Market Design

I post market design related news and items about repugnant markets. See my Stanford profile. I have a forthcoming book : Moral Economics The subtitle is "From Prostitution to Organ Sales, What Controversial Transactions Reveal About How Markets Work."

Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts

Showing posts with label corruption. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials

If we expect tariffs to elicit reciprocal tariffs, what should we expect of allowing American firms to bribe foreign officials? The Guardian...

Friday, April 12, 2024

Gambling on sports, by and on athletes

Now that sports betting is legal, and apps allow people to bet on particular events within a game as it unfolds, there is concern that pla...

Sunday, September 25, 2022

Dismantling kleptocracy

USAID has published a guide to combating kleptocracy--i.e. government by thieves. DEKLEPTIFICATION GUIDE . Seizing Windows of Opportunity t...

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Anger at vaccine line jumping

There is some tension between getting populations vaccinated quickly and ensuring that priorities for who gets vaccinated first are careful...

Saturday, February 17, 2018

School choice and privilege in Washington D.C. [updated]

A benefit (or a cost) of having clearly defined rules is that you can see when exceptions are made. (What could look like flexibility in ...

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Corruption as an equilibrium

WHY I AM CORRUPT | In Defense of Nigerians by Ayo Sogunro "I am corrupt because the alternative is dangerous. In the final analysi...

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