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Matt Kahn's blog just got boring: My term as the Chair of USC Economics starts this week. Proper decorum suggests that I should no longer be blogging. I've decided on a compromise path. I will no longer write about current events or politics or my humor. I will write about my own research…
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Retraction Watch: Top-ranking economists sometimes publish papers in open access journals deemed potentially “predatory,” according to a new analysis. The findings contradict previous results that show that researchers who publish papers in “potential, possible, or probable” predatory journals (as defined by librarian Jeffrey Beall) are largely inexperienced. According to the study, 27 of the most eminent economists (within…
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And, as always, Matt Kahn makes a timely suggestion: In the past, I've done some writing on social capital and civic engagement. I just put the theory to the test by volunteering to serve on USC Econ's PHD Admissions Committee. USC Economics is world renown for its excellence in econometrics. With Antonio Bento,…
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Matt Kahn: Based on a ranking of all of the world's economists based on one's publications over the last 10 years, I rank #257. Based on this ranking, you can take a look at my peers. Some of these folks are pretty good. Based on this criteria, I'm ranked #2 among all UCLA economists.…
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Day 3 of the great textbook giveaway experiment: To celebrate my first day Visiting NUS next week, I will be giving away free copies of my Fundamentals book on Monday 8/26/13. The new version now includes a good example of a regression discontinuity design (for testing for whether California's energy efficiency laws have caused the…
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At the risk of angering the gods … KAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNN: Jerry Hausman is a straight shooter. In this well written Journal of Economics Perspective piece, he presents a coherent critique of contingent valuation as a credible tool for valuing non-market goods. Long live hedonics? via greeneconomics.blogspot.com Nothing wrong with hedonics. Nothing at all. Move along…
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From the inbox: I'm following up with you about the list EconomicsDegree.net has published of the Top 100 Sites for Enlightened Economists. I emailed you last week to let you know you'd been nominated, and I'm pleased to report that your site made the Top 100. You can view the list here: http://www.economicsdegree.net/enlightened-economists/ … While…
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Matt Kahn: The Sacramento Bee has published an opinion piece that I wrote with Bo Cutter. We argue that California's AB32 (the legislation intended to sharply reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions) is off to a good start. While AB32 embodies many different rules and regulations, I view it as essentially creating a new set of…
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I'll be watching this today and "liveblogging" in the comments section: "My unsexy bumper sticker for adapting to climate change," says UCLA Professor of Economics, the Environment, and Public Affairs Matthew Kahn, "is 'Give free markets a chance!'" Kahn, the author of Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future , argues that "well-meaning government actions" designed to…
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Matt Kahn: An interesting debate is playing out between the NY Times Joe Nocera and Joe Romm and friends. You can read the details here. I would like to add one simple point. When has a boycott succeeded? If Canada doesn't sell us their fossil fuel, will it really sit in the ground and…
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