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American Economist articles from September 2008
Publishes graduate and undergraduate student essays and articles on all areas of economics research. The essays cover current developments in pure and applied economics. This is the official journal of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor societ
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American Economist archives from September 2008
Succeeding in economics.(Column)
September 22, 2008... The editors of American Economist invited me to discuss professional aspects of my life as an economist as part of an ongoing series of similar discussions by others. They thought readers might find this of interest and might even benefit from...
Journals, editors, referees, and authors: experiences at the Journal of Economic Literature.(Column)
September 22, 2008... I have been invited to write about my experiences as editor of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) and to reflect on what these experiences may mean for the status of journals in intellectual inquiry. I was editor of the JEL for thirteen...
Practitioner of the dismal science? Who, me? Couldn't be!!(Column)
September 22, 2008... Why did I become a labor economist concerned with the institutions that affect the lives of workers and the organization of work when I could have been an investment banker, McKinsey consultant, used car salesman or even a theorist working out...
Econ agonistes: navigating and surviving the publishing process.(Column)
September 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION
Let me begin this article with a brief summary of my qualifications. During my career, I have refereed nearly 300 articles for professional journals and as a journal editor have made decisions on more than 1000 papers. I have...
Epistemic flagpoles: economics journals as instrumental rhetoric.
September 22, 2008... I. INSTRUMENTAL RHETORIC
Donald/Deirdre McCloskey has made a number of profound contributions to economics. Nothing in his/her prodigious output can match the masterful article offering clarity on the word rhetoric [1983]. Clarity,...
Linking labor productivity to economic freedom.
September 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION
In the preface to New Economic Growth." New Factors and New Perspectives, the editors, Bahmani-Oskooee and Galindo Martin (2006), say that in recent decades economists have provided newer views of a better economic future...
Determinants of the time-variation in emerging-market closed-end fund premiums: a comparison between equity and bond funds.
September 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION
A closed-end fund is a publicly traded investment company that holds a portfolio of securities, whose composition is typically determined by the fund manager. Once started, a closed-end fund trades on the secondary market...
The influence of economists on public attitudes toward government.
September 22, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION
Do economists in government encourage or discourage the growth of government? Since economists tend to be more skeptical of government intervention in markets (Blendon et al. 1997), one would expect government spending to...