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Food banks are important for getting food to the poor, but allocating donations can be difficult. I show how food banks use auctions to fix the distribution problem.
For more information, read Canice Prendergast "How Food Banks Use Markets to Feed the Poor": aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.4.145
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Food banks are important for getting food to the poor, but allocating donations can be difficult. I show how food banks use auctions to fix the distribution problem.
For more information, read Canice Prendergast "How Food Banks Use Markets to Feed the Poor": aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.4.145
Sign up for my newsletter here: marketpower.substack.com
And you can find me on twitter: twitter.com/MarketPowerYT
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The Economics of 5G and the $220,000 Charizard | Nobel Prize Economics 2020 youtu.be/pEk85k4d-i0
Does College Really Boost Your Salary? The Hidden Variable youtu.be/D13gt5h_Whk
Does Police Militarization CAUSE Police Violence? youtu.be/K5uGGVoHlyA
The Best Way to STAND OUT as an Economics Student youtu.be/XbXsHn32VyY
6 Biggest Lies About Majoring in Economics youtu.be/_qUbSBog_rw
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