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Nicholas J. Sanders

@nj_sanders

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Environmental Economist. Expect econ, environmental policy, and dad jokes.

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@AlfredoPaloyo lot = lost
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@ClaudiaLPersico @alanbarreca @LArroyoAbad @notanastronomer @MatthewNeidell @LudoGazze @David_E_Simon @JonathanColmer @john_voorheis @NPestel83 In a similar vein, here's something I wrote for @EconoFactOrg on pollution and health, less in-depth than @ClaudiaLPersico's article
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RT @MKleinEF: When #NASCAR cut its use of leaded gasoline test scores went up for 3rd - 5th grade students within 50 miles of racetracks. @…
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@nickchk Also if you’re looking for a follow-up series, RahXephon is pretty cool. Different vibe and not nearly as iconic but many similar tropes.
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@cjwich @jt_kerwin Every time I teach it I have to make sure I'm not writing it wrong.
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@jt_kerwin @cjwich This always drove me crazy – I get that the Lerner index is a straight derivation from profit max, and that it ties in nicely with elasticity, but man, it's not intuitive.
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@Andrew___Baker @keithschnak I mean the problem is if you don’t estimate it you either make it up or ignore it: the former is just as sketch and the latter means it is set to infinity or 0
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@AFoote_Econ The Great Barrier Reef musical is quality stuff
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@KhoaVuUmn I mean, they aren't selling academic books. These books DO make millions.
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@sportseconprof I disagree re: bad economist, if your benefit/utility function includes student learning, you’re optimizing
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@cjwich One of my favorite internet videos from the olden days
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This is my “sunscreen”
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@itaisher @Andrew___Baker My core life advice is that you always eat burritos.
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RT @NicolasZiebarth: Environmental Economists: please share, apply by Jan 31, and considet this conference: @nj_sanders, @NPestel83, @Hitos
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@mpolikoff "They are on my lawn" really should have been one of the possible answers
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@johnjhorton I think you swapped the inequality
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