Re: Economics and E.T.s

2003-08-21 Thread Christopher Auld
On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, Bryan Caplan wrote: That seems to water down the Principle to complete irrelevance, doesn't it? Well, the notion that life is very unlikely, but happened on earth through sheer chance, does not require that earth is special in any fundamental physical sense. If it says

Re: Siberia and Canada

2004-04-08 Thread Christopher Auld
Well, for professionals under NAFTA there already is more or less free migration. My casual impression is that most migration which does actually occur is retirement to certain areas in the southern US (snowbirds). Further immigration leniency would be unlikely to have large effects. Recall

Re: lotteries and elections

2004-08-31 Thread Christopher Auld
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Dimitriy V. Masterov wrote: I don't have an answer for you, but it seems important to point out that not all lotteries have a negative expected payoff. Large, multi-state jackpots are often a fair bet, even after taxes. How does that come about? Cheers, M. Christopher

Re: the answer is...

2004-12-18 Thread Christopher Auld
from observed aggregate correlations. Cheers, M. Christopher Auld phone: 403.220.4098 Assistant Professor fax: 403.282.5262 Economics, University of Calgaryemail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Calgary, Alberta, Canadaweb: http://jerry.ss.ucalgary.ca