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Are Star Wars fans anti-Bayesian movie-goers?
Does the theory of price elasticity of demand apply to cultural artifacts, like movies? On this question, we strongly recommend Harrison Searles’s in-depth movie review of the latest Star Wars flick The Force Awakens–a review we found via Marginal Revolution … Continue reading
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Science Fiction
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End of year review: 2015
It’s that time of year again … In addition to my regular teaching duties, here is what we were working on (outside the classroom) during the previous year (2015): (a) Research fraud as tort, Science, Vol. 349, No. 6255 (25 … Continue reading
Posted in Academia
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Good vs Evil (legal citation edition)
https://twitter.com/DrRimmer/status/681988034603036672 Hey there … We just found out–via James Creedon and Matthew Rimmer (above)–that two of our colleagues (professors C.J. Sprigman and Carl Malamud, to be more exact) are working on an open source (i.e. free) version of legal citation … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Law
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Bookcase/Staircase
Happy birthday, Sydjia! Hat tip: Spicebar (via imgur).
Posted in Culture, Literature
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Our favorite “economics of Christmas” tweets
It's a huge oversight that none of the academic articles about the deadweight loss of Christmas even mention wrapping presents. — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) December 25, 2015 An ethical Santa would refuse to ask boys and girls about their Christmas … Continue reading
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Merry Mathematical Christmas
Via Tyler Cowen (Marginal Revolution).
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If we were Miss Colombia …
If we were Miss Colombia (the beautiful and talented Ariadna Gutierrez), we would consider consulting with a reputable attorney right now. You see, in our view, there is a high probability that the Miss Universe Organization, and maybe even FOX … Continue reading
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prior probability 