The Volatility Trap: Why Do Big Savers Invest Relatively Little?

JNK bond regulation: why do mammalian hearts invest in connexin43?

Large numbers of gap junctions interconnect working myocytes in the ventricle of adult humans.1–5 Until recently, it was assumed that the reason for the abundance of these clusters of intercellular channels was straightforward. This phenomenon was thought to be principally a matter of ensuring that action potentials were conducted efficiently from myocyte to myocyte.6–8 However, it has long bee...

Why Do Nations Trade ( So Little ) ?

There isn't nearly as much trade as standard models suggest there should be. Formal trade barriers and transport costs are too low to account for the difference. The pattern of missing trade has interesting variation across country pairs. These clues suggest the need for theoretical and eventually structural empirical work on the missing transactions costs. This paper reviews recent empirical f...

Why do old men have big ears?

In July 1993, 19 members of the south east Thames faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners gathered at Bore Place, in Kent, to consider how best to encourage ordinary general practitioners to carry out research. Some members favoured highly structured research projects; others were fired by serendipity and the observations of everyday practice. Someone said, 'Why do old men have bi...

Why Invest in Newborn Health ?

The survival of newborn babies depends on the care we provide. International agreements have affirmed the world’s commitment to improving newborn health, and recent global assessments have confirmed that doing so makes good social and economic sense. But newborn care often receives less-thanoptimum attention. Although child survival programs have helped reduce the death rate among children unde...

Why Do Juvenile Delinquents Gain Little from Moral Discussion Programs?