December 22, 2014
Including congestion, wasted gas, time and emissions, cheap parking creates negative externalities that variable pricing of parking spaces can eliminate.
December 16, 2014
Relating income inequality to the stress felt by low status Bolivian Tsimane men and academy award losers, researchers said that stress that harms health.
December 11, 2014
Illustrated through word use and data selection in research, politically liberal and conservative economists display a tendency toward confirmation bias.
November 25, 2014
A single statistic like the unemployment rate for Japan, the European Union and the U.S. can be misleading until we look more closely at what it represents.
November 13, 2014
Although protestors in Detroit and Ireland say water is a human right, economists, citing a definition of a public good and a tornado alarm, would disagree.
November 10, 2014
Because "I Voted" stickers indicate voting is a social norm, like paying taxes or saving electricity, people are more likely to act like their neighbors.
October 30, 2014
While Ebola fear caused raw cocoa futures prices to rise in September, its long term rise has been because of more demand from developing nations.
October 29, 2014
China might not fuel world economic growth if instead of a 7 percent real GDP growth rate forecast, we use a regression to the mean of 3.9 percent.
October 26, 2014
While a misery index shows a nation's inflation and unemployment rates, the eurozone's high unemployment might create disproportionate unhappiness.
October 21, 2014
New attitudes that value marriage less and new economics through which women have more pay and education and men work less have changed marriage markets.
October 16, 2014
With populations growing older in the developed world, their wellbeing might affect the GDP growth rate because of the expense of their care.
October 14, 2014
Like 19th century English coal, more efficient and cheap LED lights can mean people and businesses use it more because of the lower opportunity cost.