The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon is opening retail stores in cities. On one level, this poses a puzzle because Amazon's rise was fueled by its cost savings due to the fact that it is a virtual store. Over the decades, Amazon has assembled a huge database about each of its customers.
In a series of pieces, I have explored how the for profit insurance industry can accelerate climate change adaptation progress. Here is my recent RMS interview. Here is my 2017 co-authored Harvard Business Review piece.
A few months ago, I posted a Twitter tweet about how to use REPEC data to rank academic couples. I followed a symmetric transparent method. My criteria takes the REPEC Ranking for one spouse + REPEC ranking for the other spouse. I treat them as equals.
Across all of the world's economists;
#9 in Environmental Economics
#25 in Urban economics
#4 in Resource Economics
#27 in Energy Economics
#9 in Environmental Economics
#25 in Urban economics
#4 in Resource Economics
#27 in Energy Economics