New review paper on measuring costs & benefits of regulation w/ @m_bombardini @rainozhang We do not cover everything, but two main empirical issues we identify are: (i) asymmetry in the assessment of benefits v. costs (benefits are much harder); (ii) lack of systematic retrospective impact analysis of rules.

I had a blast watching @CNN's "Kobe: The Making of a Legend" Cool footage of my team in Pistoia playing. My brother & his team w/ Kobe entering the field. That was during the cold war in Italy & in my town there were a pro-West team (ours) & the pro-communist party team in Red. Imagine that.

A New Approach to Measuring the Burden of Regulation via @ProMarket_org

This is very worrisome, as these are typically legit F1 or J1 visas:

We need to think about two problems. A. Protecting future referees: we need stylistic scramblers/tools to shield the identity of authors of reviews. B. But your old reports are out there forever. Old referees are recognizable and ex-post exposed to potential retaliation.

Now think about the anonymity of the referees who write reports for scientific journals. This is very important in order to extract informative signals from experts in any field and avoid retaliation/log rolling in science.

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The regulatory burden on smaller competitors helps large oil & gas incumbents @WSJ See our research on regulatory compliance costs for more evidence:

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Yes. The economy. Just a glimpse at real wage growth under Trump v. Biden. Strong growth v. peak + flat. Voters felt the difference. And that peak is probably a key reason for subsequent inflation.

RT @toddrjones: Tired of the election map? The yellow states in this map are where you can legally own a squirrel.

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Price impact of the man betting more than $30 million on a Trump victory on Polymarket

Brief note that Americans are becoming less religious over time.

I think the reason why polling is looking better for Trump in the last two weeks is due to the type of voters who are engaging as we get closer to the election. They tend to be less informed & less ideological. They are also traditionally working class & they are breaking for Trump.