Using a Solow-Swan model with a stochastic saving rate and stochastic productivity we analyse the distributions of parameter estimates that emerge under various choices of technology, and of the dimension of the panel on which cross-section regressions are based. There are distinct asymmetries...

The annual Eurovision Song Contest provides a setting where Europeans can express their sentiments about other countries without regard to political incentives. Analysing voting data from the 25 contests between 1981 and 2005, we find strong evidence for the existence of clusters of countries...

We provide rankings of Greek-speaking economics departments based on pages published in the ‘Diamond List’ journals. For the period 1993-1998, the University of Cyprus, the Athens University of business and Economics and the University of Crete are ranked first, second and third, respectively.