Thursday assorted links by Tyler Cowen February 26, 2026 at 11:42 am 1. What is a building permit worth? 2. The ground crew culture that is German. 3. “Using event study analysis, we show that music streaming – an indicator for smartphone use, where streaming most often occurs – sharply increases, by nearly 40%, on dates of major music album releases, while U.S. traffic fatalities increase by nearly 15% on those same days.” 4. The size and scope of publication bias. 5. Which schools are most represented in history of economic thought textbooks?