Economic Logic

Dealing with microdata is relatively easy, as you have plenty of data points and can freely add explanatory variables with running the risk ...

Venezuela was once the poster child in Latin America on how to do well (the opposite being Argentina), growing richer than European economie...

There is broad agreement that energy, especially polluting energy, is too cheap, calling for higher energy taxes. The problem is that such t...

Not every kid progress at the same pace through school, this is why some occasionally need to repeat their grade. How to handle gifted child...

Earlier this week, I have has the "opportunity" to spend significant time in a US hotel room. The town being of little interest, I...

It is a firmly established conventional wisdom that natural resources are best preserved when there are well established property rights. It...

An amazing amount of scholarly effort is devoted to figuring out optimal stabilization policies in developed economies. I am not convinced t...

There are a lot of good reasons to marry an educated partner. Among them is that his/her income is higher, and theory has consistently point...

It happens to everyone: you are not careful and despite having sufficient funds, your checking account is drying up at the wrong moment and ...

Microfinance is based on a very simple principle. The poorest can only improve if they invest, and very small loans may be sufficient to get...

Capitalism is often presented as a wild economic system where conditions are harsh as everyone fights for his survival. The fact that econom...

Assigning people with heterogeneous preference to medical residency, schools, job candidates or marital partners is a difficult problem, and...

I find it fascinating that there is also plenty of Economics in the animal kingdom. Two recent papers about bees just caught my attention. A...

Public opinion about economic policy in France and the United States are very contrasted. In France, free markets are viewed very suspicious...

CEO how agree to be paid no salary, or a minimal one, are viewed as heroes in media and the public. But in all the cases I know off, they ar...