Matthew E. Kahn
mattkahn1966
An excellent question. The "Field of Dreams" issue arises here. In the presence of sharp learning by doing effects, the government commitment can solve the time consistency issue as the
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This is very interesting. Permit me to make some Roy Model migration points and one general equilibrium point. A "slow moving" local disaster shifts expectations about the future economic opportunity
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Suppose data scientists can profile who are the likely super-spreaders based on Observables "X". Define P(X) as one's probability of being a super-spreader. Let Vaccine(X) = probability Mr X wants
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