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Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge, Capitalism in America: A History (New York: Princeton University Press, 2018), pp. 486, $35 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780735222441
In: Journal of the history of economic thought, Volume 42, Issue 2, p. 295-302
ISSN: 1469-9656
Avner Offer and Gabriel Söderberg, The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and the Market Turn (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2016), pp. 323, $35 (hardcover). ISBN: 9780691166032
In: Journal of the history of economic thought, Volume 41, Issue 1, p. 131-136
ISSN: 1469-9656
Lives of the laureates: thirty-two Nobel economists
"Lives of the Laureates compiles autobiographical essays by recipients of the Nobel Prize in the Economic Sciences who have presented lectures at Trinity University, describing the path that led them to the work honored with a Nobel. The seventh edition includes new essays from laureates Alvin Roth, Amartya Sen, Chris Sims, Michael Spence, Thomas Sargent, and Roger Myerson. James Heckman's chapter has been removed (he did not want it shortened). Profiles that appeared in earlier editions have been edited for length. The full versions will be hosted online. Essays by W. Arthur Lewis, Ronald W. Coase, John C. Harsanyi, and Clive W.J. Granger, which were removed from the sixth edition, have been edited for length and included in the seventh edition."
Using Network Centrality to Inform Our View of Nobel Economists
In: Eastern economic journal: EEJ, Volume 44, Issue 4, p. 616-628
ISSN: 1939-4632
Quality, Uncertainty and the Internet: The Market for Cyber Lemons
In: The American economist: journal of the International Honor Society in Economics, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Volume 46, Issue 1, p. 50-60
ISSN: 2328-1235
The internet makes it easier for buyers to purchase goods from distant sellers. However, the inability of the buyer to examine the merchandise results in asymmetry of information. This paper develops a theoretical model to analyze the relationship between quality and price in a setting of asymmetrical information. In the spirit of Akerlof (1970), the model predicts that higher quality goods are less likely to be sold in the market. Since buyers have difficulty distinguishing quality, sellers would have to accept lower prices for their highest quality items. The model is tested using data from internet coin auctions. The results show that coins that are claimed to be of higher quality are less likely to sell and when they do sell do so at lower prices relative to their market value.
THE INFORMATIONAL CONTENT OF FORWARD RATES: FURTHER EVIDENCE
In: The journal of financial research: the journal of the Southern Finance Association and the Southwestern Finance Association, Volume 12, Issue 1, p. 69-81
ISSN: 1475-6803
AbstractUsing single‐equation estimation techniques, researchers have generally found that forward rates have little ability to predict future spot rates. In this paper, Generalized Least Squares is used to estimate simultaneously the forecastive ability of multiple forward rates. It is discovered that current forward rates significantly predict future spot rates for various rate maturities up to twelve months ahead. Also found are instances in which the Treasury bill market does not conform to the weak form of market efficiency.
Influential Macromonetary Publications and Economists
In: The American economist: journal of the International Honor Society in Economics, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Volume 54, Issue 2, p. 91-106
ISSN: 2328-1235
We endeavor in this paper to ascertain, for the field of macromonetary economics, the most influential economists, articles, textbooks, and journals. The syllabi of all faculty of the top twenty-five economics departments teaching graduate macromonetary courses were obtained. The syllabi were culled to produce 1527 articles and a number of other publications, including textbooks. The ensuing macromonetary rankings are the first, for this category alone, in more than two decades. Although article rankings by syllabi count and citation count are uncorrelated, the names of top economists by decades produced by syllabi count are generally well known for their accomplishments in research.
The Evolution of Federal Reserve Transparency Under Greenspan and Bernanke
In: Eastern economic journal: EEJ, Volume 39, Issue 4, p. 530-546
ISSN: 1939-4632