The research project “Economic Consequences of Restrictions on the Usage of Cookies” has received funding to proceed. The work is being done at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Berndt Skiera [pictured here]. The university explains: So far, there exists very little empirical knowledge on the trade-off between […]
Tag: economics
Predicting the stock market from photographs in the financial-press (new study)
If you’re inclined to make bets on the stock market, you’ll be at a considerable disadvantage if you don’t have a tight grip on so called ‘investor sentiment’ – in other words a reliable way of being able to judge the current ‘mood’ of the market. But, in practice, it’s notoriously difficult to gauge accurately. […]
Ig Nobel Prize winner Skilling leaves longtime home
Jeffrey Skilling, who shared the 2002 Ig Nobel Economics Prize, has embarked on a new adventure. Fox News reports: Former Enron CEO Jefrey Skilling released from prison Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, who helmed the company responsible for one of the worst cases of corporate fraud in U.S. history, is a free man after being released […]
Did Bigger Penises Evolve to Protect Hermit Crabs’ Private Property?
Sex, economics, evolution, and stuckness all play roles in this new study about the evolution of larger penises in hermit crabs: “Private parts for private property: evolution of penis size with more valuable, easily stolen shells,” Mark E. Laidre, Royal Society Open Science, epub 2019. (Thanks to Thomas Michel for bringing this to our attention.) […]