Abstract: This paper conjectures that economics has changed profoundly since the 1970s and that these changes involve a new understanding of the relationship between theoretical and applied work. Drawing on an analysis of John Bates Clark medal winners, it is suggested that the discipline became...

University of Minnesota M.S. thesis. July 2011. Major: Applied economics. Advisor: Gerard McCullough. 1 computer file (PDF); vi, 91 pages.

University of Minnesota M.S. thesis. May 2011. Major: Applied economics. Advisor: Chengyan Yue. 1 computer file (PDF); iv, 47 pages.

This paper conjectures that economics has changed profoundly since the 1970s and that these changes involve a new understanding of the relationship between theoretical and applied work. Drawing on an analysis of John Bates Clark medal winners, it is suggested that the discipline became more...