The Sports Economists Answer Your Questions
…had in the latter part of the 2009-10 season: In late-season scenarios when you have as many free agents as we do, human nature takes effect sometimes. They look for…
…had in the latter part of the 2009-10 season: In late-season scenarios when you have as many free agents as we do, human nature takes effect sometimes. They look for…
…invented it. He’s looking for feedback so feel free. Have you guys checked out the controversy over Digg recently? It’s similar to Stephen’s issue with Wikipedia, but the misinformation is…
…the multiplier each year. The N.B.E.R. working-paper series has a similar flavor: you have to comb through a decade of yellow books to find 40 papers written on fiscal policy,…
…which is observable to the potential thief, probably just shifts crime to other victims. But if our LoJack paper is correct, why wouldn’t we expect to see a similar crime-reducing…
…of America’s strategic efforts to increase power overseas and contain communism. Obama would have to do something similar, not just in terms of waiting until the economy here is in…
…diversity and dynamism helps spur innovation and economic growth, because if people who think differently bounce ideas off each other, they can solve problems better and faster. Just look at…
…copies of books to people who pay money for them. But the music industry of today looks almost nothing like the music industry of 20 years ago. There are a…
…the beat. There is, however, another way to get at this problem—use of an experiment. Ideally, what we’d like to do is take two very similar cities, order one of…
…pretty similar; our upbringing is similar, and so are the broader social and economic milieus which shape us. Yet the same food elicits starkly different reactions. Why? And the Beet…
…purchase of his mansion and the paying of his mortgages in 2003 and 2004. Q: How are Cunningham’s actions similar or different (beyond the sums of money involved) to the…
…similar approach led Kelly Bedard and Olivier Deschenes to a rather striking conclusion: divorce may not be financially harmful to women. They find that divorce actually led women to live…
…find a similar result if we compared toilet paper use to soap use in school toilets. We should be very scared if there are 100 sheets of toilet paper used…
Sunday’s?New York Times reported on attempts by the Texas Board of Education to rewrite the high school curriculum in accordance with its conservative values.? While there’s always an element of…
John Mayer has recently been criticized for?crude remarks he made in an interview, suggesting that he was not sexually attracted to African-American women.? Tiger Woods‘s alleged actions suggest a similar…
…Spenkuch, we look at data to try to answer that question. Here is what we find: 1) Mixed-race kids grow up in households that are similar along many dimensions to…
…interpret the looks; it copies them. Indeed, it trumpets it.? “Ten minutes after any big awards telecast, the Faviana design team is already working on our newest ‘celebrity look-alike gowns,’”…
…The article starts like this: State crime lab analyst Kathryn Troyer was running tests on Arizona’s DNA database when she stumbled across two felons with remarkably similar genetic profiles. The…
…hot dog vendor on one side and a beggar on the other. The beggar looks like he’s been drinking; the hot dog vendor looks like an upstanding citizen. How, if…
…was shake her head. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Your arrogance knows no limits.” she said, exasperated. I looked at the cover to try to figure out what had set her…
…fines suffer from a similar problem: The NBA and National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), per the league’s collective bargaining agreement, equally split fines paid by players, then donate the respective…
…book to try to make the world a better place. They are on the lookout for concrete suggestions to reduce the lives lost from hurricanes, hospital infections, global warming, automobile…
…be very similar. There was widespread sentiment that I’m going to bore you — but who was right about why? I’ve been working with data from the American Time Use…
…I would say that, because of pharmacotherapy, we are much better today at treating mental illness than ever in the past. Looking at the broader picture, including both drugs and…
…He has agreed to answer our questions about his forthcoming book. (And if someone in a 2001 Volvo V40 ever cuts you off and looks like this ——————–> just smile…
…secret within a single family of obstetricians. How many lives do you think were lost because of that failure to share new technology? Are there any similar instances today of…
…so that after several years of experience, COMAS and HU graduates with similar entry scores have similar earnings. Our results are therefore consistent with the view that employers use education…
…anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor, it can also include a pastrami sandwich.) And so I wonder, will Pope Benedict and the Vatican create a similar effect by encouraging people to pray while…
How did Chick-fil-A become the third-largest restaurant chain in the U.S.? Why does it serve salad? And can Angie’s moral compass override her craving for a chicken sandwich?…
Delaware is beloved by corporations, bankruptcy lawyers, tax avoiders, and money launderers. Critics say the Delaware “franchise” is undemocratic and corrupt. Insiders say it’s wildly efficient. We say: they’re both…
…their products. Does the public realize the depth of these practices, and their implications for patient care? Most physicians continue their education and keep up to date with new science…
