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Wednesday, 29 June 2011

If you really want to know

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what is going on in the Spanish economy, read Edward Hugh [long post].
Wednesday, 15 June 2011

tear gas and "chicken"

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Nathaniel Rothschild allegedly said that one should "buy to the thunder of cannons and sell to the sound of trumpets". I guess, th...
Tuesday, 14 June 2011

I have been called many things...

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but not a Jew. Nico Voigtländer and I wrote a paper on the persistence of anti-Semitism which is getting a bit of press . Now a pro-Palesti...

tea leaves reading hour

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How much economics can you get out of a single graph? Here's is my entry: The Economist has a chart for salary expectations of graduates...
Tuesday, 7 June 2011

I am a sucker...

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for a good title, and this one is just great : http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2011-10561-001/ [hat tip to Tyler Cowen ]

White elephants, up close... real close

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As part of our series on ITFD student policy projects, here is the summary of another one I learned a lot from: Kristin Keohan, Kevin McEvil...
Wednesday, 1 June 2011

some basic arithmetic for gauging austerity's impact...

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Brad DeLong has a beautifully simple back-of-an-envelope calculatio n on what the deficit implications of austerity are. His figures are for...
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Joachim Voth
Zurich, Switzerland
I hold the UBS Chair in Macroeconomics and Financial Markets. My blog contains updates on research findings, observations on economic policy, and thoughts on research.
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