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To what extent does higher wage growth lead to higher productivity growth?

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Why Is Paul Krugman so Invested in Asserting that "Old-Fashioned Macro" Has Been such a Success?

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Textbook for Financial Economics

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Teaching Monetary Economics at undergraduate studies

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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.

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Does your university pre-screen at regional conferences?

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Is the US government a "Zombie business"?

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What are issues that arise in advising grad students and young colleagues, or about which you have sought advice?

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Journal of Economic Geography is top field?

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Criteria for evaluating AP positions

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

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Efficient mechanism for allocating hotel rooms at ASSA?

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Is European economics different than US economics?

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What role, if any, does secular stagnation play in the flat growth of wages since the recovery?

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Longitudinal survey data on rural-urban migration India?

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If monetary policy works largely through income effects is it still the best tool for stabilisation policy?

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Is agent-based computational economics (ACE) the future of macroeconomics?

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Heckman and Moktan on the Top 5

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