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Tyler Cowen on China and Transparency
Tyler Cowen on China and Transparency
Nov 29th
Credible Foreign Policy and Basic Game Theory: The Cases of Israel and Honduras
Credible Foreign Policy and Basic Game Theory: The Cases of Israel and Honduras
Nov 28th
The U.S Carbon Legislation: "Demonstrate Resolve"
The U.S Carbon Legislation: "Demonstrate Resolve"
Nov 27th
The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times Need to Study Algebra Again
The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times Need to Study Algebra Again
Nov 26th
We Are All Keynesians Now
We Are All Keynesians Now
Nov 26th
Green Buildings Conference at UC Berkeley Next Week
Green Buildings Conference at UC Berkeley Next Week
Nov 26th
The Life and Death of Turkeys
The Life and Death of Turkeys
Nov 25th
Green Harvard Battles Allston Rats
Green Harvard Battles Allston Rats
Nov 24th
UCLA Expertise on Climate Change
UCLA Expertise on Climate Change
Nov 23rd
Economics Humor
Economics Humor
Nov 23rd
The Environmental Consequences of Long Lived Durable Capital
The Environmental Consequences of Long Lived Durable Capital
Nov 23rd
New Research on the Role of "Good Schools" Causing a Reduction in the Propensity to Commit Crime
New Research on the Role of "Good Schools" Causing a Reduction in the Propensity to Commit Crime
Nov 23rd
Academic Macro Economics Just Keeps Getting Trickier
Academic Macro Economics Just Keeps Getting Trickier
Nov 21st
Leading Indicators of West LA's Economic Recovery
Nov 21st
How Do You Grow Your Own Miniature David Brooks?
How Do You Grow Your Own Miniature David Brooks?
Nov 21st
National Commitments to CO2 Targets: First Mover Advantage Due To Thermal Underwear
National Commitments to CO2 Targets: First Mover Advantage Due To Thermal Underwear
Nov 20th
UCLA Pollution Research Bolsters the Case for Closing Santa Monica Airport
UCLA Pollution Research Bolsters the Case for Closing Santa Monica Airport
Nov 19th
Cash for Caulkers Redux and Anticipating Behavioral Responses to the Embedded Incentives
Cash for Caulkers Redux and Anticipating Behavioral Responses to the Embedded Incentives
Nov 19th
Some Thoughts on Cash for Caulkers
Some Thoughts on Cash for Caulkers
Nov 18th
Productive Furlough Days
Productive Furlough Days
Nov 18th
New Intellectual Property Created at UCLA
New Intellectual Property Created at UCLA
Nov 17th
The Consequences of Smoking Bans at Columbia University: Another Test of the Pollution Havens Hypothesis?
The Consequences of Smoking Bans at Columbia University: Another Test of the Pollution Havens Hypothesis?
Nov 16th
Famous for Robbing the Famous: Rent Seeking in the Modern Los Angeles Economy
Famous for Robbing the Famous: Rent Seeking in the Modern Los Angeles Economy
Nov 15th
Ambient Lead Pollution in China
Ambient Lead Pollution in China
Nov 14th
This Week's Lexington Column in The Economist
This Week's Lexington Column in The Economist
Nov 14th
Can Economists Learn from Tao's Example? Will Academic Economics Become Open Source?
Can Economists Learn from Tao's Example? Will Academic Economics Become Open Source?
Nov 13th
Measuring the Output of Economists
Nov 12th
The New York Post is a Leading Academic Source for Ideas and Quotes
The New York Post is a Leading Academic Source for Ideas and Quotes
Nov 12th
My Father Wins a NYU Teaching Award
My Father Wins a NYU Teaching Award
Nov 11th
Evan Smith Reinvents Texas News Coverage
Evan Smith Reinvents Texas News Coverage
Nov 9th
Good Luck in the Big City
Good Luck in the Big City
Nov 8th
The "Treatment Effect" of Doctors
The "Treatment Effect" of Doctors
Nov 8th
Ken Caldeira's Congressional Testimony on Geoengineering
Ken Caldeira's Congressional Testimony on Geoengineering
Nov 8th
Is Brooklyn a "Green City"? New Cement Production in Red Hook
Is Brooklyn a "Green City"? New Cement Production in Red Hook
Nov 7th
The Good Life: A Harvard Case Study
The Good Life: A Harvard Case Study
Nov 6th
Cost Overuns and the Denver Rail System
Cost Overuns and the Denver Rail System
Nov 6th
Will LeBron James Move to the Knicks? A Test of Whether the Internet Substitutes for Big Cities
Will LeBron James Move to the Knicks? A Test of Whether the Internet Substitutes for Big Cities
Nov 6th
Take Your Son to Work Day
Nov 6th
Some Thoughts on the Superfreakonomics Carbon Controversy
Some Thoughts on the Superfreakonomics Carbon Controversy
Nov 5th
How Do You Generate Demand for a Home Priced at Over $10 Million?
How Do You Generate Demand for a Home Priced at Over $10 Million?
Nov 5th
The City/Suburban Carbon Footprint Differential and the Implicit Subsidies in the Tax Code: How Do OP-ED Readers Respond to Economic Logic?
The City/Suburban Carbon Footprint Differential and the Implicit Subsidies in the Tax Code: How Do OP-ED Readers Respond to Economic Logic?
Nov 5th
An Arbitrage Opportunity?
An Arbitrage Opportunity?
Nov 4th
Are You Funnier than the Late Night Comics? The Case of Climate Change's Impacts
Nov 4th
Carbon Pricing Will Help Warren Buffett Get Rich From Investing in Railroads
Carbon Pricing Will Help Warren Buffett Get Rich From Investing in Railroads
Nov 3rd
My New Favorite Journal: Reviews in History
My New Favorite Journal: Reviews in History
Nov 3rd
Geoengineering's Debutante Ball
Geoengineering's Debutante Ball
Nov 3rd
Another New York City to Los Angeles Convert
Another New York City to Los Angeles Convert
Nov 1st
My Research and My Books
My Research and My Books
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Lights at Night: The Case of NYC
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A Blogger Trying To Provide Public Goods
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Shanghai's World Fair Investments = Superstar City
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The Overeducated Chinese Young Person?
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Matthew E. Kahn
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