What is the impact of health and safety regulations on the utility of workers and the profits of the firm? What are the positive and negative economic effects of rent control? What advantages do public goods have over private goods? What are the ben...
if current trends continue, the capital goods trade deficit will be at a record level. What’s more, there’s no sign of any great domestic capital spending boom that could suck in imports.
Explain the concept of interest rate parity. Provide the rationale for its possible existence. Explain two to three macroeconomic factors that influence interest rates in general. What are the effects of each factor on interest rates? To boost a sluggish economy, China...
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“The Welfare Effects of Social Media,” by Hunt Allcott, Luca Braghieri, Sarah Eichmeyer, and Matthew Gentzkow (American Economic Review, 2019). “More Than 1 in 5 U.S. Papers Has Closed. This Is the Result.” by Lara Takenaga (The New York Times, 2019). “What Makes Online Conten...
m really not convinced that the Fed is all that anxious to see banks going out and buy massive amounts of treasury bills with their bloated clearing balances. The first round effects of “quantitative easing” are quite pronounced on the asset side of the Fed balance sheet and on the ...
Willem Buiter, Greg Mankiw, and Scott Sumner have all recently proposed negative nominal interest rates on reserves or currency as a way to stimulate consumer spending and bank lending. It may be nothing more than a coincidence, but the Swedish Riksbank
We investigated the negative effects of MOBA games and found that emotional support by a social robot is strong but by an AI teammate is even stronger. We suspect that emotional coping after having solved the problem is too little too late. As the doctor says: “Don’t double the dosage”...
We investigated the negative effects of MOBA games and found that emotional support by a social robot is strong but by an AI teammate is even stronger. We suspect that emotional coping after having solved the problem is too little too late. As the doctor says: "Don't double the dosage"!