During America’s experiment with Prohibition, it was common to see the following label on grape juice: Caution: May Ferment into Alcohol. The harvesting of grapes rose dramatically.
Tyler Cowen, “Discover your inner economist”
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Econlinks for 23-11-’07
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Remember my post about names in Denmark? At that time I could not find which were really the most frequently used first names. But Denmark Statistics even has those available. So “Jens” (male) and “Anne” (female) are the most common first names in Denmark, to date.
Replication in Economics
Here’s my most interesting read in the last weekend, a recent article by Dan Hamermesh, published in the Canadian Journal of Economics, on “replication in economics”. It is also downloadable as PDF from Hamermesh’s site (Dan Hamermesh’s website contains much more information, potentially useful for any economist, albeit junior or senior– that as a remark for those of you who did not know about this excellent online resource…).
→ Read more Quote for week 11th-17th of Nov ’07
→ Read moreHow can my muse want subject to invent,
While thou dost breathe, that pour’st into my verse
Thine own sweet argument, too excellent
For every vulgar paper to rehearse?
O! give thy self the thanks, if aught in me
Worthy perusal stand against thy sight;
For who’s so dumb that cannot write to thee,
When thou thy self dost give invention light?
Econlinks for 18-10-’07
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On (speed) dating preferences (in USA): some old stereotypes reconfirmed but also some news. Here’s the full paper (Fisman et al, QJE 2006) on which the Slate article linked above is based.