Wednesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. “Exploiting within-country and industry-level variation in regulatory burden, the analysis finds a large, positive effect...
My Conversation with Garett Jones - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the transcript and audio, here is part of the opening summary: Garett joined Tyler...
All Praise the Fist Bump - Marginal REVOLUTION
Handshaking spreads germs and is a bad method of greeting. I prefer an elegant namaste but...
Is common stock ownership really such a big deal? - Marginal REVOLUTION
We investigate the relation between common institutional ownership of the firms in an industry and product...
How robust are supply chains? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: Consider the supply chain of...
Environmental impact statements can do great harm - Marginal REVOLUTION
In pursuit of federal approval for the nation’s first congestion pricing scheme, the one officials suggested...
Canine collar markets in everything - Marginal REVOLUTION
There are a lot of great options for dog collars on the market, but none of...
Tuesday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. “Specifically, physician salaries plus diagnostic tests comprise 4.04% of GDP in the US, compared to...
Lubbock, Texas notes - Marginal REVOLUTION
Hill BBQ is perhaps the best I have had — ever. It is open Thursday and...
How valuable is social impact investing? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Perhaps it is overrated? That is the theme of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one...
Commuting markets in everything? - Marginal REVOLUTION
From Palo Alto to San Francisco in 15 minutes. Hello, Palo Alto residents! We are an...
Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. The pricing of Lego blocks and sets, more interesting than it sounds, though not to...
Royal sentences to ponder - Marginal REVOLUTION
Meghan and Harry insist Queen Elizabeth doesn’t own the word ‘royal’ Prince Harry and Meghan Markle laid bare their...
That was then, this is now - pandemic response capabilities - Marginal REVOLUTION
From 2005: Before adjourning last week, the US Senate passed and sent to President Bush a...
Why are we letting FDA regulations limit our number of coronavirus tests? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Since CDC and FDA haven’t authorized public health or hospital labs to run the [coronavirus] tests,...
Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Do people still remember Ava Gardner? 2. Update on programming language performance in economics. 3....
Who is Wealthy? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Branko Milanovic argues against comparing wealth over time: The difficulty of measurement of wealth between different...
What should I ask Philip Tetlock? - Marginal REVOLUTION
I will be having a Conversation with him, no associated public event. So what should I...