Most data sets used by economists are collected with after-the-fact surveys and the time aggregation is done by the survey respondents who produce, for example, monthly aggregates not actual transactions. 21st century digital transaction technologies will increasingly allow the collection of...

This paper combines the perspective of an international economist with that of an economic geographer to reflect on how and to what extent the Internet will affect the location of economic activity. Even after the very substantial transportation and communication improvements during the 20th...

Edward E. Leamer’s creative and influential essays on the separation of robust from fragile inferences are collected together in Sturdy Econometrics. The econometric topics discussed include the choice of variables, choice of error process, measurement errors, simultaneity, the partial...