When inefficiency begets efficiency

Redistribution , production inefficiency and decentralized efficiency

This paper analyzes the role of production distortion for income redistribution in an international trade model. In particular, this paper examines the role of the Stolper and Samuelson effect (Stolper and Samuelson 1941) on efficient income redistribution. It first shows that production inefficiency can be a part of a Pareto-efficient tax system when there is an asymmetric information problem ...

Preservation of efficiency and inefficiency classification in data envelopment analysis ∗

Sufficient conditions for simultaneous efficiency preservation of all efficient Decision Making Units (DMUs) and for inefficiency preservation of all inefficient DMUs in the Additive model of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) under the simultaneous non-negative perturbations of all data of all DMUs are obtained. An illustrative example is provided.

The efficiency of inefficiency. Medicine distribution in South Cameroon.

s-An attempt is made to explain why public health services in South Cameroon function inefficiently. Special attention is given to the distribution of medicines. The root cause of rneffkiency is believed to be ‘corruption*. the private use of public goods. It is suggested that some degree of commercialization may solve the present problems and replace the ‘expensive free distribution’ of medici...

When suffering begets suffering: the psychology of competitive victimhood between adversarial groups in violent conflicts.

Inter-group competitive victimhood (CV) describes the efforts of members of groups involved in violent conflicts to establish that their group has suffered more than their adversarial group. Such efforts contribute to conflicts' escalation and impede their peaceful resolution. CV stems from groups' general tendency to compete with each other, along with the deep sense of victimization resulting...

Atrial fibrillation begets trouble.