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As a general rule, if your PhD student does well, it's his/her accomplishment; when they screw up, it's the advisors fault. And yet,...

Dina Pomeranz (Harvard/MIT) gave a jobtalk yesterday. She conducted a clever experiment with the help of the Chilean tax authorities. Sendin...

The Economist has come round to my conclusion of last spring, namely that the Greek sovereign debt case is a no-hoper... I hate to say ...

For years, I used to joke with my co-author Mauricio Drelichman that the best way to make progress on our papers would be to sit in the offi...

Every year, we see a similar pattern - applications to the ITFD program start slow in November, and then pick up from December onwards. Comp...

I am at a conference in Berlin on sovereign debt. Last night, at one of the many pleasant restaurants serving remarkably good food at reason...

The best buildings by Lluís Domènech i Montaner in Barcelona have just been designated a World Heritage Site. I always had a weak spot for h...