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Argentina. Excess of public labor force. Can the excess of demand over supply devaluate the currency of a country?

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What should go into a letter of recommendation for admission to an economics PhD program?

asked 8 years ago by Dick_Startz (3.5k points)

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What points are most important to address in a cover letter at the senior level when applying to an advertised position?

asked 8 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by DAVID_CLINGINGSMITH (130 points)

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What's the best way to teach the shutdown decision?(when P<AVC)

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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Should EconSpark allow anonymous posting?

asked 8 years ago by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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Is it a good idea to apply for PhD if someone already holds a PhD degree (with 18 good publications, 100+ citations)?

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Michigan iSchool Posting

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Is European economics different than US economics?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by user_2e5t8w (390 points)

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

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by user_2e5t8w (390 points)

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Should central banks change their inflation targets?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by c_ocasek (360 points)

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Why link Romer and Nordhaus in one Nobel Prize?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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Current state of undergraduate econometrics teaching

asked 8 years ago by user_7r4e7z (130 points)

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

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by AL Roth (6.9k points)

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What's advice for defending JMP and contacting school?

asked 8 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_9u8a5m (120 points)

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Can we improve the process for electing AEA Officers?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by Michael_Greinecker (900 points)

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Can a VECM be estimated without spurious regression problems ?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by WS_509 (120 points)

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How can you bring to light the error-corrective mechanism, from an econometric point of view ?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by WS_509 (120 points)

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Why is there so few openly LGBT economists out there?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by user_2e5t8w (390 points)

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What's Wrong With How We Teach the Supply and Demand Model?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by ALLAN_SLEEMAN (230 points)

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

asked 8 years ago in Current Economic Issues by DANIEL_M_REES (150 points)

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

asked 8 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_6s8u4z (420 points)

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Going back on academic market. Should I mention that my current job does not allocate research time?

asked 8 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_6s8u4z (420 points)

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Can people be disqualified from Nobel consideration for ethical reasons?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by Brett_Roger_Matsumoto (1.3k points)

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Heckman and Moktan on the Top 5

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by user_8e9x6c (1k points)

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How important was the financial panic as a cause of the Great Recession?

asked 8 years ago in Current Economic Issues by BEN_BERNANKE (320 points)

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Has a paper ever been rejected by an econ journal, or acceptance rescinded, due to outside pressure?

asked 8 years ago by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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What are some dissertation-worthy topics in behavioral/experimental economics?

asked 8 years ago by AL Roth (6.9k points)

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Why not have the AEA annual meeting in Chicago every year?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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Is anyone interested in a simple bargaining model that gets a 1/N split as a unique Nash equilibrium?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by Eric Rasmusen (2.3k points)

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Are standards for the economist profession being considered for development?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by Penny_Ann_Barr (140 points)

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Check out the new link to EconSpark on the top of AEA homepage!

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by economist_2x5v5y (3.3k points)

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What to do/say about a "meh" teaching evaluation if you've only taught one class?

asked 8 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_3x3y3o (240 points)

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Yield on PhD acceptances

asked 8 years ago by Dick_Startz (3.5k points)

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Is quantitative analysis is more important in economics than theoretical background of a research?

asked 8 years ago in General Economics Questions by Arshad_Malik (140 points)

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What is right basic economics to explain huge variability in population density across US states

asked 8 years ago by Lawrence_Summers (260 points)

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Have low interest rates led to excessive risk taking?

asked 8 years ago in Current Economic Issues by OLIVIER_BLANCHARD (1.2k points)

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What is a predoctoral research assistantship, how do students find them, and why are they growing in popularity?

asked 8 years ago by Susan_Athey (1.2k points)

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What are the best sources to read for job market advice?

asked 8 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by Susan_Athey (1.2k points)

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Where to look for jobs apart from JOE, EconJobMarket, HigherEd Jobs?

asked 8 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by user_6n7g8i (1.2k points)

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Does is matter if a candidate graduates in 4, 5, 6, 7, ... years?

asked 8 years ago in Job Market - Candidate Questions by rdahis (300 points)