- A webcast of the AEA panel on “publishing in economics journals: the curse of the top 5” (h/t @DurRobert) – Heckman, Akelof, Deaton, Fudenberg and Hansen discuss. Some interesting discussion and comments – Deaton notes he didn’t have any papers rejected until he was famous; Heckman had a lot of data, including this one which shows (first column) which journals account for most dissemination of the ideas of the top development economists – with WBER number 1:
- Webcasts of other AEA keynotes.
- Joel Slemrod’s keynote speech notes on tax systems in developing countries (h/t Dina Pomeranz)
- A claim that the median statistical power of estimated economic parameters is only 18%, and that nearly 80% of the reported estimates are exaggerated – by John Ioannides and co-authors. (h/t @UCBITSS)
- Call for papers: Impact Evaluation conference at the IDB (call closes Jan 20th, conference March 22-24).
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