Most countries exhibit large and persistent geographical differences in wages, income, and
unemployment rates. A growing class of place-based policies attempts to address these …

Community-based and-driven development projects have become an important form of
development assistance, with the World Bank's portfolio alone approximating $7 billion. A …

The green patent fast-track (GPFT) system is an improvement of the traditional patent
examination system in the field of green innovation. Based on the unique perspective of …

We characterize the conditions under which a socially responsible (SR) fund induces firms
to reduce externalities, even when profit-seeking capital is in perfectly elastic supply. Such …

Entrepreneurs are turning to crowdfunding as a way to finance their creative ideas.
Crowdfunding involves relatively small contributions of many consumer-investors over a …

Vehicle electrification has emerged as a global strategy to address climate change and
emissions externalities from the transportation sector. Deployment of charging infrastructure …

This paper suggests that advertising campaigns directed at increasing consumer demand
for green energy should emphasize not only environmental concern and utilitarian benefits …

This paper synthesizes the expanding corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature. We
define CSR from an economic perspective and develop a CSR taxonomy that connects …

When people make donations to privately provided public goods, such as charity, there may
be many factors influencing their decisions other than altruism. As Olson (1965) …

Models of giving have often been based on altruism. Examples include charity and
intergenerational transfers. The literatures on both subjects have centered around neutrality …