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Covid-19 and Household Size – An Update
An updated analysis of national data remains consistent with the hypothesis that Covid-19 infection rates are higher in larger households . In a post in May 2020 I presented the results of a regression analysis on data from 14 Western … Continue reading
Housing Reform in England
Housing in England is under-supplied, resulting in high costs. The government’s proposed reforms to address the problem are a step in the right direction but do not go nearly far enough. I don’t usually engage in autobiography, but it so … Continue reading
Covid-19 and Household Size
Differences in national rates of Covid-19 infection may be partly due to differences in household sizes. While many questions about the Covid-19 virus are currently unanswered, one point on which there has been wide agreement is that transmission is more … Continue reading
Mitigable Public Bads
The economic theory of public goods is sometimes assumed to be adaptable in a straightforward manner to public bads. Here I consider some implications of the fact that such bads are usually mitigable. Consider a region around an airport, subjected … Continue reading