We study unfair permutations, which are generated by letting [Formula: see text] players draw numbers and assuming that player [Formula: see text] draws [Formula: see text] times from the unit interval and records her largest value. This model is natural in the context of partitions: the score of the [Formula: see text]th player corresponds to the multiplicity of the summand [Formula: see text]...

Business competition is one of the important sectors in building national economy. By realizing fair business competition, economic development will be created. Law Republic Indonesia Number 5 1999 concerning Prohibition Monopolistic Practices and Unfair Competition was formed to sustain conducive competition. To oversee enforcement implementation this regulation, Commission (ICC) formed. Along...

This mixed method paper assessed interrelationships of unfair treatment at work, stress, and problem drinking amongst a sample of U.S. Navy careerists. Survey data from current drinkers (n=2380) were analyzed, along with qualitative interviews from a quota sample of 81. More women than men (51.4% vs. 16.2%) reported gender unfair treatment; approximately 20% of respondents reported ethnic/racia...

This paper investigates whether the effectiveness of contract enforcement affects the extent for firms to form R&D alliances. We first formalize in a model how weak contract enforcement is associated with a lower probability of observing a firm forming any R&D alliance. The model implies that such an association is further exacerbated if the firm perceives its partner as less trustworthy. Using...