… In this book John Vickers and George Yarrow provide both a useful overview of the economic
… Vickers and Yarrow present the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of privatization …

Despite being one of the most fundamental issues in political economy, the question of the
appropriate boundary between public and private enterprise received relatively little attention …

Is more intense product market competition and imitation good or bad for growth? This
question is addressed in the context of an endogenous growth model with “step-by-step” …

The techniques available for the interrogation and analysis of neuroimaging data have a large
influence in determining the flexibility, sensitivity, and scope of neuroimaging experiments…

… In this book Mark Armstrong, Simon Cowan, and John Vickers provide a clear and careful …
Cowan, and Vickers concentrate. It is also essential reading for those interested in price cap …

Abstract Systems do not simply pop into existence. They progress through lifecycle phases
of creation, production, operations, and disposal. The issues leading to undesirable and …

The use of thugs or sadists for the collection of extortion or the guarding of prisoners, or the
conspicuous delegation of authority to a military commander of known motivation, …

Adolescent-onset schizophrenia provides an exceptional opportunity to explore the
neuropathology of schizophrenia free from the potential confounds of prolonged periods of …

A simple duopoly model is used to show the advantage to a manufacturer of selling his
product through an independent retailer (vertical separation) rather than directly to consumers (…

We model firms as supplying utility directly to consumers. The equilibrium outcome of competition
in utility space depends on the relationship π(u) between profit and average utility per …