Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Rising Stars
In today's NY Times, David Leonhardt draws attention to thirteen rising stars of the economics profession.
David writes that "the list is incredibly diverse." That is not entirely true, however. I am delighted to note that a majority have their PhDs from Harvard, and all but one have been at Harvard as a student, post-doc, or faculty member at some point in their young careers.
David writes that "the list is incredibly diverse." That is not entirely true, however. I am delighted to note that a majority have their PhDs from Harvard, and all but one have been at Harvard as a student, post-doc, or faculty member at some point in their young careers.
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Oster on AIDS
Fryer on Racial Inequality
Finkelstein on Medicare
DellaVigna and Malmendier on Health Clubs
Olken on Corruption
Gentzkow and Shapiro on Media Bias
Gabaix on C.E.O Pay
Rothstein on Schools
Chetty on Dividends Taxes
Karlan on Philanthropy
From Greg Mankiw's Blog