Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin Recent documents in Aaron Edlin en-us Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:16:33 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/73 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/73 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:37:36 PDT Aaron S. Edlin Economic Theory Antitrust, Industrial Organization, and Competition Policy Law and Economics http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/72 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/72 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:21:58 PDT Start the financial rescue with containment, establish unlimited deposit insurance and continuous access to funds, then move to a well thought-out plan to quash the financial flames. Aaron S. Edlin Public Finance/Public Economies http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/71 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/71 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:01:06 PDT In a battleground state like Colorado or New Mexico, voting in the presidential election may be equivalent to giving $30,000 - $50,000 to others in expected value, and as such is an extremely efficient form of charity. Aaron S. Edlin Public Finance/Public Economies http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/70 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/70 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:49:08 PDT One of the reasonable motivations for voting is that one vote can make a difference, as Edlin, Gelman, and Kaplan [2007] showed. In a presidential election, the probability that your vote is decisive is equal to the probability that your state is necessary for an electoral college win, times the probability the vote in your state is tied in that event. We computed these probabilities a week before the 2008 presidential election, using state-by-state election forecasts based on the latest polls. The states where a single vote was most likely to matter are New Mexico, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Colorado, where your vote had an approximate 1 in 10 million chance of determining the national election outcome. On average, a voter in America had a 1 in 60 million chance of being decisive in the presidential election. Andrew Gelman Public Finance/Public Economies http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/69 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/69 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:45:05 PDT Should a firm that hits tough times cut salaries or jobs? Aaron S. Edlin Public Finance/Public Economies http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/68 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/68 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:02:37 PDT The Treasury wants a blank check for $700 billion, at taxpayer expense; instead a businessman like Buffett should be given the job of making the taxpayers some money out of this mess, according to Aaron Edlin. Aaron S. Edlin Public Finance/Public Economies http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/67 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/67 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:59:55 PDT Last week, on Wednesday September 17, 2008, the Bush Administration almost stumbled upon a way to eliminate the U.S. debt and even taxes. Aaron Edlin's ironic take on a world gone mad. Aaron S. Edlin Public Finance/Public Economies http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/66 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/66 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:59:53 PDT The ideal economic stimulus would be something that should be done in any event --- making work pay with employee tax credits --- according to Aaron Edlin and Edmund Phelps. Aaron S. Edlin Public Finance/Public Economies http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/65 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/65 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:12:22 PDT Phillip Areeda Antitrust, Industrial Organization, and Competition Policy http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/64 http://works.bepress.com/aaron_edlin/64 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:41:36 PDT Where did TARP go? Aaron S. Edlin Public Finance/Public Economies