tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204374242006832151.post2687249982681446621..comments2023-07-06T10:48:10.382+01:00Comments on Rigotnomics: Surf EconomicsPierre-Louishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03936185995162366004noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204374242006832151.post-31584706956207304072008-11-18T22:46:00.000+01:002008-11-18T22:46:00.000+01:00The other day, I found an article in Japanese news...The other day, I found an article in Japanese newspaper reporting surfers' migration into remote islands in Japan and their contribution to revitalize fishinhg industries and introducing surfing there. At the beginning, local people were looking at them as aliens. But now they respect those surfers and appreciate their migration into remote islands which were suffering from migrations of young people into metropolitan areas, such as Tokyo and Osaka.<BR/>Moreover, local people learn from these surfers bow to conserve environmentally friendly.<BR/><BR/>TadashiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204374242006832151.post-55913410268016840522008-11-15T20:51:00.000+01:002008-11-15T20:51:00.000+01:00People do lots of random stuff at lots of random p...People do lots of random stuff at lots of random places. Last year there has been a job market candidate at Berkeley (ARE I think) whose job paper was on the effect on performance of other players when Tiger Woods is playing against them in a tournament . She did very well in the job market, now an assistant prof at Kellogg's.Veronikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283168434490144977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204374242006832151.post-40191583588654263422008-11-15T17:14:00.000+01:002008-11-15T17:14:00.000+01:00I cant believe that guy is at UCLA with a topic li...I cant believe that guy is at UCLA with a topic like that! I mean I think it is so cool but still, surprising!Pierre-Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936185995162366004noreply@blogger.com