Sex, Drugs and Economics

Authentic, hand-crafted artisanal blog posts on economics and other stuff. Warning: May contain traces of nuts.

Saturday, 27 September 2014

Do single-sex schools make girls more competitive?

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It is often argued that single sex schools are good in the sense that they reduce gender gaps ( see here for a rundown of recent evidence)...
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Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Why KiwiRail losses might be a good thing

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Last week in ECON110 we covered natural monopoly. One of the interesting aspects of natural monopoly is what might happen when the governmen...
Sunday, 21 September 2014

Is there adverse selection in the life insurance market?

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I blogged yesterday about adverse selection in the home insurance market . But does adverse selection apply in all insurance markets? What a...
Saturday, 20 September 2014

Big trees, home insurance and adverse selection

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One of the most difficult concepts we cover in ECON100 and ECON110 each semester is the problem of adverse selection. Adverse selection aris...
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