Brad DeLong’s head must have already exploded before he wrote this
I have no intention of wading into the debate over the climate change chapter in Superfreakonomics. I’m sure you all know the controversy: Levitt and . . .
Brad DeLong’s head must have already exploded before he wrote this
What Am I Missing About Antitrust Exemptions?
Geoff mentions the pending bills on the Hill that would grant merchants an antitrust exemption to negotiate interchange fees. The insurance industry exemption has also . . .
Don’t Kill Credit
My co-author on this paper on The Effect of the CFPA Act of 2009 on Consumer Credit, David Evans, has a great post over at . . .
Don’t kill interchange fees
Speaking of Josh’s co-author, David Evans, David just testified the other day before the House Financial Services Committee on a bill, the Welch Bill, HR . . .
Will the Public Insurance Plan Be a Predator?
Wall Street Journal columnist Thomas Frank inhabits a simple little world in which private enterprise, in its relentless pursuit of profit (i.e., charging more for . . .
What’s Wrong With the Endowment Effect?
Gordon Smith asks the question in response to a 16 part post (with slides and pictures!) from John Carney offering up the explanation that the . . .
A bright spot in the bleak financial industry regulatory firmament
Between the various power grabs and dubious regulatory proposals (each more dubious than the last!) from the likes of Geithner, Bernanke, Frank (.pdf), Dodd, etc., . . .
The NFL and the Theory of the Firm
Some serious reading first on American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League, No. 08-661 (U.S. S. Ct.)… Read the full piece here.
Merger Guidelines Reading
Volume 16, Issue 4 of the George Mason Law Review (which I received in my mailbox today) has a well timed issue from its antitrust . . .