I go to school just outside Boston and my family lives near Philadelphia, so I do a fair amount of travel between the two cities. Lately, I’ve noticed one bothersome change – the amount of traffic ...

Every state government in the U.S. levies an excise tax on insurance. Although these premium taxes represent a substantial source of state revenue, they have undergone little economic analysis. This ...

Phil Gramm and Michael Solon’s “Enemies of the Economic Enlightenment” (op-ed, April 16) seems intended to vilify the efforts of reformers seeking to change priorities and cultures within corporations ...

Ce texte examine l'application du concept d'efficacité économique au processus de décision collective et aux institutions du secteur public. Nous montrons que l'existence de coûts de transaction et de ...

I quit (or took a break from) smoking about half a month ago. During that time, I’ve come to understand some of the dynamics of pubs that allow smoking versus those that do not. I’ve realized that ...

Dursun Peksen, Dunavant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Memphis, will deliver the 2021 Winnie Veenstra Peace Lecture. He argues that policymakers should apply ...

A series of recent protests by the workers preparing and delivering our essential foods and other goods highlights a key risk to our ability to combat the coronavirus. With most Americans sheltering ...

Michel J. G. van Eeten and Johannes M. Bauer (2008): Economics of Malware: Security Decisions, Incentives and Externalities. STI Working Paper, 2008/1, Information and Communication Technologies, ...

The framing of this subject is a little weird, because I don't care what the economic value of Google's positive externalities are. But this valuation would map basically 1:1 to my problem... I've ...