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Viewing posts from January, 2009

of-lexus-lanes-and-safety-spikes-tm

and information security.

I just finished reading the Undercover Economist by Tim Hartford. Great Read. He has a chapter on externality charges. While he doesn't use the term, he's talking about Lexus Lanes - toll lanes that charge a fee for access - think a paid HOV lane.

the-choicepoint-of-johns

Of course, it makes complete sense. From the Freakonomics blog, an interview with an "escort":

Q. Do you typically know the true identity of your clients, and if so, how?

how-the-government-protects-us-subways

Unfortunately, that's Subways(TM) as well as a dog boutique, a radio station and a perfume shop in the Virgin Islands.

favorite-posts-of-2006

Here is a list of my favorite posts from 2006. Yes, these are my favorites posts by me and yes, it means I'm phoning it in for the rest of the year. Thanks for reading. I intend to kick off the year with the usual thought-provoking, yet not well-thought out

stock-market-values-and-information-security

There has been some excellent research done on the impact of information security breaches on the market cap of affected firms (which directly impacts their cost of capital): "The economic cost of publicly announced information security breaches: empirical evidence from the stock market Katherine Campbell, Lawrence A. Gordon, Martin P. Loeb and Lei Zhou Accounting and Information Assurance, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 2003" (http://brief.weburb.dk/archive/00000130/01/2003-costs-security-on-stockvalue-9972866.pdf)

This UMD study found that a firm suffering a breach of 'confidential information' saw a 5% drop in stock price while firms suffering a non-confidential breach saw no impact.

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