Jake Kramer
@jakedkramer.bsky.social
Industrial Organization and Health Care Markets | University of Maryland Econ PhD Student 🐢 | Carleton College ‘15
Methodology and parameter selection aside, assuming “general equilibrium effects are small enough to be ignored” in this scenario strains credulity
This is their "methodology." ustr.gov/issue-areas/...
April 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Methodology and parameter selection aside, assuming “general equilibrium effects are small enough to be ignored” in this scenario strains credulity
Well in the “any press is good press” spirit, there’s a good chance I will be citing the Canadian PM’s dissertation in a paper I’m working on :)
Possibly the dumbest of the many dumb plagiarism claims
nationalpost.com/news/mark-ca...
nationalpost.com/news/mark-ca...
March 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Well in the “any press is good press” spirit, there’s a good chance I will be citing the Canadian PM’s dissertation in a paper I’m working on :)
A headline from this morning’s Law360 email. With the new HSR filing requirements, enforcers will be able to more easily separate the wheat from the chaff quickly, but places the onus on filers. Let the quasi-experimental variation ensue 🙃
February 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A headline from this morning’s Law360 email. With the new HSR filing requirements, enforcers will be able to more easily separate the wheat from the chaff quickly, but places the onus on filers. Let the quasi-experimental variation ensue 🙃
Better headline:
Piloting The Altimate Automaker Merger? Perhaps There *Are* Synergies In This Proposed Accord
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/b...
Piloting The Altimate Automaker Merger? Perhaps There *Are* Synergies In This Proposed Accord
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/b...
Honda and Nissan Are in Talks to Deepen Ties and Possibly Merge
The automakers, Japan’s second- and third-largest, are said to be discussing a tie-up that could reshape the country’s industry.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Better headline:
Piloting The Altimate Automaker Merger? Perhaps There *Are* Synergies In This Proposed Accord
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/b...
Piloting The Altimate Automaker Merger? Perhaps There *Are* Synergies In This Proposed Accord
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/b...
December 12, 2024 at 7:20 PM
December 11, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Big day in Antitrust news:
1) Kroger-Albertsons injunction,
2) Ferguson in as FTC chair,
3) Mark Meador in as fifth FTC commissioner
1) Kroger-Albertsons injunction,
2) Ferguson in as FTC chair,
3) Mark Meador in as fifth FTC commissioner
BREAKING: Ferguson To Lead FTC, Trump Taps Kressin Atty For 3rd GOP Seat - Law360
President-elect Donald Trump named current Federal Trade Commission member Andrew N. Ferguson to be its next chair Tuesday night while also picking Kressin Meador Powers LLC partner Mark Meador, a for...
www.law360.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Big day in Antitrust news:
1) Kroger-Albertsons injunction,
2) Ferguson in as FTC chair,
3) Mark Meador in as fifth FTC commissioner
1) Kroger-Albertsons injunction,
2) Ferguson in as FTC chair,
3) Mark Meador in as fifth FTC commissioner
Okay can it run my Matlab code, please?
Google said its quantum computer needed less than five minutes to perform a mathematical calculation that one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers could not complete in 10 septillion years, a length of time that exceeds the age of the known universe.
Google Makes New Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Google unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That’s older than the universe.)
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Okay can it run my Matlab code, please?
This is an incredibly upsetting story that also speaks to a broader question re: equity in health care markets. In rural areas, patients often have fewer provider choices than patients in densely populated areas. How does additional competition chasten bad actors, especially in monopoly markets?
This is a shocking and sad read on incentives gone wrong in a health care setting where asymmetric information is exceptionally large and important. Second opinions need to become more standard; digitization can likely help here.
This is one of the more insane stories I've read in healthcare recently. I was literally gasping every few paragraphs.
(PS -- If you are looking for a good organization to donate, you can't go too wrong with ProPublica)
(PS -- If you are looking for a good organization to donate, you can't go too wrong with ProPublica)
December 8, 2024 at 5:52 PM
This is an incredibly upsetting story that also speaks to a broader question re: equity in health care markets. In rural areas, patients often have fewer provider choices than patients in densely populated areas. How does additional competition chasten bad actors, especially in monopoly markets?
Gail Slater in at DOJ Antitrust: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump picks Gail Slater to head Justice Department's antitrust division
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Gail Slater, an antitrust veteran and economic adviser for JD Vance, to lead the Department of Justice's antitrust division and take charge of a full docket of blockbuster monopoly cases against companies including Google , Visa and Apple .
www.reuters.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Gail Slater in at DOJ Antitrust: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Could you say that the Bluesky IO Starter Pack is an example of… bundling?
November 30, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Could you say that the Bluesky IO Starter Pack is an example of… bundling?