Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Is Nashville's pension fund doubling down?

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A Forbes blogger has singled out Nashville's city pension for betting on risky "alternative" investments with this lurid hea...
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Monday, February 25, 2013

Is Mark Sanchez a sunk cost?

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As chapter 3 points out, when making decisions, there are only two mistakes you can make: 1. ignore hidden costs; or 2. take account of...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Fly Straight

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Eric A. Helland and Alexander Tabarrok have a new article " Product Liability and Moral Hazard: Evidence from General Aviation " ...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Who Buys Lottery Tickets?

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A former student sent this link which is almost enough that you need not read the story. It seems that " Kansas lottery winners acciden...
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Anticipate Adverse Selection

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The implementation of the 2010 healthcare act set up "high-risk pools” for those without insurance but these will be closed to new appl...
Saturday, February 16, 2013

It is Almost Not Worth It (Almost)

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First, let me extend my best wishes to Brittany Sajbel on her impending nuptials next month. Next, let me tell her she is probably not don...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Short-selling FTC enforcement decisions

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Bill Ackman is betting that the FTC will act to shut down Herbalife , a seller of fitness and weight-loss supplements, as a pyramid scheme....
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Vertical Integration in Spanish TV

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Ricard Gil and Christian A. Ruzzier have a new paper investigating Spanish TV stations' decisions to generate their own content, "...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

Just as dead men are ruling our present, so too...

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are we trying to control our children's future. HT:  Don Marron
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A solution to the moral hazard

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At (21:00 minutes) Benjamin Carson outlines his idea for lifetime medical savings accounts to address moral hazard. 
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