Monthly Archives: February 2013
Concussions, Defenseless Receivers & Moral Hazard: A Rule that Would Work
The game of football (aka American gridiron) is at risk to a slow decline as parents are increasingly likely to prohibit their sons from playing. The NFL, and to a lesser extent collegiate and high school leagues, have changed rules … Continue reading
Sexual Barter during the Holocaust
The other day over at the Duck Dan Nexon asked readers to point him in the direction of research that might assist him to form an opinion about legal prostitution. I tried to leave a comment with links to a few … Continue reading
What is the good conflict data?
I got an email today from a 2nd year law school student who, unlike many of the folks who email me, did due diligence trying to answer the question prior to writing me. This is the query. Professor Moore, I … Continue reading
Buggin Out is the Chicken Man?!? Way.
I would not have anticipated that Duckie from Pretty in Pink could grow up to become Alan Harper of Two and a Half Men. Now I have learned that Buggin Out of Do the Right Thing grew up to become … Continue reading
What’s the Baseline for Policy Relevance?
Over at Duck of Minerva Dan Nexon offers an interesting post responding to Eric Voeten’s Monkey Cage post about two recent articles that reach opposite conclusions about the impact of a nuclear arsenal on country’s tendency to make stronger demands during coercive … Continue reading
Violence against Women: Guns and Knives
The other day I retweeted Jessica Valenti’s tweet about this HuffPo article: In the first eight weeks after [Newtown] more than 90 women were shot to death by their partners or family members. Unlike many (most?) people I share stuff … Continue reading
Q&A with a Prospective PhD Student
I recently had an email exchange with a student we are recruiting for our PhD program (said student looks really great!), and it occurs to me that others may find some of my answers useful, so… First, many of your … Continue reading
Revised Grant to NSF
Back in July of 2012 I posted the reviews Courtenay Conrad, Jackie DeMeritt and I had received for a grant proposal we had submitted to the National Science Foundation. We have completed further work on the project (website here) and … Continue reading
Will Opines 