Here's what caught my eye in research over the past week:
- Yotov (with ungated earlier version here) presents a historical overview of the gravity model (used in trade and migration studies, and I love that the concluding section is titled "Gravity is endless fun")
- Bokhari et al. (open access) use UK data to show that minimum unit pricing of alcohol was remarkably effective and well‐targeted in reducing demand for cheap alcohol during the pandemic lockdowns, with minimal spillover effects, and consumers overall buying and spending less
- Reilly, Williams, and Das find that Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigations of colleges and universities in the US are associated with lower recorded sexual assaults at private and public research schools and private baccalaureate schools, but not at public baccalaureate schools (so context matters)
- Heutel argues that theme park rides are Giffen goods, noting that when the price of a ride increases (that is, the wait time increases, then the probability of riding it increases (I'm not convinced, and I don't find the results that establish that rides are inferior goods convincing - if people have more time in the theme park (an increase in 'income' in Heutel's model), and holding wait times constant, are there rides that they would ride less as a result?)
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