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Daniel Kahneman Interview: Less-Than-Rational Actors

by Tom Nunlist | Sep. 11 2017

Before Daniel Kahneman, few if any psychologists influenced the field of economics. But the Nobel laureate reversed the assumption underpinning.

#behavioral economics, #chioce architecture, #human behaviour, #psychology and economics, #the assumption of rationality

CKGSB Business Sentiment Index 2017 Q1: Still Under Pressure

by CKGSB Knowledge | Jul. 3 2017

Although official data for first-quarter GDP and industrial growth exceeded expectations, the industrial economy has not yet bottomed out.

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#Business Conditions

Cautious Optimism: CKGSB’s Business Conditions Index

The latest CKGSB Business Condtions Index indicates that Chinese entrepreneurs have a modestly positive outlook With all the talk of.

by CKGSB Knowledge | Sep. 18 2013

#externality, #Hotel, #InterContinental, #Shanghai Yaoda, #Invisible Hand Revealed

“Beggar Thy (Hotel) Neighbor”: Some Hotels in China are Expanding at Any Cost

How opening new hotels in China could damage the entire industry In late May, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) celebrated the.

by Brian Viard | Sep. 16 2013

#University, #Brian Viard, #Chinese Universities

What is the Price of a Good Education at Chinese Universities? It Depends on Your Interests

How will choosing your major affect the cost of your education? For students attending Chinese universities, price discrimination between majors.

by Brian Viard | Aug. 5 2013

#Apps, #Mobile Apps, #Beijing Cabs, #Beijing Taxis, #Invisible Hand Revealed, #Beijing Traffic, #Slider, #Taxis

Invisible Hand Revealed: Mobile Apps that Move Cabs

In an earlier article I discussed how the regulation of Beijing’s taxi fares had taken taxis off the road.

by Brian Viard | Apr. 18 2013

#Property, #Innovation, #Slider, #Asset-specific Investment, #Bamboo, #Property Rights

Bamboo Property Rights

Why enforcing the contentious issue of individual property rights might actually be a good thing for China. Moganshan Mountain near.

by Brian Viard | Apr. 8 2013

#Invisible Hand Revealed, #Mo Yan, #Positional Advantage, #Ping An, #Ping An Insurance, #SF Express, #Shunfeng

Playing Favorites: Entitled and Earned Positional Advantages

Why earning a positional advantage is truly advantageous. In my last column I discussed how an inebriated citizen of Beijing.

by Brian Viard | Jan. 23 2013

#Capabilities-Based Advantage, #Mo Yan, #Moutai, #Positional Advantage, #Xi Jiu

As Luck Would Have It: Reaping Big Rewards from a Positional Advantage

How Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize win had someone else laughing all the way to the bank. Changing times.

by Brian Viard | Dec. 21 2012

#Nobel Prize Winner, #Rationality, #Robert J. Aumann, #Slider, #Game Theory

The Robert Aumann Interview

Israeli-American mathematician Robert J. Aumann, the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics, is best known for his contributions to Game.

by Mei Jianping | Dec. 12 2012

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