Friday, July 31st, 2009
Michael Wellman launched a blog this week. Yesterday he made an excellent point about market efficiency. Tyler Cowen had pooh-poohed the problem of high-frequency trading. Mike set him straight and suggested an elegant solution to the problem, namely call markets. But what about the value of... »
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Here are what I believe are fairly definitive answers to the sunk cost quiz questions. But of course feel free to take issue in the comments.
SCENE: You have a non-refundable flight but now the opportunity to road trip with some friends to your destination has come up. Which of the following are rational... »
Tags: economics, fallacies, quizzes, rationality, sunk costs
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