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September 8, 2021
ATM
September 8, 2021
How the ATM’s Twenty Dollar Bills Affect Us

The Atlanta Fed looked at how we spend our twenty dollar bills to see the ATM's impact on whether we use cash or debit or credit.

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September 6, 2021
risky behavior
September 6, 2021
How the Risks of Investing and Covid Are Similar

Just when we think we have a safe approach to Investing and Covid, our risky behavior increases, thereby making us more vulnerable.

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September 3, 2021
Research replication and Using tweets to predict the stock market
September 3, 2021
Why Your Stock Ticker Symbol Matters

Much more than a name for trading stock, clever stock ticker symbols can affect how investors feel about companies.

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August 6, 2021
Friday's e-links
August 6, 2021
August 2021 Friday’s e-links: Some Economic Psychology

Our August e-links begin with some insight from Daniel Kahneman, the first (and only) psychologist to win the economics Nobel award.

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August 3, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tobacco taxes
August 3, 2021
The Tax That Made Us Healthier

By increasing cigarette taxes, states provided an example that extends beyond smoking of how a higher cost leads to healthier habits.

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July 30, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and supermarket food spending
July 30, 2021
When More Is Less at the Supermarket

When supermarkets carry fewer products, they lose the benefit of more variety but also minimize the cost of creating too many decisions.

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July 20, 2021
addresses matter
July 20, 2021
My Book of the Month: Why An Address Matters

Looking at "The Address Book What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power," we can see how addresses matter.

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July 14, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and perverse incentives
July 14, 2021
Why Metrics Can Be Misleading

We can wind up with misleading metrics when the number we use as a goal becomes the incentive that distorts output decisions.

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July 7, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and U.K. tax letters
July 7, 2021
Why Taxes Are About More Than Money

Because tax systems matter, we can look at tax evasion in the U.K., at IRS problems in the U.S., and at the OECD to see what works.

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July 1, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and commuting time
July 1, 2021
How Covid Changed Commuting Time

In its 2021 Urban Mobility Report, Texas A&M tells us how and where Covid vastly changed our commuting time and our traffic congestion.

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June 23, 2021
restaurant psychology
June 23, 2021
Why We Tip

Looking back and looking ahead at our tipping behavior, we can expect tips to remain a social norm that will increase.

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June 21, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and wine tariffs
June 21, 2021
Why Baseball Umpires Are Like Wine Tasters

Whether looking a the strikes called by an umpire or the scores from wine tasters, we would see inconsistent decisions that are called noisy.

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