
After only 227 pages does @NZComCom reveal its criteria for markets predisposed to collusion
21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: cartel theory, competition law, oligopoly

The old hippies at @NZComCom force Harold Demsetz turn in his grave by using profits to assess competition. So 1960s. Died after his 1973 paper.
21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, survivor principle Tags: competition law

Criminals released after DNA testing started are 17% less likely to reoffend! @sst_nz (A greater chance of getting caught is instant rehabilitation)
21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order

@NZComCom’s petrol pricing report is an ode to the structure-conduct-performance (SCP) paradigm of decades and decades gone by
21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in Armen Alchian, economics of bureaucracy, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, Ronald Coase Tags: competition law

I don’t see the variation here that the @NZComCom does (except that long thin countries are at the top)
21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in energy economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: competition law

Despite itself, @nzcomcom reveals rampant secret price discounting in the petrol cartel/oligopoly
21 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: cartel enforcement, cartel theory, competition law

Doug Allen hinting that gun laws should apply only to men
20 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, gender, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: criminal deterrence, gun control, law and order

@NZPrivacy has just increased statistical discrimination by landlords @NZHumanRights
20 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights, survivor principle Tags: offsetting behaviour, racial discrimination, statistical discrimination, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences

DNA testing makes criminals vote with their feet @sst_nz
20 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order

The Psychology of Victim Group Rights | Psychiatrist Anthony Daniels
20 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: political correctness
Justice Thomas on the establishment of religion
19 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, law and economics, politics - USA
Transequity didn’t compare prison rates with the general population in 2015 (unlike in 2011 report) @aniobrien @HJJoyceEcon
18 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, gender, law and economics

From https://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/USTS-Full-Report-FINAL.PDF and for 2011 comparisons, see https://utopiayouarestandinginit.com/2019/05/08/why-do-transwomen-go-to-prison-40-times-as-much-as-women-in-the-usa-in-2011/




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