Playing Divide-and-Choose Given Uncertain Preferences
We study the classic divide-and-choose method for equitably allocating divisible goods between two players who are rational, self-interested Bayesian agents.
Research
Second-Best Amendment: Market Power and Tax Design in the Firearms Industry
This paper studies the roles of market power and taxes in determining market surplus and social welfare in the U.S. consumer firearms industry.
A Framework for Considering the Value of Race and Ethnicity in Estimating Disease Risk
Background: Accounting for race and ethnicity in estimating disease risk may improve the accuracy of predictions but may also encourage a racialized view of medicine. Objective: To present a decision
Fiscal policy and the pandemic-era surge in US inflation: Lessons for the future
In the United States, massive fiscal expansion during the pandemic protected households and helped to return output and unemployment nearly to pre-pandemic expectations by the end of 2021—a sharp cont
The True Cost of Living
Sharply higher borrowing costs, especially for housing, fueled a disconnect between inflation statistics and consumer sentiment
The Mysteries of Cities and Economic Growth
It’s impossible to think about economic growth without also thinking about cities’ vital role in connecting the world
Genomic heterogeneity and ploidy identify patients with intrinsic resistance to PD-1 blockade in metastatic melanoma
The introduction of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has markedly improved outcomes for advanced melanoma. However, many patients develop resistance through unknown mechanisms.
Why Doesn’t The United States Have National Health Insurance? The Role Of The American Medical Association
This study revisits a critical juncture in the development of national health insurance (NHI) in the United States in the post-World War II era.
Publication: Reconciling Multi-Level Rights-Based Commitments in Development: Assessing the Legal and Administrative Imperatives of Responding to Education, Health Care, and Environment Protection Cha
The principles of sovereignty, equality, and self-determination – which have long been the basis for nonintervention in the affairs of sovereign states – have more recently been widened to condemn out
Noam Chomsky Has Been Proved Right
The writer’s new argument for left-wing foreign policy has earned a mainstream hearing.
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