TGI Friday – let’s see, what have economist bloggers and blogging economists prepared for us!
This week marks the first anniversary of the “ISET Khachapuri Index” in The Financial. During the last 12 months, our faithful readers have followed the ups and the downs of the index and learned many economics lessons in the process.
Another Friday – and a slightly overdue post with the news from all around the econoblog-world. Some of my favorite bloggers seem to have taken a hiatus – hence the somewhat short post today.
Another perspective on whether to build a new city or not: in some papers land scarcity is seen as a factor that stimulates urbanization and industrialization.
This research paper by Tony Venables has some interesting implications for the South Caucasus.