Urbanomics

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Demand-response parking meters

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Via Economix, comes news that San Francisco proposes to introduce nearly 5000 smart parking meters that charge based on demand-supply condi...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Resolving the "last-mile" challenges

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Here is my Mint op-ed on resolving the naggingly difficult last-mile challenge in development policy making using insights from behavioural...

Nudging to solve the "last-mile" problems

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In a provocative recent op-ed in the New York Times , George Loewenstein, one of the founding fathers of behavioural economics, struck a not...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Fast-tracking land acquisition

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Land acquisition related court litigation is arguably the biggest impediment to grounding infrastructure projects in India. Delayed and trun...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

"Big push" theory of development

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In a seminal 1943 paper, " Problems of Industrialization of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe ", the Austrian economist Paul Narcyz...
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Monday, August 9, 2010

Storing solar power

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The biggest handicap with solar power was the restriction that it can generate power only when there is sunshine. This meant that expensive ...
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Vice taxes!

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"The highest tax was upon men who are the greatest favourites of the other sex, and the assessments according to the number and natures...
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