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Friday, March 22, 2013

Apple's contracts with phone companies

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are a closely guarded secret.  But now the carriers are complaining about the contracts to the European Commission antitrust regulators, an...
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Bank Risk Taking during the New Deal

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A recent working paper (gated), "Does “Skin in the Game” Reduce Risk Taking? Leverage, Liability and the Long-Run Consequences of New ...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Joe Fresh at JCP

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Joe Fresh is an upscale Canadian retail chain that appeals to a younger demographic. JC Penny  is an struggling US retailer not know for be...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Innovation in sailboat racing driven by contest

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This is such a cool video that I needed to find a link to managerial economics so I could post it.  Here it is:  a "prize" is a...
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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Cypriot depositors respond to incentives

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I just moderated a panel where I heard the heads of Cantor Fitzgerald, TIAA-CREF, and Tennessee's public pension fund say (I am paraphr...
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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Market timers vs. asset allocators

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Reblog from Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Modern Portfolio Theory tells us to hold a balanced portfolio of stocks and bonds. If we want hig...
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Tennessee's pension fund wins recognition

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The $36 Billion pension fund run by the State of Tennessee has been recognized as Large Public Plan of the year .  The fund had a one-yea...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013

FTC regulator calls out Nashville

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In the past, we have blogged about how taxis use regulation to thwart competition .  Now we have Dr. Mark Frankena, a former high ranking ...
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Monday, March 11, 2013

Hope for cities: the Sandy Springs model

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Saturday, March 9, 2013

Quiz: why are divorce filings spiking in China?

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Its the incentives, stupid: Divorce filings shot up here and in other big cities across China this past week after rumors spread that o...
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