Over the past several months, numerous instances have been reported in the United States media of pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions written for emergency postcoital contraceptives. These pharmacists have asserted a "professional right of conscience" not to participate in what they interpret as an immoral act. In this commentary, we examine this assertion and conclude that it is not jus...

Abstract Rights of First Refusals (RFRs) granted to tenants in land privatization auctions enable them purchase their leased by accepting the highest bid. RFRs may however deter bidders and incentivize non-right holders adjust bidding. We conjecture that tenant favoritism with reduces competition thus sales prices at expense public sellers. To test conjectures, we compile a dataset two...