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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Econlinks: The Dale T. Mortensen Nobel edition
- The most recent event under this heading is the Northwestern conference in the honor of Dale— with some very good and some not so good presentations…– featuring also some very (and some not so) entertaining speeches by former Mortensen students, co-authors, advisers etc, either at the dinner at the Northwestern Allen Center on Friday evening, or at the drinks & snacks session at Beverly and Dale’s splendid home (photo with Ija on their balcony) on Saturday evening.
George Stigler could do anything–anything but be boring
[…] I must out of courtesy and caution reserve judgment on any laws that Professor Stigler may unveil. For, as I learned when our friendship began long ago, George Stigler can do anything– anything but be boring.
Econlinks: On crises. And opportunities
- Crises and opportunities in Balkan science policy (start, more). A word of caution for my Romanian pals, among whom a new risk of self-denying optimism– expected to turn into the usual complacency– appears contagious: con calma, this is at best a mediocre start (though, granted, a start it is).
Dale
Not that I want to brag or anything but… please check this out again and then go to the Nobel prize site to see who won this year’s Prize in Economics (by the way, last year I predicted Hart, Holmstrom and Williamson, hence I also got there one of the awardees– just in case you were wondering if I predict the same every single year).
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