Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on fiscal and economic policy. Over at Slate, Matt Yglesias warns governments that profit-maximizing prices for ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! A panel discussion was held on the work of philosopher and economist F.A. Hayek. Here Professor Richard Epstein discusses Hayek's view of government ...
In this paper we argue that the welfare loss from monopoly equals deadweight loss plus expenditures by monopolists to defend and antitrust enforcers to attack their monopolies. A model of a ...
The expense-preference theory of the firm implies that in noncompetitive product markets, managers hire labor beyond the profit-maximizing level. This theory has recently received empirical support ...