Hotelling redrawn: party dilemmas in a primary system

In August I posted an Economic Model of Elections . The new academic term began today, and the class following mine was preparing to look at...

Used Car Prices Aren't Sensible

I don't normally link to other blogs, but here is a neat little post on a behavioral economics study of discontinuity in used car prices...

The Global Industry: Honda, the US and the Taper

http://www.tapirs.org/ Go to the URL to contribute to preserving tapirs in the wild! ...bond markets reacted to the taper with a yawn... The...

The Best Car Ever

Guest post by Blake Grady, edited by the prof with comments from Econ 244 participants. Original was from May 17, 2013. This is one I had in...

Auto Recovery, yes ... but as for the rest

by mike smitka The US recovery continues at a snail's pace; the auto industry is doing better. The rise in the SAAR [seasonally adjusted...

Beanie Babies for Billionaires

As Mainstreet.com phrases it, " kids love collecting ." Think Beanie Babies and Cabbage Patch Dolls. Adults, of course are the on...

China: The Domestic and the Global Industry

In October 2013 sales in China reached 1.92 million units – see the China Auto Industry Association statistics page for details. That's...