...
by Allie Todd | Jan 13, 2021 | The Director's Blog
Happy New Year from all of us at the CSFE community, we hope you had a happy and safe holiday season. Earlier in 2020, we began our spotlight series on our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, and today we would like to highlight Dr. Inhyuck “Steve” Ha. Steve is a Professor of...
by Edward Lopez | Dec 23, 2020 | The Director's Blog
This week, I had a short essay published under the title, “I, Vaccine: How to Appreciate the Beautifully Simple”. In the short piece, I recognize that vaccines are public goods in production and consumption, but mostly I draw attention to the role of...
by Allie Todd | Dec 14, 2020 | The Director's Blog
Continuing with our spotlight of our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, we want to highlight one of our affiliates, Martin Tanaka, and his exciting work. Martin is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Technology at WCU, who is interested in applying...
by Allie Todd | Dec 3, 2020 | The Director's Blog
Early in November, CSFE announced our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates and our plan to spotlight each one of them and their exciting research. Today, we want to highlight one of our affiliates, Audrey Redford. Audrey is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the College of...