TIL that by law, Alaska is required to remove all traces of the Trans-Alaska pipeline after oil extraction is complete.

Artrw · 2017-03-08T18:11:54+00:00

$2.5 billion is not a lot of money? That could cover AML reclamation efforts for 10 years if all fees were stopped now. Of course, the fees aren't being stopped, and the surplus is going to continue growing.

Artrw · 2017-03-08T17:39:06+00:00

Yeah, that NPR story was written before the companies exited bankruptcy. Bankruptcy exit agreements did not include any jettisoning of reclamation obligations, and many of them ever required the companies to cease using self bonds. Self bonding concerns are largely overblown anyway--like I said, the large companies that use them have not so far fucked up their reclamation obligations, ie the system is working.

$2.5 billion is not exactly a figure to sneeze at. The AML fund is overfunded for how quickly they're doing reclamation with it. Allowing the AML to be a backstop in case a self bonded company goes under makes a lot more sense than throwing self bonding out the window because of the precautionary principle.

Artrw · 2017-03-08T17:16:02+00:00

Citation needed. SMCRA has done wonders for incentivizing reclamation. I'm sure bankruptcies of small companies occasionally happen that leave taxpayers with the mess, but none of the huge recent bankruptcies have left taxpayers to cover any of the reclamation.

Artrw · 2017-01-03T04:03:03+00:00

Yah, that's a good point...

Artrw · 2017-01-03T02:48:22+00:00

The alcohol lobby might be one he'd ignore--his brother died of alcoholism and he's completely abstinent.

Artrw · 2016-12-12T08:37:37+00:00

Erik Hurst talked about this a fair bit on a recent EconTalk. Couldn't point you to a specific paper.

Artrw · 2016-12-05T21:10:48+00:00

I would not recommend Landes' book. I'm no expert in everything he talks about, but his discussion of history that I am somewhat familiar with did not do much to breed confidence.

Artrw · 2016-12-04T00:24:12+00:00

I'm interested in seeing this, if you'd provide me a link when it gets published

Artrw · 2016-12-03T07:35:38+00:00

I'll bet it's true in the overwhelming majority of cases.

I don't think so. I think there's an availability bias here--we really only pay attention to commons problems that are bad enough that the government does need to become involved, so we have trouble identifying commons problems that are being settled with Coasian solutions or Ostrum's governance because they aren't visible.

Artrw · 2016-12-02T21:01:21+00:00

That's a bit of an overstatement. Coase and Ostrum, for example. Their solutions might not apply in this specific case, but the notion that all collective action problems requires central authority to resolve isn't generally true.

Artrw · 2016-12-01T01:27:59+00:00

What do you mean by non-traditional?

Artrw · 2016-11-30T16:57:29+00:00

That still requires philosophical justification. Bring that concept to its logical endpoint -> stealing a dollar from a hundred poor people to give one guy $1,000,001: justified?

Of course, you can say that income doesn't increase utility linearly, but then you have to come up with a better way to identify utility than income.

Artrw · 2016-11-29T00:28:13+00:00

Corollary: How do you manage to stand working with James R. Harrigan?

Artrw · 2016-11-28T20:56:16+00:00

How do the business school programs compare?

Artrw · 2016-11-28T19:58:25+00:00

What is the substantive difference between an applied and a traditional econ phd? I'm specifically interested in curriculum and job prospect differences.

Artrw · 2016-11-28T01:05:22+00:00

Still very interested in a traditional economics Ph.D. Its just that there are really good undergraduate research opportunities in policy at my current school, so that's what I've gotten involved in. Currently trying to incorporate more metrics into my policy work.

Artrw · 2016-11-27T22:45:35+00:00

EDIT: I previously asked a different question here, but found the answer in the posted resources already.

How do grad schools look at policy research that isn't mathematical in nature? The research I've done does include economic concepts (particularly drawing upon public choice), but is pretty explicitly normative and non-mathematical.

Artrw · 2016-11-22T21:38:15+00:00

Is Landes actually well-regarded in economics? His history is scoff-worthy, at least when covering topics I'm familiar enough with to comment on.

Artrw · 2016-08-14T15:10:05+00:00

I've heard very good things about The Brethren by Bob Woodward.

Artrw · 2016-08-13T00:14:18+00:00

I have a Geforce GTX 560M. I've made most of the adjustments to the settings that people have suggested and I still have horrible lag. Is there any hope for me?

Artrw · 2016-07-27T16:21:18+00:00

Removed.

"Overrated" is an incredibly vague term and isn't conducive to good historical inquiry. While this roundtable isn't addressing 100% the same thing, it's close enough that it should give some insight about the problem of moralizing history to this extent: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4eb8kr/rules_roundtable_9_soapboxing_moralizing_loaded/

I do think there is a good question underlying this. Feel free to ask again with something a little more specific like "How dedicated to abolitionism was Abraham Lincoln?"

Artrw · 2016-07-27T03:58:16+00:00

How much of a methods background do you have? Do you know econometrics?

It sounds like your question is this: Do strict indemnity laws affect banks' exposure to panic?

That's pretty broad, but narrowing it shouldn't be too difficult.

Talk to your advisor about how to approach this research question--that's what he/she is there for. Lots of research preparation is simply knowing which methodological tool to use, and your advisor should have a much better-stocked toolbox.

Artrw · 2016-07-27T03:46:47+00:00

Do you have a research question in mind? It's hard to do much else without having a research question identified.

Artrw · 2016-07-24T19:56:32+00:00

U of U Ph.D theses should be available at the U's library, if you're a SLC local. You probably can't check it out, but you can probably browse it within the building.

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