France
26 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in economic history, International law Tags: economics of borders, France, maps
Trade
25 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history Tags: age of empires, economics of colonialism
The Great Escape
24 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, health economics Tags: anti-vaccination movement, The Great Escape, vaccines
Should they be returned?
24 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, war and peace Tags: economics of borders, maps, Nazi Germany, World War I, World War II
The Great Escape
22 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Escape
The Great Escape
22 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, health economics Tags: child mortality, infant mortality, The Great Escape
Effects of the minimum wage on the nonprofit sector
19 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage
After a few days of ‘rest’ (by which I really mean some intensely long work days), I’m going to pick up again on my recent series of posts about the minimum wage (see here for the most recent post), but returning to more familiar ground – the disemployment effects of the minimum wage. The story…
Effects of the minimum wage on the nonprofit sector
Another Great Escape
16 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, health economics Tags: The Great Escape
New Study: Today’s Climate Models ‘Do Not Agree With Reality’ And Thus Their Usefulness Is ‘Doubtful’
15 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economic history, economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming
Because the current state-of-the-art general circulation models (GCMs) cannot simulate the trends and variances in global precipitation over the last 84 years (1940-2023), their usefulness should be reconsidered. Hydrological processes – ocean circulation, water vapor, clouds – are key components of climate, easily overshadowing the impact of anthropogenic CO2 emissions by a factor of 2,100…
New Study: Today’s Climate Models ‘Do Not Agree With Reality’ And Thus Their Usefulness Is ‘Doubtful’
The Effect of inbreeding of European Monarchs on State Performance
14 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history Tags: Europe
We create a novel reign-level data set for European monarchs, covering all major European states between the 10th and 18th centuries. We first document a strong positive relationship between rulers’ cognitive ability and state performance. To address endogeneity issues, we exploit the facts that (i) rulers were appointed according to hereditary succession, independent of their […]
The Effect of European Monarchs on State Performance
David Friedman on consequences of climate change 2023
13 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, David Friedman, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, Ronald Coase
Good question
13 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, war and peace Tags: China
I like maps
12 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, law and economics, property rights Tags: economics of borders, maps
Ireland: Good Corporate Tax Policy vs. Bad Government Spending Policy
11 Feb 2025 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, public economics Tags: Ireland, taxation and investment
I’m a big fan of Ireland’s low corporate tax rate for three reasons. First, it shows that good tax policy generates positive economic outcomes as per-capita GDP in Ireland has grown by record amounts. Second, it shows that lower tax rates can in some cases lead to more revenue. Sort of a turbo-charged version of […]
Ireland: Good Corporate Tax Policy vs. Bad Government Spending Policy
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