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Tools to allocate medical supplies in a crisis: Cramton, Ockenfels, Roth and Wilson in Nature

Publishing a commentary in Nature is a dizzying process for anyone accustomed to the stately dance …

Should emergency medical supplies go to the highest bidders? (That isn't necessarily what economists think...)

Should prices clear markets for emergency medical supplies? Many economists don't think so: Pri…

Hoarding and price gouging during Corona troubles

It appears we now have a Federal price gouging law. Bloomberg has the story: Accused New York Mask …

Clearinghouses are hard to organize in a hurry: volunteer medical workers in NYC

Many healthcare workers are willing and able to come to New York to help with the shortages that Co…

Hoarding, price gouging, and backlash in the time of corona virus--updated

The NY Times has the story (followed by an update): He Has 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer and Now…

Repugnance and risk perception in paid clinical trials, by Leuker, Samartzidis, Hertwig and Pleskac

In PLOS One, a new paper on repugnance and risk perception: When money talks: Judging risk and coer…

Shrouded prices for blood tests in the U.S.

One of the features of the American health care system is that prices are heavily shrouded--insuran…

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