Bidding for brains: Intellectual property rights and the international migration of knowledge workers

We introduce international mobility of knowledge workers into a model of Nash equilibrium IPR policy choice among countries. We show that governments have incentives to use IPRs in a bidding war for global talent, resulting in Nash equilibrium IPRs that can be too high, rather than too low, from a global welfare perspective. These incentives become stronger as developing countries grow in size and wealth, thus allowing them to prevent the ‘poaching’ of their ‘brains’ by larger, wealthier markets.     

Protectionism, Trade, and Measures of Damage from Exotic Species Introductions

Unintentional introductions of nonindigenous plants, animals, and microbes cause significant ecological and agricultural crop damage worldwide. Trade in both manufactured and agricultural goods is a primary vector for such introductions. Fusing simple models of trade and biological introductions, we explore the links between trade, protectionism, and damage arising from exotic species introductions. We show that it is possible for freer trade to reduce damage arising from exotic species invasions. We also show how current measures of damage—heavily weighted toward agricultural damage—serve as misleading indicators of how restrictions to trade affect total losses arising from exotic species introductions.     

Carbon Footprint Taxes

Environmental and Resource Economics - We analyze whether a carbon consumption tax is logistically feasible. We consider a carbon footprint tax (CFT), which would be modeled after a credit-method...     

GRI：CSR报告强调编制过程的价值

据毕马威国际会计公司（简称KPMG）最新一期的全球调查显示,全球各家跨国公司正逐渐把可持续发展报告作为企业运作的规则之一,用于公布企业的经济、环境以及社会效应。目前,财富杂志250强中的80％的企业已经采用发布“可持续”报告和“企业责任”报告的方式来体现公司的可持续发展能力。