Michael Ostrovsky
@mostrovsky.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at Stanford GSB
A podcast episode with @skominers.bsky.social and @rhhackett on #congestionpricing in New York City (and beyond). Link: web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/con...
Congestion Pricing: Economics, Theory, Reality | web3 with a16z crypto
Everyone hates traffic. One way to reduce it is through congestion pricing, which New York City implemented at the start of the year — a first of its kind for the U.S. We spoke to two economists about...
web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A podcast episode with @skominers.bsky.social and @rhhackett on #congestionpricing in New York City (and beyond). Link: web3-with-a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/con...
The New York City congestion pricing lawsuit. Very much worth following. Real-time updates at www.courtlistener.com/docket/69652...
February 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The New York City congestion pricing lawsuit. Very much worth following. Real-time updates at www.courtlistener.com/docket/69652...
NBER Market Design Working Group Report, talking about many exciting recent papers in all areas of market design/design of economic mechanisms. www.nber.org/reporter/202...
Working Group Report: Market Design
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January 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
NBER Market Design Working Group Report, talking about many exciting recent papers in all areas of market design/design of economic mechanisms. www.nber.org/reporter/202...
New Dean at Stanford GSB!
January 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
New Dean at Stanford GSB!
One would normally want to wait longer to evaluate the effects of major policy changes, but the results of the first three days of #CongestionPricing in New York City are so striking that it is already possible to make some (at least preliminary) conclusions.
January 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
One would normally want to wait longer to evaluate the effects of major policy changes, but the results of the first three days of #CongestionPricing in New York City are so striking that it is already possible to make some (at least preliminary) conclusions.
January 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The final legal hurdle is over (link below), congestion pricing in New York City (first one in the US!) is starting on Sunday.
a man in a suit and tie with his arms in the air and the words it 's happening
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January 4, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The final legal hurdle is over (link below), congestion pricing in New York City (first one in the US!) is starting on Sunday.
Bumping this in case someone has new suggestions :) Would really appreciate any help/pointers
Empirical #econsky - what's the *easiest* way to *quickly* hire 40-50 people in the US at $20-25 per hour for a short period of time (~20 hours per week) to do some basic real-world data collection stuff (e.g., go to supermarket X and collect prices of Y and Z)? Is there some temp agency to contact?
November 18, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Bumping this in case someone has new suggestions :) Would really appreciate any help/pointers
Empirical #econsky - what's the *easiest* way to *quickly* hire 40-50 people in the US at $20-25 per hour for a short period of time (~20 hours per week) to do some basic real-world data collection stuff (e.g., go to supermarket X and collect prices of Y and Z)? Is there some temp agency to contact?
November 18, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Empirical #econsky - what's the *easiest* way to *quickly* hire 40-50 people in the US at $20-25 per hour for a short period of time (~20 hours per week) to do some basic real-world data collection stuff (e.g., go to supermarket X and collect prices of Y and Z)? Is there some temp agency to contact?
Unexpected achievement unlocked: Frank Yang and I wrote a paper that (admittedly pretty minimally) uses the notions of Manhattan distance and taxicab geometry to study .... taxicabs in Manhattan
"Effective and Equitable Congestion Pricing: New York City and Beyond": web.stanford.edu/~ost/papers/...
"Effective and Equitable Congestion Pricing: New York City and Beyond": web.stanford.edu/~ost/papers/...
November 12, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Unexpected achievement unlocked: Frank Yang and I wrote a paper that (admittedly pretty minimally) uses the notions of Manhattan distance and taxicab geometry to study .... taxicabs in Manhattan
"Effective and Equitable Congestion Pricing: New York City and Beyond": web.stanford.edu/~ost/papers/...
"Effective and Equitable Congestion Pricing: New York City and Beyond": web.stanford.edu/~ost/papers/...