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Tesla Motors' IPO Means that We Can Track the "Green Economy" in Real Time
Tesla Motors' IPO Means that We Can Track the "Green Economy" in Real Time
Jun 29th
Vote "No" on California's Proposition 23!
Vote "No" on California's Proposition 23!
Jun 28th
Can an Economist Avoid Being a "Hubristic Gasbag"?
Can an Economist Avoid Being a "Hubristic Gasbag"?
Jun 28th
30 Years Have Past Since the Movie Airplane Opened!
30 Years Have Past Since the Movie Airplane Opened!
Jun 28th
A City Slicker in Sequoia National Park
A City Slicker in Sequoia National Park
Jun 26th
Climatopolis is Roughed Up by Publishers Weekly
Climatopolis is Roughed Up by Publishers Weekly
Jun 26th
My January 2010 Talk at the UCSB Bren School on Adapting to Climate Change
My January 2010 Talk at the UCSB Bren School on Adapting to Climate Change
Jun 23rd
If Beijing and Shanghai Are Too Expensive for Young Men to Buy Homes then New Cities will Thrive --- Phoenix Revisited
If Beijing and Shanghai Are Too Expensive for Young Men to Buy Homes then New Cities will Thrive --- Phoenix Revisited
Jun 22nd
Do We Agree that a Multi-Billion Dollar Fast Train from Los Angeles to Las Vegas Would be a Good Keynesian Investment?
Do We Agree that a Multi-Billion Dollar Fast Train from Los Angeles to Las Vegas Would be a Good Keynesian Investment?
Jun 20th
Determining the "Optimal Regulation" of Methyl Iodide Use in Agricultural Production
Determining the "Optimal Regulation" of Methyl Iodide Use in Agricultural Production
Jun 20th
Does Money Matter?
Does Money Matter?
Jun 20th
Is Biomass a "Green" Energy Source?
Is Biomass a "Green" Energy Source?
Jun 19th
Disaster Compensation Fund Claims as a Test of Corruption Activity in the U.S
Disaster Compensation Fund Claims as a Test of Corruption Activity in the U.S
Jun 18th
How Will President Obama Get His "Groove" Back?
How Will President Obama Get His "Groove" Back?
Jun 18th
Priorities over the Life-Cycle
Priorities over the Life-Cycle
Jun 17th
Bill Gates Applies Peer Pressure on the Super Rich to Nudge Them to Give Away 50% of Their Wealth
Bill Gates Applies Peer Pressure on the Super Rich to Nudge Them to Give Away 50% of Their Wealth
Jun 17th
Do Economists Influence Public Policy?
Do Economists Influence Public Policy?
Jun 14th
UCLA Graduation 2010
Jun 14th
Risk and the Life of the Modern Teenager
Risk and the Life of the Modern Teenager
Jun 14th
Differentiated Products, the Global Supply Chain and Enriching Bad Guys in the Developing World
Differentiated Products, the Global Supply Chain and Enriching Bad Guys in the Developing World
Jun 13th
Shrek as a Symbol of Information Asymmetries in Global Supply Chains
Shrek as a Symbol of Information Asymmetries in Global Supply Chains
Jun 11th
The Right Tail of the Home Price Distribution Near UCLA
The Right Tail of the Home Price Distribution Near UCLA
Jun 10th
We Are the Champions, My Friend
We Are the Champions, My Friend
Jun 9th
Is China's Military Getting Antsy? The Chain of Command Question in Non-Democracies
Is China's Military Getting Antsy? The Chain of Command Question in Non-Democracies
Jun 9th
Genetic Distance and the Search for the Next Supermodel
Genetic Distance and the Search for the Next Supermodel
Jun 8th
Links for Today Gone Wild
Links for Today Gone Wild
Jun 7th
How Do Superstars Meet and Fall in Love?
How Do Superstars Meet and Fall in Love?
Jun 6th
Spock vs. Homer Simpson
Spock vs. Homer Simpson
Jun 6th
A Glimpse of my Childhood House
A Glimpse of my Childhood House
Jun 5th
Shrek as the Poster Dude for California's Department of Toxic Substance Control's New Regulations
Shrek as the Poster Dude for California's Department of Toxic Substance Control's New Regulations
Jun 4th
Paul Krugman, Movie Star?
Paul Krugman, Movie Star?
Jun 4th
Green Housing Development in the San Francisco Bay Area
Green Housing Development in the San Francisco Bay Area
Jun 3rd
A Silver Lining of the BP Oil Spill?
A Silver Lining of the BP Oil Spill?
Jun 2nd
The Gores Case Study Offer Demographers the Opportunity to Shine
The Gores Case Study Offer Demographers the Opportunity to Shine
Jun 2nd
Do Owls Scare Crows? They Better
Jun 2nd
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?
In 1976, Richard Freeman's book The Overeducated American was published. In a nutshell he argued that the returns to U.S college educat...
How Will the Rise of WFH Help Us to Adapt to Clima...
Millions of American workers engaged in Work from Home (WFH) during the pandemic. WFH helped us to adapt to the risk of disease contagi...
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Matthew E. Kahn
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