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Should the AEA offer guidelines on the timing of job offers?

commented 5 years ago in Job Market - Employer Questions

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How to deal with the silence after the AEA interviews, or after flyouts....?

commented 5 years ago in Job Market - JOE

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pick up candidate from airport or let them Uber/cab to hotel?

commented 5 years ago in Job Market - Employer Questions

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How should grad students approach writing a referee report?

answered 6 years ago

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Is proprietary data the biggest threat to economic research credibility?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Does your university pre-screen at regional conferences?

answered 6 years ago in Job Market - Employer Questions

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Is this a slow year for econ jobs?

answered 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions

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Journal of Economic Geography is top field?

answer edited 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Which expert testimony do you find (more) persuasive in the Harvard admissions trial?

answer edited 6 years ago in Current Economic Issues

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Application Deadlines - Open until Filled / Review Begins - What do they mean?

answered 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions

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Are standards for the economist profession being considered for development?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Calling Faculty Members

commented 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions

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What information should I look for when researching a countries economy?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Do you have a higher chance of publishing if you use LaTeX instead of Word?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Do expansions die of old age?

commented 6 years ago in Current Economic Issues

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What points are most important to address in a cover letter at the senior level when applying to an advertised position?

answered 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions

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Is it a good idea to apply for PhD if someone already holds a PhD degree (with 18 good publications, 100+ citations)?

commented 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions

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How do YOU try and interest young people in economics?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Why is there so few openly LGBT economists out there?

commented 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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What is a good way to get the attention of an appealing employer through JOE?

answer edited 6 years ago in Job Market - JOE

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Efficient mechanism for allocating hotel rooms at ASSA?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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

answered 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions

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Heckman and Moktan on the Top 5

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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

answered 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions

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

answer edited 6 years ago in Current Economic Issues

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Not a question, but welcome to the new forum. Let it be informative and civilized. Its success depends on all of us.

commented 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Have low interest rates led to excessive risk taking?

commented 6 years ago in Current Economic Issues

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

commented 6 years ago

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

answered 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions

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

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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What is your view on cover letters?

answered 6 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions

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What is labor economics?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Will Econspark eliminate EJMR?

commented 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Which econometric software do you use to apply the Randomized Control Trial Method?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Is the prime directive of economcs to maximize net social benefits?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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How many projects/papers are you working on at any one time?

comment edited 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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Should public policy try to rein in Amazon?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions

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What are your suggestions to improve transparency, reproducibility , and credibility of economic research?

answered 6 years ago in General Economics Questions