Questions tagged [soft-question]
A Non-specific question regarding economic practice and analytical development.
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What are some good Phd or research programs for Economic History / Economic Thought History?
Please correct me if I am wrong, but my impression is that most "mainstream" economics programs are now focusing less and less on economic thought history. So, in order to do research on ...
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Since Changes-in-Changes model is good, why do people hardly use it
I am a new master student who has just read Athey and Imbens (2006) "Identification and inference in nonlinear difference‐in‐differences models." They introduced the Changes-in-Changes (CIC) ...
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Citing non-economics studies in an economics research paper
I am currently working on a paper in economics that has some dimensions that discuss women's social value. As is the case in developing countries a lot of economic studies do not exist whereas there ...
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Can I rename a utility function based on its properties?
A big name researcher gives a name to a specific utility function 30 years ago. Now I am writing a paper and feel that a new name might be more suited because of the properties associated with the ...
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In Economics, how likely is a R&R paper be finally accepted in a top field journal or top 5 journal? [closed]
Based on reliable data (if there is any), how likely is a R&R be finally accepted approximately?
Here is some numbers I found:
According to an anonymous comment, the post RR acceptance rate for ...
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Why is Ricardian Equivalence Important?
Ricardian equivalence is a result regarding the ineffectiveness of government due to consumption smoothing behavior of consumers. A primary reason why it fails is due to population turnover (i.e ...
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Why hasn't JPE formally retracted Emily Oster's article “Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women” (2005)?
Amartya Sen (1992) argued that there were more than 100M "missing women" worldwide.
In "Hepatitis B and the Case of the Missing Women" (2005), Emily Oster argued
that hepatitis B ...
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Which database language and database management system should an economics student learn? (Provided that one has to be learned) [closed]
I will have to pick essentially any DBS, learn how to use it and use it during a period of 2-3 month. I do not possess any noteworthy background knowledge, so I will be starting from scratch ...
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Proof Based Math Education in Economics
One of the things I've experienced as a graduate student is really the lack of math being a main factor in holding me back from approaching more advanced materials in microeconomics and macroeconomics....
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Is it necessary to ask permission before including someone in the acknowledgements of a economic research paper?
Do I need permission to thank someone, even if I said “all mistakes are our own”?
Do I have to make sure that the person being thanked must read the paper, or, it is fine if he just discussed about ...
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Gamification and incentives
Is there any (theoretical?) work on "gamification" in game theory?
I do not have a proper definition of gamification, but StackExchange would be an example. Contributers like us provide a ...
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Are simultaneous equation models out of fashion? Why?
According to Angrist & Pischke "Undergraduate econometrics instruction: Through our classes, darkly" (2017) Tables 2 and 3, econometrics textbooks deemphasized simultaneous equation ...
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How can I model my problems with math?
I want to ask a question about mathematical economics. When I read an article about economics, I see lots of mathematical equations. I can solve them without any help. But I can't create my own ...
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How do 'econometric' explanations differ from 'economic' ones?
I am interpreting some coefficients of a regression model and have been asked to, first, give an 'economic' explanation and then an 'econometric' explanation as to why coefficients differ as more ...
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What are the correct utility functions?
It is common to talk about utility functions. For example in a universe with only two goods, we might assume each person (or group of people) carries a function $u(x,y)$ in their heads. When offered ...
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Is there a “name” for price leadership oligopoly?
Oligopoly equilibrium in the static setup consists of cournout equilibrium and bertrand equilibrium (Nash Equilibria)while in sequential games we have stackelberg equilibrium and price leadership ...
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What is an economic crisis?
I'm not sure if this is a silly question or overly semantic but I think the term "Crisis" is misunderstood (or at least misunderstood by myself). There are a number of ways the term is used, namely:
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What is a what is meant by a “workhorse” macroeconomic model
A number of times ive seen the Neoclassical Growth Model and Overlapping Generation Model setups referred to as a "workhorse of modern macroeconomics". What does this mean exactly?
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What does this sentence (from Galbraith) mean?
In Galbraith's Economics in perspective. A critical history (a spanish edition, bear that in mind), by chapter 2 the author says:
The conservatives, in a non-socialist economy, proclaim the right ...
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What are the exact sources of CARES Act economic transfers? [duplicate]
The bill Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act provides "2 trillion". (There is also H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act providing aid.)
From which sources will the ...
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Federal Reserve Leveraging of COVID-19 Fund
Reading an article in The New York Times about the COVID-19 stimulus bill, I stumbled on this detail
the Fed can take a limited amount of funds and deploy them widely: The central bank only needs ...
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Why does the Solow Model matter for undergraduate students?
I've been looking at the economics undergraduate curriculum and have been thinking and wondering as to what specific skillset we want to equip undergraduate students with in the working world.
One ...
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Why is so much of macroeconomic theory dedicated to economic growth?
I'm an economics PhD student and throughout my macroeconomics education I've found the topic of economic growth always being discussed at great length. From an Naive perspective id expect that one of ...
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Publishing in conferences and then journals
In economics, it is very common for researchers to submit papers to conferences before submitting their papers to journals. Are there any cases in which submitting a paper to a conference makes ...
