In light of the end of the academic year, i was able to participate in my club team's ultimate tournament this week here in Austin.
I play with the Riverside Club Team
http://groups.google.com/group/riversideultimate?hl=en
pics
http://www.pbase.com/skibaby/riverside
we're a mens team in Austin.
J Leon (our Mark Cuban), hosted a tournament this weekend with 14 teams from around Texas and surrounding states.
http://austinultimate.org/riversidesummerclassic/
hot, windy conditions, great fields, made for some long points and great play.
we won a tight game in the semis and lost a heartbraker in the finals.
09 June 2008
comps, fine'
I have passed my Comprehensive Exams at the University of Texas in Economics.
A huge hurdle, now completed.
next hurdle, generating 3 papers to serve as chapters of my dissertation, in one year.
luckily, one is well underway.
http://mastroresearch.googlepages.com/
time to keep pressing.
A huge hurdle, now completed.
next hurdle, generating 3 papers to serve as chapters of my dissertation, in one year.
luckily, one is well underway.
http://mastroresearch.googlepages.com/
time to keep pressing.
06 April 2008
05 March 2008
04 March 2008
03 March 2008
19 February 2008
Govt Role to Decrease Inequality: But What Kind?
Countries should have preferences over Information Equality (there exists moral hazard implications with more pointed goals).
With income equality, agents can procure what they want, including health if that is what they want. Therefore wealth redistribution is a more general goal, and health redistribution is more pointed goal. There is less moral hazard associated with more pointed redistribution goals. With income redistribution there is distortion in labor supply and savings decisions including investments in health. With health redistribution there is still moral hazard, but less. For purchase of commodities, agents must still work accordingly, however there is still lack of incentive for adequate personal investment in health.
I claim that the optimal commodity of redistribution by the government is information. Access to information contains all the answers agents could ever want to achieve any goals they would have. It provides the keys to vast warehouse of tools to serve the needs of all individuals desiring to cultivate their own potential. Achieving information equality consists of procurement of library services for public use, subsidies and at least mild de-tiering of internet, subsidies of information databasing firms, hiring of services to assist the access to information such as librarians and search cost routines.
With income equality, agents can procure what they want, including health if that is what they want. Therefore wealth redistribution is a more general goal, and health redistribution is more pointed goal. There is less moral hazard associated with more pointed redistribution goals. With income redistribution there is distortion in labor supply and savings decisions including investments in health. With health redistribution there is still moral hazard, but less. For purchase of commodities, agents must still work accordingly, however there is still lack of incentive for adequate personal investment in health.
I claim that the optimal commodity of redistribution by the government is information. Access to information contains all the answers agents could ever want to achieve any goals they would have. It provides the keys to vast warehouse of tools to serve the needs of all individuals desiring to cultivate their own potential. Achieving information equality consists of procurement of library services for public use, subsidies and at least mild de-tiering of internet, subsidies of information databasing firms, hiring of services to assist the access to information such as librarians and search cost routines.
10 February 2008
25 January 2008
tax competition
by the way, today starts the spectrum auction.
some new interesting unfoldings as to the participants expected strategies.
will have to post some more later.
03 January 2008
back to Net Neutrality
i post again about net neutrality just because policy on this issue is so imminent and so important.
19 December 2007
17 December 2007
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