…that. But then one professor, Lau Christenson, who later ran an econometrics consulting firm that I think still exists, asked him a question: “Given that you are opposed to government…

…the candidate’s research has to use formal modeling, either theoretical (as in game theory) or empirical (econometrics).  There is no ambiguity about this.  If Abby spends half her tenure period…

…is undermined by modern econometrics (natural experiments) which suggests long term benefits of SNAP (aka food stamps and Medicaid. Another hypsthesis (tirelessly promoted by Kevin Drum) is that the problen…

…do not list many ideas from macroeconomics, econometrics, or the many varieties of “heterodox” economics. I don’t for the following reasons, respectively: “we’ve predicted 9 of the past 5 recessions,”…

Yesterday I compared real private GDP in cycles. Today I would like to look at real business fixed investment. If you listened to CNBC — otherwise known as the Republican…

One of my favorite paper presentations ever was by Daniel Parent, who is a good enough reason in himself for pending Labor Economists to apply to HEC. He was trying…

I had an informal discussion with a manager in an MBS IT area last month. Just a general conversation about the field and the data people check. He mentioned FICO…

…them.) 2.Obama’s proposed chained-CPI cut would typically reduce benefits for 3 percent, and by as much as 6 percent for some recipients. 3.The White House’s decision to label this cut…

…also added the final two sentences. The post is a followup to a post from earlier Friday. I’ve also created an additional label: mainstream-journalism gimmickry. I’ve left the original rather…

…and since then, models have proliferated, transforming the name “Smith and Wesson .38” into a generic label for a particular style of gun, even clones that aren’t made by Smith…