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Journal of Casual Empiricism: Iraq War and Stock Markets
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Journal of Casual Empiricism. Where standard errors are high and no rigor is de rigeur! Repeat after us: Careful econometric analysis is no substitute for casual empiricism! Sunday, May 20, 2007. Iraq War and Stock Markets. Could it be that Egypt is clandestinely selling arms to the insurgents in Iraq, and that the positive correlation simply suggests higher sales? In which case, the causality is reversed: higher returns in the Egyptian stock market should predict higher casualties in Iraq! Or, of course...
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Journal of Casual Empiricism: Speaking of which....
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Journal of Casual Empiricism. Where standard errors are high and no rigor is de rigeur! Repeat after us: Careful econometric analysis is no substitute for casual empiricism! Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Does anyone actually know what is the return to education? May 24, 2007 at 6:32 PM. So then why are labor economists still studying it? May 24, 2007 at 8:06 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Journal of Casual Empiricism. The idea of this blog is to stimulate discussion of economics by using a single fig...
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Journal of Casual Empiricism: q-Theory of Investment
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Journal of Casual Empiricism. Where standard errors are high and no rigor is de rigeur! Repeat after us: Careful econometric analysis is no substitute for casual empiricism! Friday, May 25, 2007. The above picture plots real investment in private fixed assets in the oil and gas extraction industry and the average real price per barrel of oil in the U.S. over time. The spike in oil prices in the late seventies is accompanied by a large spike in investment in the oil and gas industry. I think the cartel ha...
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Journal of Casual Empiricism: More Pop Economics
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Journal of Casual Empiricism. Where standard errors are high and no rigor is de rigeur! Repeat after us: Careful econometric analysis is no substitute for casual empiricism! Thursday, May 24, 2007. Could pop lyrics be a simple function of per capita income, as opposed to complex cultural factors? Consider Japan, a rich Asian country where the latest in pop despair is celebrated like there's no tomorrow. May 24, 2007 at 8:06 PM. May 25, 2007 at 12:12 AM. Are divorce rates higher among hipster rockers?
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Journal of Casual Empiricism: The Second Law of Petropolitics?
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Journal of Casual Empiricism. Where standard errors are high and no rigor is de rigeur! Repeat after us: Careful econometric analysis is no substitute for casual empiricism! Saturday, May 19, 2007. The Second Law of Petropolitics? This is without a doubt the most dubious correlation I have ever laid eyes on. I crown this entry Casual Empiricism of the Month! May 19, 2007 at 11:36 PM. May 19, 2007 at 11:39 PM. May 21, 2007 at 1:17 PM. November 11, 2008 at 9:59 AM. Url=http:/ www.ile-maurice.com/fo...Http:...
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Journal of Casual Empiricism: Why there are more labor economists than laborers
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Journal of Casual Empiricism. Where standard errors are high and no rigor is de rigeur! Repeat after us: Careful econometric analysis is no substitute for casual empiricism! Monday, May 21, 2007. Why there are more labor economists than laborers. This is a good time to dust off an old concept of mine: the academic ratio. Of course, it's all mountains of uninspired hackwork but that's what academia's about, baby - if you ain't got game, write a paper about it instead. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Journal of Casual Empiricism: May 2007
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Journal of Casual Empiricism. Where standard errors are high and no rigor is de rigeur! Repeat after us: Careful econometric analysis is no substitute for casual empiricism! Friday, May 25, 2007. The above picture plots real investment in private fixed assets in the oil and gas extraction industry and the average real price per barrel of oil in the U.S. over time. The spike in oil prices in the late seventies is accompanied by a large spike in investment in the oil and gas industry. Thursday, May 24, 2007.