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Are there really only two main macroeconomic models?
I was told that there are really two broad categories of economic models in macroeconomics. These Being:
1)Neoclassical Growth Models
2)Overlapping Generations Models
All other models that exist are ...
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Software used for solving demands of different functions
I'm currently doing some research on demand systems and have been experimenting with different underlying utility functions which will generate different systems of demands. However I've been doing ...
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What do game theorists think of behavioural economics?
Though behavioural economics has been popularized over the past decade in both industry and pop culture, it seems that not much has changed with regard to the standard economic definition of ...
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Regarding Macroeconomic Models
I've recently started my PhD and upon looking at my textbook (the sargent one) I found that it differed greatly from my Masters textbook (Romer) and in turn my undergraduate macro text (williamson).
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what are some unique features of heterodox economics?
I've been reading up a bit on heterodox economics as well as watched some of the lectures online and quite frankly, I'm having a hard time figuring out whats are the unique features of this school of ...
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Would apprenticeships improve the economy long term?
Evening my name is Nick and I am a high school student from Fairfield California and I’m 17, my super hyper theatrical question is about a substitute to college in order to create more efficiency in ...
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Why is it called Bayesian Persuasion?
I'm sure most of you are familiar with the paper titled "Bayesian Persuasion" by Kamenica and Gentzkow (2011), (you can find it here).
I was wondering what are your thoughts as to why it is called "...
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Economics PhD graduate? [closed]
What are the options for Economics PhD students after graduation? I am aware most students end up going into academia as either professors or researchers. What are the options in the corporate world ...
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What is the Thomson Reuters tool that is used in universities? [closed]
I'm not an economics major but when I go to the library of the economics department I see that computers have access to something that is related to Thomson Reuters. given that I'm interested in ...
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Open Foundational Problems in Mathematical Economics
What are some open problems in mathematical economics which are treated as if they have been solved in economics papers?
As an example, one of my teachers has previously pointed out to me that there ...
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Technical Analysts and Econometricians: A Question on Methods
I've been reading the book Technical Analysis Explained by Martin J. Pring as a result of a conversation with one of my friends who said he did technical analysis but didn't apply the types of models ...
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What is economics?
It has been disturbing me since the first year of college that the meaning of economic is express too much as it is too less. "Study of scarcity, utilize the limited resources to satisfy unlimited ...
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Reading list for physics undergrad who'd like to cover the economics related to the hedge fund/ private equity field
I have had relatively little exposure to economics( nothing more than EC101) and would greatly appreciate help in answering the following questions:
Which sections of economics are more or less ...
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Criticism of Math in Economics
I've been reading and speaking to a number of educated economists and economics PhDs who are against the use of intense mathematics and mathematical proof in economic theory. Specifically I've been ...
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What properties does a stable economy possess?
Given the large amount of commentary on the state of the economy, I've found that most of the time the theme of the articles are always that there is something wrong/ abnormal with regards to the ...
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Soft Question: Economic measurement in a post-industrial economy
I have a colleague who is a mathematician by training and currently works in Risk Analysis. He has issues with current Economic theory and I have debated him over coffee a couple of times.
One ...
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what are the categorization by industry in economics?
I wanted to know what industries are there from an economics point of view, and how each industry branches into different parts. Just categories and names will do , or if you can point to a resource ...
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Best texts on cash usage and share buybacks in companies
What would be a good reference for how companies utilise their cash to conduct share buybacks. I am trying to understand how share buybacks affect the valuation of a company.
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Conference venues
Most of the conferences I've learned about essentially by word of mouth.
Is there any website listing prominent economics conferences? I'm interested in Economic Theory conferences mostly, but feel ...
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How would I assess Pesaran's «Time Series and Panel Data Econometrics»?
Has anyone ever read the book «Time Series and Panel Data Econometrics» by M. Hashem Pesaran? I'm trying to find a hardcopy near me, but I can't find it anywhere, even in libraries near where I live. ...
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Where does the Euler equation get its name from?
The Euler equation, specifying the dynamical constraint for optimality of an intertemporal optimization problem, is widely used in modern economics. But where does it get its name from? What did Euler ...
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Resources to improve my economic intuition
I am trying to improve my economic logic skills and ability to think about day-to-day issues in the systematic way economics and decisions science approaches scarcity or optimization.
A simple ...
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Certifications for economists
Are there certifications or professional designations that are specifically geared for economists? i.e much like the CPA and CA exists for accountants.
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What prerequisite courses do I need in order to specialize in Mechanism/Market design theory?
After seeing some lectures on Youtube, I came to learn about a few, namely, Game Theory and Microeconomics, but I am not sure whether this is all that is needed. Please do add as many courses as ...
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Which area of Economics involves heavy mathematics and also appears to be directly helping the people?
The thing is that I am writing a scholarship essay and one of the questions asks me to list my career goals and suggests as to how would the college where I am applying for the scholarship to would ...
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Sending your paper around in Economics
As a PhD student I made a few connections over the course of time with professors from around Europe (had brief chats with them at conferences, invited them at conferences, etc..). Some explicitly ...
