While the beginning of the pandemic and the forced lockdowns and border closures resulted in an initial dip in UK’s trade with the EU, the final realization of Brexit is having an immediate and potentially a longer reduction in trade… Continue Reading
I was playing around with some easily scrapable data and Tableau. Might add Wikipedia page links for each of the buildings too. Click here if your screen is small and you need better interactivity.
In the past year or so, a contentious ‘fight’ about net neutrality has been taking place in the US. You may wonder “why should I care?” If you are a person who uses the internet for more than five minutes a day, you should care because it may soon affect you. Whether it is checking your emails while stuck in Dhaka traffic, scrolling through Facebook and Instagram posts on your phone, or watching YouTube or Netflix videos at home – all of those things are likely to be affected by how this issue plays out in the US. Continue Reading
For over a year, Uber has offered a limited monthly pass program that allows discounted rides to its users in a few large cities around the US. The pass is a great deal if you can get your hands on it.
This is the first part of a series of three posts on the Uber monthly pass looking into how the pass is structured, how it has changed over time and some of the economics behind it, and how a hypothetical graduate student’s demand function for transportation changes in response to changes in the structure of the Uber pass. Continue Reading