German Army: Why No Collapse?
24 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in defence economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
Fama and Jensen explain governance
10 Jan 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of information, industrial organisation, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: corporate governance
Oklahoma Doctors vs. Obamacare
03 Dec 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, health economics, industrial organisation, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, theory of the firm Tags: adverse selection, asymmetric information, health insurance, moral hazard, self-selection
Competition saves lives even in the NHS!!
28 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economics of bureaucracy, health economics, industrial organisation, managerial economics, organisational economics, Public Choice, public economics, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, market selection
Edward Lazear – “Rationality in Policy Making”
27 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, global financial crisis (GFC), history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, macroeconomics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, Public Choice
Unpacking Policy Consequences: Kevin Murphy and Ed Lazear Part 1
26 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, labour economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, Public Choice
Tollison on Smith and corporate governance
12 Nov 2020 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: corporate governance
Richard A. Posner, “The Embattled Corporation”
27 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of information, financial economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, property rights, Richard Posner, survivor principle, theory of the firm Tags: corporate law
Employment Protection laws reduces hiring of risky applicants
26 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, health economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: employment law, employment protection laws, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, unintended consequences
Robert Lucas and Paco Buera | Idea Flows and Economic Growth
20 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, econometerics, economic history, economics of education, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, poverty and inequality, Robert E. Lucas Tags: endogenous growth theory
Steven Landsburg – Why is there something instead of nothing? – September 19,2020
11 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, health economics, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, managerial economics, market efficiency, organisational economics, personnel economics, Public Choice, public economics Tags: offsetting behaviour, pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment, unintended consequences
David Lee Roth tells the story behind the “no brown M&Ms” legend
09 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, managerial economics, Music, organisational economics Tags: asymmetric information, moral hazard
Little wonder @women_nz ignores world’s top female economist
01 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, economics of love and marriage, gender, health and safety, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: gender wage gap, pessimism bias, regressive left
100% of NZ gender wage gap for high earners is unexplained
29 Sep 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of education, gender, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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