Thursday, February 4, 2010

The fertility biz: too many hazardous twins?

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The NY Times reports on the complicated incentives in the fertility business that often lead to the birth of twins, despite the increased ha...
Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A famous experiment in game theory

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In an earlier post I wrote about Nagel's guessing/beauty contest game: a famous experiment in game theory . Who knew how famous. Here...

Law clerks at the Supreme Court

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Some guest Volokh Conspirators have an interesting post on the history of law clerks at the Supreme Court: Disenclerking the Supreme Court ....
Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Kant on compensation for organ donors

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The Jerusalem Post has a column making the case for compensation of organ donors: Recompense for organ donors. It begins with the following ...
Monday, February 1, 2010

Finance as portrayed in Victorian novels

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I think of my work on repugnance , and on protected transactions , as part of a broader project of understanding how the workings of the eco...
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

A LEAP forward at Harvard

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Here is an email announcement I received today from my colleague Raj Chetty: I am writing to introduce the Lab for Economic Applications and...

Where repugnant transactions motivate 'honor crimes'

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No More Honor Killings writes Melik Kaylan in Forbes (1/29/10), in a column suggesting the practice may date to pre-Islamic Arab culture. Jo...

Corporate funding of research

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Joshua Gans writes (following a John Tierny column) about a new category of transaction in danger of being regarded as repugnant, corporate ...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

College football and the BCS as a political football

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The WSJ reports today: U.S. May Examine College Footbal Bowl System "Sen. Orrin Hatch (R.-Utah) said he received a letter from the Just...

iPhone app for finding broken parking meters

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Application identifies broken meters so that drivers can park at them without paying . The app, called NYC Broken Meters, "allows users...

misc kidney exchange news stories, videos

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VIDEO: Woman Part Of Kidney Exchange Benefiting 10 People - Video ... Twenty people in four states will have surgeries, giving 10 people a c...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Moving towards kidney exchange on a national scale in the U.S.

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There are lots of good reasons to move towards kidney exchange on a national scale (the main ones being the benefits of a thick market). On...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Dogs and cats becoming repugnant as food in China?

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The Guardian reports Chinese legal experts call for ban on eating cats and dogs . "Chinese legal experts are proposing a ban on eating ...

Surrogacy

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The NY Times has a forum on The Baby Market : "The Times recently published an article on the ethical and legal issues surrounding the...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Australian paired Kidney eXchange (AKX) goes live

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"The Australian paired Kidney eXchange Program (AKX) is a nationwide live kidney donor exchange program which will become operational i...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

School choice in SF moves forward

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Yesterday Muriel Niederle and Clayton Featherstone were among the presenters to the San Francisco Board of Education, speaking about possibl...
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Closing NY City High Schools

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The NY Times has a story by Sharon Otterman on closing "persistently lowest performing" high schools . These are often the large, ...

Spring 2010 courses in Market Design in Boston/Cambridge

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Susan Athey at Harvard and Tayfun Sonmez at Boston College will both be teaching market design courses this semester, and Peter Coles and B...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

Pay to play at Russian universities

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The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on an anti-corruption campaign at Kazan State University: A Russian University Gets Creative Again...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Sex for the disabled and healthcare

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The London Times asks: Is sex for the disabled the last taboo? "The sexual feelings of disabled people have long been ignored. Now the ...
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