This paper shows that a policy that uniformly increases contestants’ effort costs can lead to an increase in total effort. In asymmetric settings, this “levels the playing field” and therefore encourages weaker players (who otherwise would have stayed out) to enter. Paradoxically, a contest designer whose only objective is to maximize total effort may thus wish to make rent-seeking “more diffic...

Silencing within the yeast rDNA repeats inhibits hyperrecombination, represses transcription from foreign promoters, and extends replicative life span. rDNA silencing is mediated by a Sir2-containing complex called RENT (regulator of nucleolar silencing and telophase exit). We show that the Net1 (also called Cfi1) and Sir2 subunits of RENT localize primarily to two distinct regions within rDNA:...

Borme, J. and Lichter, I. (1974). Thorax, 29, 329-337. Pericardial rupture from blunt chest trauma. Pericardial rupture may occur in two distinct anatomical sites, namely the diaphragmatic pericardium and the pleuropericardium. They may be combined. The problems in each type are different. In ruptured diaphragmatic pericardium the rent may involve the pericardial cavity alone, or may extend int...

.-lbstract This paper details the estimated congestion rent collected by the Independent S}stem Operators (1S0) since their inception In different electrlclt} markets, The electricity markets analyzed are: New York Po\\er Pool. California Po\ver E\change. and Pennsylvania-Jersey-Ma~ land (PJM) potter pool. The paper describes the significant assumptions underl> ]ng [he calculations and attempts...

Daihatsu Motor Company, in conjunction with the Japan Electric Vehicle Association, also carried out a small-scale EV demonstration in Japan some 20 years ago. In recent years, Japanese corporations and researchers have conducted a succession of demonstrations of shared small EVs. Leading the way was Honda’s field trial of its Intelligent Community Vehicle System in 1998 at its Motegi recreatio...