Transparency relates to communication and information about the conduct of firms. Transparency can relate to the past, the present, and the future and it can vary in format, content, and reliability. In this paper I review experimental evidence which relates to the impact of transparency on the competitiveness of markets. * This paper was prepared for the Encore Workshop on “Experiments for Ant...

This paper examines the eco-systems model that underlies the LEED Green Building Rating System, comparing it to a number of other contemporary manifestations of the same model. As attendants at Greenbuild know well, the rating system offers credit for a number of well-recognized strategies that improve resource efficiency and indoor quality. Those strategies are based on an ecological model of ...