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Are prediction markets efficient? Robert Frank back on his feet after a heart attack. (Earlier) Hackers use “flirt” program to fool would-be online daters. (HT: Marginal Revolution) Malawian innovator builds…
Are prediction markets efficient? Robert Frank back on his feet after a heart attack. (Earlier) Hackers use “flirt” program to fool would-be online daters. (HT: Marginal Revolution) Malawian innovator builds…
…rules that are unpopular, constantly disputed, and set by someone else. Judging from a pair of very interesting posts on Marginal Revolution about taxation (including this one, about who pays…
…for the full research paper; a companion post at the Google blog; a recent write-up in the Times. Other commentary: Marginal Revolution, Andrew Gelman, Zubin Jelveh at Portfolio, Justin Lahart…
…what may be driving changes in our families may find our Journal of Economic Perspectives paper to be useful. (Also, see my earlier posts at Marginal Revolution: here and here.)…
Is the “Google generation” really so Internet savvy? 2007 tied for Earth’s second-warmest year. (Earlier) See it to believe it: the eco-friendly Hummer. (Earlier) A complete guide to Marginal Revolution’s…
…Marginal Revolution thinks it’s so hard to get people to change that he has predicted that the site will not succeed: I’ve long predicted this won’t work; one group of…
…journal Democracy. Also worth reading: a discussion of the Democracy piece from the Marginal Revolution blog. 3. U.S. auto statistics on accidents, miles driven, etc., from the Bureau of Transportation…
Over at Marginal Revolution, Tyler Cowen draws an intriguing parallel between accusations made by disgraced NBA ex-referee Tim Donaghy, and models of collusion. While David Stern has denied explicit collusion…
…it as one. So I went in search of other economics haikus. Marginal Revolution blogged last fall about economist Keisuke Hirano‘s econometrics haiku. The rest I saw were not so…
Yesterday, I asked Tyler Cowen if he’s willing to bet his Marginal Revolution readers against Freakonomics readers in the caption-that-photo contest we announced earlier this week. I’m pleased to report…
…Marginal Revolution here (with others here and Tyler Cowen‘s favorites here). Krugman, who graciously agreed to judge our Freako-versus-MR caption-that-photo contest, has spoken: Actually, I think it’s a tie —…
…the University of Kansas found that every $1 spent by firms lobbying Congress for a single tax break in 2004 brought in $220 in tax savings. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…Olympic bids have a positive effect on exports, concluding that the impact is attributable to the signal a country sends when bidding to host the games. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…American Association of Wine Economists conducted double-blind taste tests of five unlabeled blended meat products, including dog food. Subjects were unable to identify the dog food. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…released. The authors also conclude that the retaliatory measures may have cost Venezuela up to 3 percent of G.D.P. due to misallocation of workers across jobs. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…to be highest in Italy, where men have nearly 80 more minutes of leisure time a day than women due to less time spent on housework. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…sliver of the deficits.” Courtesy of Matt Yglesias, here’s a simple summary chart: But Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution remains unimpressed, arguing that: The reason why the hundreds of billions…
…While the results don’t mean that monkeys can use language, they do shed light on the evolution of human language and how humans learn grammar rules. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…may lead to coexistence of humans and zombies, the most effective way to contain the rise of the undead is to hit hard and hit often.” (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…good deal?” Kahn wonders. Maybe if you turn them into an artists’ utopia for you and your friends — but not if they’ve already been reclaimed. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…a better movie.) New research indicates that macaque monkeys display the same behavior, averting their glances and acting frightened when confronted with too close-to-real monkey images. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…godsend: it would give them rights to a man’s financial and physical support, legitimacy for their children, and rights to state benefits,” Humphrey told the Guardian. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…marmalade. So even if jam studies of the future prove inconclusive, it still seems wise to streamline choices whose complexity might otherwise hamper a good outcome. (Hat tip: Marginal Revolution)…
…more. Ariely’s advice could have been useful to some people in the Congo, who lament they didn’t see their Prada suits as houses for their families. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…set prices on the spot by sizing customers up. The strategy, she says, has helped her store stay open when other shops around hers are struggling. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…Marginal Revolution about what he wanted for Christmas, put it this way: “The economist in me says the best gift is cash. The rest of me rebels. … [W]e want…
…new policy “provides an incentive for individuals to agree to help each other.” The policy will be widely publicized and will take effect in January 2011. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…podium at all. Medvec points to a 1996 Nike ad which sums up the disappointment many silver medalists feel: “You don’t win silver – you lose gold.” (HT: Marginal Revolution)…
…of Higher Education. The researchers profiled believe that the best learning comes from single-minded attention: one professor even forbids his students from taking notes in class. (HT: Marginal Revolution) [%comments]…
…the body of academic research about when tiny infants actually start to listen.” It may be the perfect solution for parents still mourning?Baby Einstein‘s fall from grace. (HT: Marginal Revolution)[%comments]…