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[Washington Post (blog)] - Matthew Kahn of UCLA has offered some theoretical reasons not to fret about the “the Prius fallacy.” It's true that owners of fuel-efficient cars have every incentive to drive around more, given that it costs less (in gas) to go a given mile.
Google News: Do Liberals Oppose Affordable Housing?
[Cato @ Liberty] - A empirical analysis, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Urban Economics, by UCLA economist Matthew Kahn (believe me, no conservative or libertarian is he), finds that: across California metropolitan areas from to 2008…liberal cities grant
Google News: Study: High Mortality, Low Happiness Among Ivy Leaguers;
[Campus Progress] - Focusing on revenue, economics Professor Matthew Kahn argues that transfer students are far less likely to donate to their alma mater after graduating. Kahn suggests that UCLA and other public schools could increase their total endowment by accepting
Google News: Edward Glaeser on Infrastructure Spending
[National Review Online (blog)] - (Here Glaeser is drawing on the excellent work of Matthew Kahn and David Levinson.) It's a very sensible agenda, and it avoids the twin pitfalls of infrastructure alarmism and misplaced China envy.
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