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requests for information about papers, books, or other sources that address a particular economic question or issue.

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What are some results in Economics that are both a consensus and far from common sense?

What are some results in Economics that are both a consensus between most economists and far from common sense? I would also welcome suggestions of clear definitions for what we should mean as consensus , specially considering that economics is an…
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Where to start learning economics as a mathematician?

I study pure mathematics at university and I'm looking to get into economics, with pretty much no background knowledge about it. Are there good sources to learn from with a decent mathematical background in mind, or should I just start learning from…
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Thesis-advisor/student pairs that won the nobel prize

I am trying to compile a list of winners of the Nobel memorial prize in economics whose thesis advisor also won the prize. So far I have Eric Maskin (advisor) / Jean Tirole (student) