Sex, Drugs and Economics

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

Tuesday, 27 February 2018

The winner's curse and why cities should prefer not to have Amazon's new HQ

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As many readers will know, Amazon has been searching for a location for its second headquarters in the U.S. The Washington Post reported ear...
Monday, 26 February 2018

Uber and Lyft increase traffic congestion in cities

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Many people claim that ridesharing services like Uber will reduce traffic congestion. However, what happens if people start to favour those ...
Wednesday, 21 February 2018

Paying landowners to change land use

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Economists recognise that people respond to incentives. If you increase the cost of doing something, on average people will do less of it. O...
Monday, 19 February 2018

Book Review: The Secret Life of Money

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Sometimes books over-promise and under-deliver. I think I'm pretty good at spotting those and avoiding reading them, but occasionally on...
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