Does anyone know of any studies examining how much firms benefit (if
any) from non-compete agreements?
While doing research on that question, I found this interesting paper:
BIASES IN THE INTERPRETATION AND USE OF RESEARCH RESULTS
Robert J. MacCoun
Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public
RE: http://slate.msn.com/economics/00-02-09/economics.asp
I read the Landsburg column, but I haven't read the original study he is commenting
on. Given that, Landsburg's account of the idea seems totally nutz to me. Why would we
assume that the relative price of quality vs quantity should
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 15:40:02 -0500 Amanda Phillips Amanda Phillips
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As for workers at the concession stands, you'll often notice theatre
managers helping out during the rush periods. And at large theatres (10-16
screens) movie times are staggered so that there's
Bill,
As I read Landsburg the Klenow-Bils idea is that if at time 1 the
rich own 100% more microwaves than the poor at a 25% higher price then
at time 2 when the poor own 100% more microwaves than at time 1 the
quality-adjusted price (unobserved) has fallen 25%. What they need to
assume is
People are usually not very direct when flirting, courting, etc.
For example, people usually do not just say "Do you want to have sex?".
Instead flirting and courting tend to be extremely complex processes
involving much ambiguity, subtle error-prone interpretation, and
complex analysis.
It is
Hi Alex,
We agree. If I'm right that the changes in the price of quality are profound then
the five year measures should show big changes. Particularly between 1945 and 1970 I
would bet they would be enormous. -- Bill
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Bill,
As I read Landsburg the
Robin Hanson's post was very interesting. I have wondered that ambiguous
signals might play another role.
Suppose all women like men who wear red ties because those men, for some
reason, are nicer or richer than others. Assume that this is the only way
women can tell the nice guys from the
Variants of your option 1: People want to be able to find out if the
other party is interested without committing themselves, for two
reasons:
a. The status of "rejected suitor" is different from, and to some
degree incompatible with, the status of friend--and they want to
preserve the
Robsin Hanson wrote:
People are usually not very direct when flirting, courting, etc.
For example, people usually do not just say "Do you want to have sex?".
One reason could be that some groups of individuals, by virtue of their
natural (or artificial!) physical or other attributes, and by
Bryan pointed us to:
Landsburg's column "I've Got to Admit It's Getting Better"
...
http://slate.msn.com/economics/00-02-09/economics.asp
At the end, Landsburg says,
If the AARP is powerful enough to demand a 5 percent increase and
inflation
is measured at 3 percent, they'll get a 3
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