economics and reality. More precisely, it asks how reality in the form empirical evidence does or does not influence economic … from general to specific. For the general perspective, I examine the following four points of view. First, economics is a … science. Second, economics is an art. Third, economics is a competition. Forth, economics politics. I then examine four …

factors, learning and anchoring, and then test this model with three products selected specifically for their variation in the … scope for learning. We find the rank order of shifts in demand matches with the theoretical prediction, although the …

Existing learning models attribute failures to learn to a lack of data. We model a different barrier. Given the large … important features of the data they possess. We conduct a field experiment with seaweed farmers to test a model of "learning …, consistent with the model, we find that simply having access to the experimental data does not induce learning. Instead, farmers …

of physician learning that generates a number of hypotheses. Using 2007 annual antipsychotic prescribing behavior on 17 …

This examination of the role and potential for replication in economics points out the paucity of both pure replication … populations in one's own work or in a Comment. Several controversies in empirical economics illustrate how and how not to behave …

Over the past decade there has been a decline in the fraction of papers in top economics journals written by economists … from the highest-ranked economics departments. This paper documents this fact and uses additional data on publications and …

might alter patterns of coauthoring of articles in economics and their influence. Using all coauthored articles in three … major economics journals from 1970-79 and 1992-96, we find: 1) Sharp growth in the percentage of distant coauthorships …

comparative statics explanations for increases in r. The paper then analyzes a learning model in which referees (who have a biased …

top economics journal. This paper documents the slowdown and notes that a substantial part is due to an increasing … quality. Various time series are examined for evidence that the economics profession has changed along these dimensions. Paper … process. It is difficult to attribute much of the slowdown to observable changes in the economics profession. Evolving social …