Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Why does the absolute size of the pie appear fixed? (H/t: Ada Swanson, via WaPo.)

When the Congress enacted the bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996 or the historic Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (popularly known as the “McCain-Feingold bill”) in 2002, the members of Congress who voted in favor of these bills presumably … Continue reading →

“But with that incredible growth came new problems.” –Ben Mezrich, The Accidental Billionaires, Ch. 22. Does Facebook face any real competition these days? ConnectU is dead. LinkedIn and Twitter are not even close (see this chart via AdWeek). Here are … Continue reading →

That is our revised title of Richard Cohen’s recent essay in the Washington Post. Here is the gist of Mr Cohen’s argument in defense of tipping: The waiter is my guy for the duration of the meal. He’s my agent. … Continue reading →

Here is our final project for our students this semester.

Check out the level of noise complaints for the Upper East Side. Either that part of town has a lot of noise or a lot of noise complainers. Hat tip: Ana Swanson (via Trulia).

We explore this novel legal question in our most recent work-in-progress titled “The Law & Economics of Research Fraud,” which is available on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) here. Our paper sets the stage by reviewing three recent examples … Continue reading →

The “Nobel Prize” in economics–or the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2015–is perhaps the most prestigious award in all of the social sciences. Previous winners include our intellectual heroes Thomas Schelling, Ronald Coase, and … Continue reading →