Showing posts with label paternalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paternalism. Show all posts
Sunday, June 18, 2023

Black market for mustard in Bogotá

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 The NYT has the story: Colombia’s Mustard Lovers Grow Desperate Amid Saucy Shortage of Dijon . Colombians are scrambling to find the belove...
Friday, May 5, 2023

New York doesn't ban Menthol cigarettes, amid controversy

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 The NYT has the stories, first about the proposed ban, and then about the budget compromise that defeated it: Black Smokers at Center of Ne...
Monday, November 14, 2022

California referendum bans flavored tobacco

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More midterm election news on controversial markets and repugnant transactions: California bans flavored tobacco products, including vapes ,...
Sunday, October 30, 2022

2022 Exeter Prize to Sandro Ambuehl, Douglas Bernheim, and Axel Ockenfels

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 Here's an announcement in an email from the Economic Science Association (ESA): "We are happy to announce the winners of the 2022 ...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Challenge trials in Britain and (not) in the U.S.

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 The NY Times has an excellent piece on Covid vaccine challenge trials, and the different traditions (and repugnance) in Britain and the U.S...
Sunday, May 2, 2021

Repugnance as paternalism: bans on flavored tobacco products

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 The NY Times has the story on the recent FDA policy: Biden Administration Plans to Propose Banning Menthol Cigarettes. The move has been lo...
Sunday, February 28, 2021

What Motivates Paternalism? By Ambuehl, ,Bernheim and Ockenfels in the AER

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  I have long been interested in repugnant transactions , which some people would like to engage in and others, not themselves involved in t...
Monday, August 19, 2019

Paternalism as a motivation for repugnance: Ambuehl, Bernheim and Ockenfels

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When I talk about repugnant transactions, I mean transactions that some people would like to engage in, but others don't think they sho...