Managerial Econ

Economic Analysis of Business Practice

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Kidney Holdup

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Its seems that, back in 2012, a woman was fired by her boss soon after she donated her kidney to her boss ... because she was taking too lon...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

How "localized" is hospital competition?

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So-called "gravity choice models" estimate demand using revealed preference.  For example, a vacationer who passes a ...
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Friday, April 20, 2018

Taxes and Light Rail vs. Uber and Express Lanes

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Colleague Malcolm Getz posts a critique of Nashville's transit plan , up for a vote on May 1, 2018.  He uses the "indifference prin...
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Thursday, April 19, 2018

Wither the Price Tag?

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Planet Money ran a story about the price tag a few years ago. The premise of the story is that the price tag emerged in just the 1870s and ...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

18th Century Pretzel Standardization

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Pretzels , or bretzels, were an important part of the cuisine in southern Germany at least since the 12th century. Apparently, shirking on...
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Friday, April 13, 2018

Scaling up Auto Dealership Size

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The WSJ reports that the efficient size of an auto dealership in the US is getting larger. They have become 20% larger over the past four y...
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Saturday, April 7, 2018

DON'T PANIC: a guide to claims of increasing concentration

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New paper by some middling economists : The Obama Administration’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) sounded an alarm in 2016 with an “is...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Hope for would-be home owners and renters from California!

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The State of California is consider a measure that would loosen zoning restrictions near "transit rich" areas, like subway stops....
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Monday, March 26, 2018

Bundled Ride Shares

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Lyft is experimenting with monthly subscriptions for rides . There is a $15 limit on how much each ride is worth, but for high volume use...
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Friday, March 23, 2018

Cheaper Booze

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This is the likely result from allowing more efficient retailers into Texas. A Texas law has prohibited publicly traded firms from selling ...
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