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“Famous economists” easy quiz. In fact too easy, as presented, because you can see the questions before you start the clock. So, in order to seriously test yourselves, just start the clock and then read the questions (you have 3 minutes in total).
Author: Sebi Buhai
The new Danish ranking of journals
Ridiculous, if you ask me (needless to state, this is a very personal opinion). Unfortunately, in Economics (you find that category under “Samfundsøkonomi” in the linked pdf), there will be many years till Denmark will catch up with the best places in the Netherlands, for instance (see here an Economics journal ranking of the Tinbergen Institute (TI) , which has its imperfections– such as Journal of Finance placed in the ‘AA’ category… — but it is way way better), in competitiveness, attitude in this context etc.
→ Read more Prediction markets for the upcoming Romanian Presidential election
I opened up two distinct markets (with the help of InklingMarkets— hat tip to Al Roth, on Market Design), both active until November 21st (the first election round is on November 22nd, the eventual second one on December 6th) :
This week
… I am in Amsterdam and The Hague, working with Coen on a couple of great, but demanding, revise & resubmits. Unfortunately, it does not look like I will have much time for any serious cultural immersion, unlike my usual spells in lovely Amsterdam & Holland, in general (for instance).
→ Read more Weekend Econlinks
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EMH: it really ain’t dead. (via Mankiw)
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Harvard’s financial report for 2009. And some of the (dire) consequences.
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Head hunting for a (younger than Mas-Colell…legal requirement, apparently) distinguished scientist to be the European Research Council’s new Director.