May 7, 2015
As female labor force participation increased since the 1970s, so too has the income inequality that resulted from assortative mating of higher earners.
May 6, 2015
Influencing college admissions, job opportunities and how smart people think you are, your name affects your human capital development.
May 5, 2015
As cargo ships become larger, the supply chain benefits of their economies of scale are offset by the externalities they create at ports and beyond.
May 4, 2015
While many nations have deposit Insurance and China will have theirs very soon, the quality and the confidence in different deposit insurance schemes vary.
May 3, 2015
Whether you stand in long lines to self-signal or you hire someone to do the wait for you, your decision reflects tradeoffs that relate to time.
May 1, 2015
April 30, 2015
Increasingly mechanized, farms first used simple capital, next motorized machines, then giant combines and now robots for produce to increase productivity.
April 29, 2015
Replacing the inconsistencies of the current calendar, in finance and production, the 13-month calendar would create positive externalities for businesses.
April 28, 2015
Although pacts like the TPP are politically controversial, economists have supported free trade since David Ricardo explained comparative advantage,
April 27, 2015
In Finland, for some traffic violations, the rich have higher fines than those with less because of day fines that are similar to progressive taxation.
April 24, 2015
The Supreme Court is deciding if the USDA can affect raisin grower property rights though a raisin reserve that mandates crop surrender to prop up price.
April 23, 2015
Researchers are exploring how message volume and sentiment analysis in social media like Twitter and Yahoo can be used to predict financial markets.