Friday, January 11, 2019

Econometricians as engineers: Susan Athey on machine learning

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At the recent ASSA/AEA meetings in Atlanta,Susan Athey presented the AEA/AFA Joint Luncheon - The Impact of Machine Learning on Econometri...
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Repugnance watch: Illegal migration crisis? It's hard to see in the numbers

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Listening to President Trump Tuesday night, there's no doubt that he thinks many Americans can be rallied around the idea of an illegal...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

More commentary on the shortage of transplantable kidneys, and compensation for donors

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The recent editorial by McCormick, Held and Chertow continues to attract comments.  Here are three more. From the Washington Post: What ...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Harm reduction: quality assurance for illegal drugs in Australia

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The WaPo has the story, from Australia Music festivals are offering to test the safety of people’s drugs and police are increasingly liki...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Israel adopts the 'Nordic model' of criminalizing the hiring of prostitutes

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The Jerusalem Post has the story: ISRAEL BECOMES 10TH COUNTRY TO CRIMINALIZE HIRING PROSTITUTES When the law goes into effect, a first-t...
Sunday, January 6, 2019

Market design on Sunday

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8am at the ASSA conference would be incomplete without a final session on matching markets: Matching Markets - Behavioral Issues and New...
Saturday, January 5, 2019

Market design at the ASSA on Saturday

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I'll attend as many of these as I can today. A choice of three at 8am: Advances in Dynamic Mechanism Design Paper Session  Satu...