I say “Ernst Fehr, Matthew Rabin, and Richard Thaler for their contributions to behavioral economics“ (I even bet 3$ on this, but for some yet unclear reason that pool has closed, with my money returned).
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Jazz Impressions of Japan
The flawless Koto Song is my newest ‘creative background piece’: works miracles for theory modeling! For running regressions give Tokyo Traffic a shot.
More on Brubeck’s best album ever (with some credits to my jazz-expert friend Dean).
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My research whereabouts: after an inspiring matching workshop at Kellogg, Northwestern: “Matching: findings, flaws and future” (workshop schedule in PDF) a month and a half ago, I will attend another a priori very interesting conference on matching at the Milton Friedman Institute, University of Chicago, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow: “Matching and price theory” (conference schedule in PDF).
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I hate you all. I hate London. I hate books. I hate critics. I hate this magazine, I hate this column and I hate all the goons who appear in it.
My whereabouts
After a thought-provoking lecture yesterday by Daron Acemoglu on “Why Nations Fail” at Kellogg (if/when the previous link is replaced, you should be able to find the information on Acemoglu’s lecture here)*, I am soon off to Vancouver, attending/presenting at the 2011 Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) meeting.
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