Research Notes

February 2025

A brief history of the human population on Earth

A story in four parts

Feb 2 • 

Anup Malani

3

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January 2025

Market failure: Externalities

[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

Jan 26 • 

Anup Malani

2

Market failures: Public goods

[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

Jan 20 • 

Anup Malani

Market failures: Price regulations and taxes

[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

Jan 16 • 

Anup Malani

How to derive a supply curve

Isoquants and isocosts to fixed, marginal and average costs

Jan 13 • 

Anup Malani

1

How do preferences and a budget combine to generate a demand curve?

Using pictures and very little math

Jan 10 • 

Anup Malani

1

A framework for studying law and economics

The market for transactions and the market for dispute resolution

Jan 7 • 

Anup Malani

13

1

When are markets efficient? And when are they not?

[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

Jan 4 • 

Anup Malani

December 2024

Market equilibrium

[This essay is intended for students in my law and economics and my microeconomics class (for law students).

Dec 30, 2024 • 

Anup Malani

3

What is supply?

What is a supply curve? What is a price elasticity?

Dec 25, 2024 • 

Anup Malani

4

What is demand?

What is a demand curve?

Dec 25, 2024 • 

Anup Malani

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