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Patent Citation Data in Social Science Research : Overview and Best Practices
Jaffe, Adam B. - 2016
The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the use of patent citation data in social science research. Facilitated by digitization of the patent data and increasing computing power, a community of practice has grown up that has developed methods for using these data to: measure...
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Six Decades of Top Economics Publishing : Who and How?
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2012
fewer papers that represent pure theory, regardless of sub-field, somewhat less empirical work based on publicly available …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096137
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The Social Multiplier
Glaeser, Edward L.; Sacerdote, Bruce; Scheinkman, José - 2021
In many cases, aggregate data is used to make inferences about individual level behavior. If there are social interactions in which one person's actions influence his neighbor's incentives or information, then these inferences are inappropriate. The presence of positive social interactions, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252296
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The Positive Economics of Methodology
Landsburg, Steve - 2007
Does an observation constitute stronger evidence for a theory if it was made after rather than before the theory was … formulated, when it may have influenced the theory's construction? Philosophers have discussed this question (of quot … and then constructs a theory) versus structural models with formal econometric tests (where a model is constructed before …
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Instruments of Development : Randomization in the Tropics, and the Search for the Elusive Keys to Economic Development
Deaton, Angus - 2010
randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to accumulate credible knowledge of what works, without over-reliance on questionable theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757925
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New Keynesian Models : Not Yet Useful for Policy Analysis
Chari, Varadarajan V. - 2010
Macroeconomists have largely converged on method, model design, reduced-form shocks, and principles of policy advice. Our main disagreements today are about implementing the methodology. Some think New Keynesian models are ready to be used for quarter-to-quarter quantitative policy advice; we do...
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Will Monetary Policy Become More of a Science?
Mishkin, Frederic S. - 2010
This paper reviews the progress that the science of monetary policy has made over recent decades. This progress has significantly expanded the degree to which the practice of monetary policy reflects the application of a core set of quot;scientific principlesquot;. However, there remains, and...
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Methodological Frontiers of Public Finance Field Experiments
Kling, Jeffrey R. - 2010
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how a rich array of methods can be applied to increase the relevance of field experiments in public economics. Two cross-cutting themes are important in multiple phases of the research. First, greater statistical sophistication can draw more value...
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Modeling the Long Run : Valuation in Dynamic Stochastic Economies
Hansen, Lars Peter - 2008
I explore the equilibrium value implications of economic models that incorporate reactions to a stochastic environment. I propose a dynamic value decomposition (DVD) designed to distinguish components of an underlying economic model that influence values over long horizons from components that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012770669
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Methods of Identification in Social Networks
Graham, Bryan S. - 2014
Social and economic networks are ubiquitous, serving as contexts for job search, technology diffusion, the accumulation of human capital and even the formulation of norms and values. The systematic empirical study of network formation - the process by which agents form, maintain and dissolve...
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