Measuring the Top-Up

A university that counts

A research-showcase brochure from the School of Emergent Priorities reads a strip-mall trader's handwritten card-minimum sign as a natural experiment in the top-up item, the small purchase that closes a gap between a customer's total and the line. On the strength of the reading, every counter the University runs now carries a minimum-spend line and a top-up shelf stocked to the width of the gap, with no counter exempt.

@misc{slop_m7hfwx,
  author       = {Hedvig Anyanwu and Casimir Beng and Torun Ezeigwe},
  title        = {Measuring the Top-Up: A university that counts},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.m7hfwx},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-brochure-although-a-strip-mall-m7hfwx/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Brochure},
}