Trump’s Tariffs

ICRP comes up trumps.

When equality trumps reciprocity

Abstract: Inequity aversion and reciprocity have been identified as two primary motivations underlying human decision making. However, because income and wealth inequality exist to some degree in all societies, these two key motivations can point to different decisions. In particular, when a beneficiary is less wealthy than a benefactor, a reciprocal action can lead to greater inequality. In th...

Troponin Trumps Common Sense

In the gender subgroup analysis of the CURE (Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Events) trial data, we observed that fewer women across all Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk strata underwent coronary angiography compared to men (1). However, among women who did have significant coronary artery disease (CAD), an equal proportion went on to have coronary revascula...

Embodied Carbon Tariffs

Embodied carbon tariffs tax the direct and indirect carbon emissions embodied in trade — an idea popularized by countries seeking to extend the reach of domestic carbon regulations. We investigate their effectiveness using simulations from an applied general equilibrium model of global trade and energy use. We find that the tariffs do reduce foreign emissions, but their ability to improve the g...

Open Trumps, a data game

We present Open Trumps, a version of the popular card game Top Trumps with decks that are procedurally generated based on open data. The game is played among multiple players through drawing cards and selecting the feature that is most likely to trump the same feature on the other players’ cards. Players can generate their own decks through choosing a suitable dataset and setting certain attrib...