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Micro-Institutions Everywhere: Parking and Snow

Jeff Ely reports the problem: You dig your car out of the snow, run an errand or two and come back home to discover…someone else has parked in “your” spot! This free rider problem reduces your incentive to dig your … Continue reading

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How Could Hurricane Sandy Affect the Election?

Many political scientists and commentators have been asking this question in recent days. For one answer, you can see Mike Munger’s thoughts in Duke Today yesterday. In this post I will consider one unlikely but interesting scenario: what could happen … Continue reading

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