…notes that “the differences are so large because, in the United States, ‘company law is under state jurisdiction and there are measurable differences between the California and New York company…

…Portugal’s progress vis-à-vis the record of other OECD countries in business-related reforms, although he also notes that small differences are associated with noticeable differences in productivity and output. Christian Thimann…

…with this thinking is that making or selling widgets is very different than providing a service that relies on a certain amount of network infrastructure. The differences get even wider…

…the Crisis The economy is confusing after the crisis. There are large differences in estimating potential output. There are large differences in estimating the natural real rate. So this graph…

…rates have fallen a bit but continue to exceed those of the sclerotic advanced economies. Since the IMF pools emerging market economies with developing economies, the differences would be higher…

…Bush et al projections. Somehow, the difference between massive stimulus and increasing regressive tax policies — differences they themselves have emphasized for years — escaped them.   Me February 21,…

…out because the differences matter. — There are limits to the analogy between Clinton’s 2008 primary contest with Obama and Sanders’s primary contest now with her. Clinton doesn’t get that….

…command more viewership than the men’s national team. It doesn’t change the fact that men’s team can easily beat the women’s team. Differences in performance lead to disparate outcomes between…

…due to differences in differences in reported crime rates. They note the important role of capacity — prison crowding causes shorter sentences — the system keeps the prisons full but…

…there are indeed differences between the Democratic nominee and the Republican one. And that these differences matter. But the real punchline in Brooks’s column comes at the end, and it…