A basic tenet of microeconomics suggests that the subjective value of financial gains decreases with increasing assets of individuals ("marginal utility"). Using concepts from learning theory and microeconomics, we assessed the capacity of financial rewards to elicit behavioral and neuronal changes during reward-predictive learning in participants with different financial backgrounds. Behaviora...

We explore how a firm optimally finances multiple projects when profits depend on subsequent negotiations with buyers, a common situation in procurement projects and vertical industries. A tension arises because the agreements reached with buyers depend on how the proceeds from the sales will be divided with investors. A financial contract determines the division. Should the proceeds from multi...

In this study, I use panel data from municipal Japanese National Health Insurance (JNHI) insurers to estimate their financial efficiency scores using nonparametric methods and to estimate the causal effects of structural and regional characteristics on the efficiency scores consistently using econometric methods. The major findings of this study are as follows. First, the estimated efficiency s...