Tuesday, March 10, 2015

How to monitor for tax evasion?

This article reports that Greece is proposing to monitor merchants more closely to identify people who do not report tax evaders. Monitoring is often an important component of an incentive scheme. Do you think this plan to monitor would be successful?


Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Is this price discrimination?

This article from BBC reports that fines for speeding vary with the daily income of the speeder.

Price discrimination at work

Does Tinder's scheme meet the conditions necessary for price discrimination to occur?