- Seinfeld's spongeworthy Elaine, an unusual, limited-purpose --but very thorough-- option theory application, by the one and only Avinash Dixit.
- All passé now, but hopefully you did pick your favorite Cupid.
- New academic econ world order... but only if you fail to control for the quality of the journals those papers are published in (my conjecture is that if you take only the top 5-10 journals, the US-EU average gap actually widened). Unfortunately, most European academic economists still believe that publishing frequently into journals (almost) nobody can remember the names of, or reads, actually makes any difference (other than locally). Pretty Freudian, if you ask me.
- Compensating wage differentials for sexual harassment? Via: Tabarrok's politically incorrect MR example.
- Ely has a good analysis of an (the?) ubiquitous situation arising in the econ (not necessarily junior) job market. Hamermesh's post on Freakonomics is more related to that than you'd first think.
- Finding the G-spot; next will be tasting it.
- Massive reorganization of science funding in Europe... Something promised every four years or so; at least in that practice they are consistent. I don't really know why they aim to change these things ever so often, seemingly just to leave their mark, instead of making sure something actually works well, for once . Very European, and very Freudian...
- Looks a bit shaky research-wise, but let's take it at face value for now: heterogenous effects of the scent of a woman (I guess Colonel Frank Slade had a simpler, yet practical, view of life). In all cases, a related (albeit equally shaky...) study reaches what looks to me like the right conclusions, which even Slade aka Pacino could adhere to: "Our investigation, however, demonstrates that implicitly preventing people from attending to desirable relationship alternatives may undermine, rather than bolster, the strength of that person’s romantic relationship" HT: Freakonomics.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Econlinks: The Freudian interlude
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Maestre deci doua trebshoare la tine: primo, n-am gast filmu' portughez sa-l iau pe hard.. si nevasta nu mai poa' far' sa'l vada. musai. secundo, macar vinu' aista sa i-l ofer ca altfel de bai cu femeia
In this part of the world we usually face the opposite problem: don't give her the job offer because she will never take it :P
a Danish economist
@nenicu: dom'le, da si matale cativa dolari si cumpara DVD-ul de pe Amazon, ce sa zic (ca sa nu incurajez pirateria: altfel sunt sigur ca gasesti destui experti care iti fac rost de orice film download).
Despre G-spot: inca nu l-am gasit nici eu, dar acum sunt sigur ca exista. Te tin la curent, femeia sa aiba rabdare :-).
@Danish economist: sorry, but I don't understand how that can ever affect the utility of the department. Was it a typo and you meant "give her the job offer because she will never take it", maybe? If that were the case, I agree that in that part of the world that situation is equally encountered. But the first is certainly not missing, perhaps hidden a bit from everybody's knowledge-- as, unfortunately, and you should know this, the hiring process is much more secretive in such places-- paradoxically, given that the very top places are so open about everything, and the full department always participates in decision making. One major flaw of the vast majority of European academe, indeed.
Naughty, naughty, Sebs. Let me see, was it Overachiever or No Strings Attached? Hi hi :)
Nico, you're flattering me (or yourself? :-)): I was Self-Absorbed :-). By the way, since we got to that, are you still still In-A-Relationship-But-Looking? Not for other reason, but I might stop being Self-Absorbed in that case and pay some attention. Touché? :-)
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