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Thursday, 5 April 2012

Suicide in Athens - Remember what touched off the revolution in Tunisia?

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That's right, a very public suicide. Mohamed Bouazizi burned himself in December 2010; less than a month later, President Zine El Abidi...

The News From Spain

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can drive you insane...via  BBC : Spain's jobless level hits record 4.75 million Continue reading the main story The number of Spanish j...
Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Dutch boy solves Euro crisis

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via bloomberg The Dutch aren't just the tallest people on earth... they are also amongst the smartest. Now comes the news that a 10-year...
Saturday, 31 March 2012

Worth an arm and a leg...

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or so the expression for valuing something really highly goes. Many economists apply it to top publications - AER, QJE, Emetrica, JPE, RES. ...

Covering the globe - applicants from 40 countries

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A month ago, I showed a little map of the world where our applicants come from. It turned out to be by far the most popular post of the las...
Friday, 30 March 2012

ITFD => Harvard

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Congratulations to Edoardo Campanella (ITFD 2009/10), who just won admission to the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Afte...
Thursday, 29 March 2012

Sex and the Banker - Aristophanes edition

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In Aristophanes' Lystrata , the women end a war by withholding sexual favors. High-end Spanish hookers are now using the same idea, expl...
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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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