how many clueless people can comment on economics and finance. And how irrelevant any serious empirical evidence is to them. Most people simply don’t know what they are talking about when they leave their area of expertise. Sadly.
There is nothing more fun in research
June 29, 2009 · 1 Comment
than starting on a new problem, because then it is all potential and new things to figure out.
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Dividing up ideas/projects
June 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I have done research with unique datasets. Often with such samples, there are many different questions you can ask. I have had very little success taking the dataset and simultaneously working on multiple problems, instead I find working serially more productive. There aren’t many times I have seen ’splitting up’ samples or ideas end up working well.
My impression is that isn’t true in other fields, such as those with big labs. I wonder what the difference is?
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How much do the rules
June 25, 2009 · 3 Comments
protect the cheaters, and how much do the rules protect the non-cheaters from the cheaters?
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There is little private information
June 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
that does not get out in the end.
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This is why I believe in ‘no-arbitrage’ asset pricing as the baseline:
June 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
How to earn airmiles with limited cost.
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No-arbitrage asset pricing teaches us to look for the limits to arbitrage when we find a ‘money machine.’
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The blister on my foot has a blister.
June 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Ouch.
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