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Should central banks change their inflation targets?

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Why link Romer and Nordhaus in one Nobel Prize?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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Current state of undergraduate econometrics teaching

asked 6 years ago by user_7r4e7z (130 points)

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What are issues that arise in advising grad students and young colleagues, or about which you have sought advice?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by AL Roth (6.9k points)

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What's advice for defending JMP and contacting school?

asked 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_9u8a5m (120 points)

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Can we improve the process for electing AEA Officers?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by Michael_Greinecker (900 points)

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Can a VECM be estimated without spurious regression problems ?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by WS_509 (120 points)

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How can you bring to light the error-corrective mechanism, from an econometric point of view ?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by WS_509 (120 points)

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Why is there so few openly LGBT economists out there?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by user_2e5t8w (390 points)

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What's Wrong With How We Teach the Supply and Demand Model?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by ALLAN_SLEEMAN (230 points)

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If monetary policy works largely through income effects is it still the best tool for stabilisation policy?

asked 6 years ago in Current Economic Issues by DANIEL_M_REES (150 points)

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Can I post slides (but not a paper) on my website for a work in progress?

asked 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_6s8u4z (420 points)

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Going back on academic market. Should I mention that my current job does not allocate research time?

asked 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_6s8u4z (420 points)

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Can people be disqualified from Nobel consideration for ethical reasons?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by Brett_Roger_Matsumoto (1.3k points)

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Heckman and Moktan on the Top 5

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by user_8e9x6c (1k points)

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How important was the financial panic as a cause of the Great Recession?

asked 6 years ago in Current Economic Issues by BEN_BERNANKE (320 points)

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Has a paper ever been rejected by an econ journal, or acceptance rescinded, due to outside pressure?

asked 6 years ago by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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What are some dissertation-worthy topics in behavioral/experimental economics?

asked 6 years ago by AL Roth (6.9k points)

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Why not have the AEA annual meeting in Chicago every year?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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Is anyone interested in a simple bargaining model that gets a 1/N split as a unique Nash equilibrium?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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Are standards for the economist profession being considered for development?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by Penny_Ann_Barr (140 points)

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Check out the new link to EconSpark on the top of AEA homepage!

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by economist_2x5v5y (3.3k points)

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What to do/say about a "meh" teaching evaluation if you've only taught one class?

asked 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_3x3y3o (240 points)

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Yield on PhD acceptances

asked 6 years ago by Dick_Startz (3.5k points)

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Is quantitative analysis is more important in economics than theoretical background of a research?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by Arshad_Malik (140 points)

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What is right basic economics to explain huge variability in population density across US states

asked 6 years ago by Lawrence_Summers (260 points)

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Have low interest rates led to excessive risk taking?

asked 6 years ago in Current Economic Issues by OLIVIER_BLANCHARD (1.2k points)

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What is a predoctoral research assistantship, how do students find them, and why are they growing in popularity?

asked 6 years ago by Susan_Athey (1.2k points)

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What are the best sources to read for job market advice?

asked 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by Susan_Athey (1.2k points)

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Where to look for jobs apart from JOE, EconJobMarket, HigherEd Jobs?

asked 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_6n7g8i (1.2k points)

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Does is matter if a candidate graduates in 4, 5, 6, 7, ... years?

asked 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by rdahis (290 points)

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Do you recommend graduate students to go to Eastern Economic Association Meeting?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by user_2k3o4v (160 points)

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What's the standard output table format for logit model and multinomial model in top Economics journals?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by user_2k3o4v (160 points)

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What are some dissertation-worthy topics in market design?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by AL Roth (6.9k points)

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What is your view on cover letters?

asked 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_3x3y3o (240 points)

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How to give a good conference presentation (ca 15-20 minutes) in economics. Does the Big 5 still work?

asked 6 years ago by Sevrin_Waights (150 points)

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Should the government give more importance to costs accounting as well as financial accounting?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by Ryan_McConnell (2.7k points)

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Are "behavioral economics" and "mainstream economics" still in conflict?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by econ009 (360 points)

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Handbooks of Economics: Elsevier or Routledge?

asked 6 years ago in General Economics Questions by user_8m3m2h (130 points)

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Any suggestions to fare better in job market if you don't belong to younger cohort?

asked 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by Econbuzz (200 points)