Nicholas A Snow
Biographic Data
| ID | 3084863 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicholas A Snow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicholas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Snow |
| SIGNATURE | SNOW N A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wabash College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rent seeking on Rum Row
Externality and taboo: Resolving the Judaic pig puzzle
Judaic law famously bans pigs. For millennia, scholars have wondered why. This paper uses the economics of property rights to resolve the puzzle. We argue that the Judaic pig ban was an instrument for internalizing swine externalities. Free ranging pigs in search of sustenance trespass on agricultural landowners' property, wreaking destruction. Activities that foster such pigs thus create negative externalities that can cripple agricultural econo…
Nudging to Prohibition? A Reassessment of Irving Fisher’s Economics of Prohibition in Light of Modern Behavioral Economics
In this paper we argue that Irving Fisher (1867–1947) is an unacknowledged pioneer of modern behavioral economics. Fisher’s behavioralist orientation is evident in his writings on alcohol prohibition. In these works, Fisher argued that behavioral anomalies prevent individuals from making rational choices regarding alcohol consumption. Fisher thought these anomalies arose from three sources: 1) incomplete information; 2) limited cognitive abilitie…
Externality and taboo: Resolving the Judaic pig puzzle
Judaic law famously bans pigs. For millennia, scholars have wondered why. This paper uses the economics of property rights to resolve the puzzle. We argue that the Judaic pig ban was an instrument for internalizing swine externalities. Free ranging pigs in search of sustenance trespass on agricultural landowners' property, wreaking destruction. Activities that foster such pigs thus create negative externalities that can cripple agricultural econo…
Nudging to Prohibition? A Reassessment of Irving Fisher’s Economics of Prohibition in Light of Modern Behavioral Economics
In this paper we argue that Irving Fisher (1867–1947) is an unacknowledged pioneer of modern behavioral economics. Fisher’s behavioralist orientation is evident in his writings on alcohol prohibition. In these works, Fisher argued that behavioral anomalies prevent individuals from making rational choices regarding alcohol consumption. Fisher thought these anomalies arose from three sources: 1) incomplete information; 2) limited cognitive abilitie…
Externality and taboo: Resolving the Judaic pig puzzle
Judaic law famously bans pigs. For millennia, scholars have wondered why. This paper uses the economics of property rights to resolve the puzzle. We argue that the Judaic pig ban was an instrument for internalizing swine externalities. Free ranging pigs in search of sustenance trespass on agricultural landowners' property, wreaking destruction. Activities that foster such pigs thus create negative externalities that can cripple agricultural econo…
Rent seeking on Rum Row
Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Microeconomics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Externality (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Behavioral economics (1 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (1 works) · Business (1 works)