The “Whistle” Test

Educating the Whistle - Blower

Blowing the Whistle

Leniency clauses, offering cartelists legal immunity if they blow the whistle on each other, is a recent anti-trust innovation. The authorities wish to thwart cartels and promote competition. This effect is not evident, however; whistle-blowing may enforce trust and collusion by providing a tool for cartelists to punish each other. We examine the impact of leniency law, and other rules, theoret...

Sound production in the collared dove: a test of the 'whistle' hypothesis

The mechanism of sound production in the collared dove Streptopelia decaocto was studied to test the validity of the 'whistle' model and to analyze the role of vocal tract resonances. In this study, the vocalizations of six male adult doves were recorded both in normal air and in a mixture of 80 % helium and 20 % oxygen (heliox). Depending on the way in which the syrinx operates, the spectral s...

Whistle for your wind.

Dyspnoea on exertion is the main complaint of patients with chronic obstructive airways disease. Any improvement in their breathlessness and exercise tolerance would substantially improve their quality of life.' Attempts have been made with both drugs and oxygen, but the former have only a partial effect and the benefits of long term domiciliary oxygen are restricted to those with severe hypoxa...

Blowing the whistle on health care fraud.

Medical technology is crucial to the health and welfare of our citizens. The industry provides us with early detection of diseases, safe and effective treatment options for the diseases that are detected and so on. It goes without saying that the marketing and sales of such devices and products should be based on their benefits to the patients, not on inappropriate incentives to the healthcare ...