Transparency and accountability are often regarded as crucial for good governance and the efficient organization of public affairs. To systematically explore the impact of transparency and accountability on cooperation, we conduct a series of laboratory experiments on a variation of the public good game with asymmetric agents. While (standard) agents may only contribute to the public good, some...

Background & Aims: Amniotic membrane persists for a long time after ocular transplantation (as corneal substitute) and can affect light transmission (transparency). The aim of this study was to evaluate the transparency of amniotic membrane after freeze-drying (lyophilization) and to compare the results with transparency of rabbit cornea. Methods: Transparency of rabbits’ corneas and fresh and ...

As a platform to facilitate information sharing, business-to-business (B2B) electronic markets allow buyers and sellers to conduct transactions in a digital environment with greater information transparency. Vertical information transparency about demand has been shown to be beneficial to supply chain management. Thus, information technology (EDI, B2B e-markets) is believed to offer great benef...

The paper examines the economic role of modelling information on the decision problem of an exporting firm under exchange rate risk and hedging. Information is described in terms of market transparency, i.e., a publicly observable signal conveys more information about the random foreign exchange rate. We analyze the interaction between market transparency and the ex ante expected utility of the...

Purpose Information transparency is crucially important in price setting real estate, particularly when information asymmetry concerned. This paper aims to examine how a change government policy relation disclosure and impacts residential estate discovery. Specially, this investigates traders determined asking prices the context of Scottish housing market before after implementation Home Report...