Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Part I. B. Curtis Eaton: His Impact on Economics and Economists
4. 1. Introduction 3
5. 2 B. Curtis Eaton’s Contributions to the Economics of Information 16
6. Part II. Industrial organization and Spatial Competition
7. 3. Entry Deterrence via Contracts 33
8. 4. The Spatial Evolution of Alberta’s Privatized Liquor Store Industry 60
9. 5. Shopper City 84
10. Part III. Trade and Productivity
11. 6. The Interaction between Education, Skilled Migration, and Trade 115
12. 7. Differentiated Products, International Trade, and Simple General Equilibrium Effects 136
13. 8. A Tale of Two Cities: Cyclical Movements in Price and Productivity in Mining and Manufacturing 160
14. Part IV. Social Interaction
15. 9. Image Building 183
16. 10. Worker Participation and Adverse Selection 203
17. 11. Signalling Risk Tolerance: Nuclear Arsenals and Alliance Formation in the Cold War 223
18. 12. Social Learning in a Model of Adverse Selection 243
19. 13. Intertemporal Discounting with Veblen Preferences: Theory and Evidence 272
20. Contributors 297