InDepth | June 27, 2023 Hunt Allcott on uncertainty, inequality, and mitigation in times of a warming globe
InShort | May 01, 2024 The price of impatience: Why being patient when selling your home pays off What would you do? Say you’re about to move, but your current home hasn’t sold yet. Do you opt for a low asking price, which means a quick sale... Spatial Economics
Column | April 05, 2024 Penalty Shootouts In order to make the game of soccer as a spectacle even more exciting, FIFA decided in 1978 to introduce a penalty kick series if the match required a winn...
Column | June 14, 2021 The Whims of a Lottery A rigged lottery or a chance fluctuation? Another probability problem for the reader to test his or her feeling for probabilities.
Column | December 18, 2020 Probability Puzzles with a Crazy Santa Claus For your enjoyment and instruction, this column contains six challenging probability puzzles of varying difficulty with sometimes surprising solutions. Som...
InShort | October 11, 2020 The Effect of Ozone Air Pollution on Physical Capacity Scholars from various scientific disciplines work on understanding the impact of air pollution. Most of the studies focus on long-term health consequences,...
Column | April 01, 2020 Investing and Gambling with Kelly The Kelly strategy, also known as the scientific gambling method, is a powerful money management system. This article outlines how this system works.
InDepth | July 22, 2019 Tackle Big Questions. Use Big Data Interview with Fatih Guvenen (The Curtis L. Carlson professor of economics at the University of Minnesota and a research associate in the NBER’s Econ...
Column | September 13, 2018 Benford Goes to the Casino You’re strolling past a casino and you notice an eye-grabbing sign: The Multiplication Game, Carpe Diem
InShort | July 09, 2018 Empty Homes, Longer Commutes: Effects of more Restrictive Local Planning We have argued for a very long time that the fundamental problem with housing in Britain is a lack of supply: we have been underbuilding for two generation... Spatial Economics