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The Effect Of Study Skills Training Intervention On United States Air Force Aeromedical Apprentices, John C. Griffith

John Griffith

Can We Believe In Cold Showers?, Neil Campbell

Neil Campbell

This paper considers the case of a firm which faces the decision as to whether to invest in a cost-reducing technology with an uncertain return. Under certain conditions the removal of protection can facilitate this investment (a 'cold shower'). It is shown, in the case of Cournot competition, that a cold shower is more likely if a quota rather than a tariff is the protective instrument. It is also shown that a cold shower is more likely if the domestic firm is a Stackelberg leader rather than a Cournot competitior. A Cournot market structure is used to consider a reduction …

The Rise And Fall And Perhaps Rise Again Of The "Blindfold Rule" In Modified Comparative Fault Cases: A Proposed Experiment, Jordan Leibman, Robert Bennett, Richard Fetter

Robert B. Bennett

... Wyoming and Illinois are among the states that maintain systems of modified comparative fault. ... The experiment also provides a comparative measure of the economic effects of the four principal defensive rule regimes: (1) contributory-negligence-as-a-complete-defense; (2) pure comparative fault; (3) modified comparative fault under the blindfold rule; and (4) modified comparative fault under a sunshine rule. ... So, when the Wisconsin legislature, in 1931, enacted a modified comparative fault law, a blindfold rule automatically came into effect in cases where special verdicts were submitted. ... The language of section 1-7.2 of the statute closely followed the Wisconsin law with …