Skip to content
Stanford Economic Review

Stanford Economic Review

Stanford's Only Undergraduate Economics Publication

  • Home
  • Submit
  • Archives
  • Commentaries
  • About Us
  • People
  • Contact

Tag: 2013

Uncategorized

The Entertainment Conundrum: How video content providers and highly demanded products can compete in the future

April 30, 2013January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Nathan Mass. Stanford University. --- The entertainment industry and its predominant content providers have found themselves in an unusual predicament.

Tagged 2013, entertainment, featured, industry, mass, Microeconomics, video
Politics

The Dairy Cliff: The Economic Significance of Permanent Agricultural Law in America

April 30, 2013January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Rebecca Deubler. Stanford University. --- Recent focus on the fiscal cliff has overshadowed a less publicized but highly significant development that will occur on October 1 if Congress fails to act.

Tagged 2013, agriculture, congress, deubler, food, law
Politics

Which Political System Maximizes Utility – a Democracy or an Autocracy?

April 30, 2013January 7, 2017 15pattabia

By Ganesh R. Kumaraguru. Stanford University. --- There is a growing debate in the 21st century as to whether democracies outperform certain autocracies in increasing a citizen’s utility.

Tagged 2013, autocracy, democracy, development, kumaraguru, utility, welfare
Uncategorized

The Economics of Dropping Out

April 30, 2013January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Olivia Moore. Stanford University. --- Besides their incredible success, some of the most famous names in the technology world today—Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Richard Branson—have one thing in common: none of them finished college.

Tagged 2013, dropping out, Education, Microeconomics, moore, thiel, university
Uncategorized

The Game Theory Behind Acing an Exam

April 30, 2013January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Anne Evered. Stanford University. --- Last December, students at Johns Hopkins University took advantage of their computer science professor’s grading policies to essentially “game” the system and receive full marks on an exam without ever filling out a single answer.

Tagged 2013, Education, evered, exam, game theory, Microeconomics, university
Uncategorized

The Economic Consequences of China’s One Child Policy

April 30, 2013January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Sam Hansen. Stanford University. --- In the aftermath of the Mao-era, China enacted the one-child policy to curb its staggering population growth and mitigate the associated consequences of poverty, resource-depletion, pollution, and urban sprawl. Though it dramatically reduced...

Tagged 2013, asia, china, hansen, International, population
Uncategorized

Long Tails and Superstars: The Impact of Collaborative Filtering across Online Platforms

April 30, 2013January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Henry Z. Tang. Stanford University. --- Collaborative filtering (CF) is an ongoing development in the algorithms used for online recommendation systems that have become both a complement to and substitute for traditional search on online marketplaces

Tagged 2013, algorithm, cf, collaborative filtering, matching, Microeconomics, netflix, online, tang
Uncategorized

The Economics of Degree Inflation

April 30, 2013January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Justin Moore. Stanford University. --- As the percentage of the population that has attained a bachelor’s degree increases, the value of a college degree continues to decline - a phenomenon known as degree inflation. Though degree inflation motivates more young people to attend college to compete in the job market...

Tagged 2013, degree, Education, Microeconomics, moore, university, welfare, workforce
Politics

COIN and Cash: The Use of Economic Aid in Conflict

April 30, 2013January 2, 2017 15pattabia

By Rajiv Suresh. Stanford University. --- The shift away from conventional to small-scale warfare has led to a search for effective solutions to such conflicts. One of the more popular tactics that has become relevant in the past century is the “hearts and minds” approach...

Tagged 2013, asia, conflict, featured, middle east, near east, suresh, terrorism

Posts navigation

Older posts
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Stanford Economic Review
Proudly powered by WordPress Theme: Dara.
 

Loading Comments...