Topic: Competition
Tracking Product Trademarks Expands Understanding of Innovation
R&D outlays and patents alone don’t effectively measure corporate creativity
Toward A Less Tragic Commons: a Two-Part Tax Plan to Prevent Resource Depletion
A levy on entering and expanding in an industry, on top of a per-unit extraction tax, tempers exploitation
The Declining Power of Your Human Capital in the Age of AI
Where AI can do the heavy lifting, choice of freelancers is now driven more by price and less by experience
Technology’s Hidden Role in the Accountant Shortage
Software that saves time and money may paradoxically be resulting in a shortage of accountants
Tech Workers Take Much Lower Pay to Ditch the Office
Offers of remote work far more valuable to job seekers than employers seem to understand
Surge Pricing’s Benefits Go to a Subset of Ride-Hailing Drivers
Full-timers gain the least, part-time drivers the most
Strict Emissions Rules in China Spur Automotive Innovations
Tough standards led to an increase in auto-related patents
Streaming Platforms’ Exclusive Grip on Shows Is One of Modern Life’s Great Annoyances, But Things Could Be Worse
Absent these deals, smaller studios and streamers would suffer, TV might be less entertaining — and costlier
Societies With a Legacy of Herding: More Prone to Current Day Violence
A culture that valorized revenge among pre-industrial herders resonates today
Silicon Valley Syndrome: Measuring How Nontech Firms and Workers Suffer
VC money for tech pushes up costs for everyone else
Separating Auditing from Consulting: More Complex than it Seems
Market concentration, price and quality drive choice of firms
Round-Number Bids Are Costly, but Up the Odds of a Deal
Buyers of private firms signal willingness to move fast
Reimbursing Candidate Campaign Contributions Makes Elections More Competitive
Incumbents in France are reelected less often when all candidates can be repaid for personal outlays
Racial Minority Hosts on Airbnb Profit Less, Have Fewer Customers than White Hosts
It’s worse in conservative neighborhoods and good reviews don’t help enough
Quirk of the ACT Test — Rounding to a Whole Number — Offers Rare Isolated Glimpse of the Value of Scores
Tracking the impact of a small test-score difference on college attendance and later life