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“#Hoarding and herding during the COVID-19 pandemic” Credit: Pixabay Rushing to stock up on toilet paper before it vanished from the supermarket isle, stashing cash under the mattress, purchasing a puppy or perhaps planting a vegetable patch—the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered some interesting and unusual changes in our behavior. Understanding the psychology behind economic decision-making,…
“#Why Kenya’s urban poor are exploited by informal water markets” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Informal urban water markets—as opposed to piped water—have long supported many of Kenya’s urban areas. Those that use them are either unserved, or inadequately served, by public utilities. A large number of people depend on them as only about 20% of…
“#A government program that reduces mortgage defaults” If one of these houses has an HFA mortgage, the owners may be less likely to default than their neighbors. Credit: The Ohio State University Lower-income households that received mortgages through state affordable mortgage programs were less likely to default or foreclose than similar households that received conventional…
“#Airing commercials after political ads actually helps sell nonpolitical products” Credit: Petr Kratochvil/public domain About $7 billion reportedly will be spent this fall on television and digital commercials from political campaigns and political action committees, filling the airwaves with political ads many viewers dislike. Companies running ads immediately afterward have been concerned about the potential…
“#Black, Latino renters far more likely to be facing housing displacement during pandemic” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study of the magnitude, pattern and causes of COVID-19’s impact on California housing reveals that Blacks and Latinos are more than twice as likely as whites to be experiencing rent-related hardships. The analysis by researchers from…
“#Study shows devastating cost of failure to coordinate economic reopenings” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New, peer-reviewed research published today by the Social Analytics Lab at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows the devastating cost of the current chaotic and uncoordinated reopening of states…
“#Subsidies, weather, and financial education promote agricultural insurance adoption” A University of Maryland-led study shows that subsidies can help people continually purchase insurance, but only if they have the financial literacy to understand the benefits and have the experience of seeing the policy in action. In a new paper published in American Economic Review, researchers…
“#Before COVID-19, U.S. fishing years marked by milestones in sustainability” 244 stocks with known status, 198 (or 81%) are not overfished, leaving 46 stocks (19%) listed as overfished. Credit: NOAA Two announcements today from NOAA Fisheries offer a “snapshot in time” of the population status of U.S. federal fisheries in 2019, and the economic performance…
“#Researcher highlights trends in consolidation of US agriculture with 35 years of data” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The current COVID-19 pandemic has more and more people asking about our food supply, how agriculture is moving forward, and where agriculture is going in this country. Based on the long term work of James MacDonald, a new…
“#How the coronavirus pandemic became Florida’s perfect storm” Credit: The Conversation If there’s one state in the U.S. where you don’t want a pandemic, it’s Florida. Florida is an international crossroads, a magnet for tourists and retirees, and its population is older, sicker and more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 on the job than…