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April 20, 2015
Because state taxes vary considerably so too do the incentives they create.
April 20, 2015
Two Reasons For Moving to Alaska

Creating different incentives, the variety among state taxes includes some with no income tax, others with sales taxes and some with severance taxes.

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April 19, 2015
Because when competitive market structure changes so too does firm behavior, major movie studios have safer content.
April 19, 2015
Why More Movies Are Boring

With the competitive market structure of the movie business changing from less to more competition, movie content from major studios is less innovative.

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April 18, 2015
The econlife.com Weekly Roundup
April 18, 2015
Weekly Roundup: From Grocery Bags to Soda Bottles

Our everyday economics includes developing nations, human capital, environment, behavioral economics, consumer spending, health care,incentives & sin taxes.

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April 17, 2015
Everyday economics: how lighting homes in developing nations helps human capital
April 17, 2015
Pepsi Light Has a Whole New Meaning

Human capital in developing nations is benefiting from inexpensive lights made from plastic soda bottles that also are connected to solar powered batteries.

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April 16, 2015
everyday economics and popular government websites
April 16, 2015
The Government Websites We Most Like (or Hate) to Visit

Website traffic can tell us the information we need from government and some clues about the federal budget.

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April 15, 2015
everyday economics and how cigarette taxes create smuggling incentives
April 15, 2015
The Cigarette Tax Problem

Deciding whether they want revenue, prohibition or smuggling, lawmakers have to decide how high to make sin taxes on items like cigarettes.

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April 14, 2015
everyday economics and unintended consequences
April 14, 2015
The Unexpected Impact of Reusable Grocery Bags

Knowing that reusable grocery bags shifts consumer spending to more indulgent purchases, supermarkets can respond with new prices and product placement.

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April 13, 2015
prescription spending
April 13, 2015
A New Way to Rank the Worst Diseases

While death rates are a seemingly easy way to assess healthcare spending, other perspectives like DALYs could be better when we consider the tradeoffs.

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April 12, 2015
restaurant ticket sales
April 12, 2015
The Reasons Restaurants Should Sell Tickets

A restaurant's pricing power increases when, online, it can sell prepaid table tickets, vary price based on demand or charge a reservation fee.

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