Updated: 12/28/2003
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

HUMAN BEHAVIOR

• The benevolence of self-interest (The Economist, Dec 12-18, 1998)
• Irrationality (The Economist, Dec 18-24, 1999)--Economists are starting to abandon their assumption that humans behave rationally, and instead are finally coming to grips with the crazy, mixed up creatures we really are
• Simple Minds, Smart Choices (Science News, May 29, 1999) --Decision strategies that hinge on mere bits of well-chosen information about one's surroundings and circumstances prove surprisingly powerful.
• Robert H. Frank:  Resisting a Society's Rage to Spend (NYT, August 14, 1999)--Robert H. Frank has become the popular economist of the moment and academia's most conspicuous critic of the dizzy spend-athon of the '90s, arguing that people are caught in an arms race of consumption and that tax policies need to be changed to encourage investment. 

• Businesses Tied to Beef Expect to Feel a Pinch [NYT 12/25/03]--Effects of mad cow disease consequences because of its impact on labor supply and health care.
• Trouble in hog market (Newsweek 12/21/98)
• Freeze May Cut Orange Juice Prices, But Make Fresh Fruit More Expensive (WSJ 12/29/98)
• Beer Market: London Bar Tries Pricing Based on Demand (WSJ, 6/2/99)

• In Health Care Business, Size can Matter (NYT, 12/17/98)
• Trouble in hog market (Newsweek 12/21/98)

• Smokescreen: The Ifs and Buts of the Tobacco Settlement (The New York Times, November 29, 1998)

• Four articles in the New York Times (December 2, 1998)
• Big oil mergers (The Economist, December 5-11, 1998)
• Exxon-Mobil Merger May Not Be as Dangerous as Critics Contend (The New York Times, Dec 10, 1998)

• Bigger is not always better (The New York Times, December 8, 1998)

• Competition among universities (The Economist, December 5-11, 1998)
• Quality vs. price competition: Discounting is no bargain (WSJ, Dec 7, 1998)
• A collection of articles on the Microsoft antitrust case

• The Science of Naming Drugs
• The True Costs of S.U.V.'s -- The private incentive to choose a safe vehicle may, perversely, reduce overall safety
• What's Your Happiness Worth? -- $3.2 million, says one influential economist
• On school voucher.
• The Pricing of Computer Chips by Intel
• To Get an Organ, Offer to Give One (WSJ, 12/29/98)
• Kodak Turns to Camera Rentals To Inspire Picture-Taking in India (WSJ, 1/15/99)

• In Health Care Business, Size can Matter (NYT, 12/17/98)
• Trouble in hog market (Newsweek 12/21/98)
• Freeze May Cut Orange Juice Prices, But Make Fresh Fruit More Expensive (WSJ 12/29/98)
• To Get an Organ, Offer to Give One (WSJ, 12/29/98)
• A collection of articles on the Microsoft antitrust case (January 1999)
• Kodak Turns to Camera Rentals To Inspire Picture-Taking in India (WSJ, 1/15/99)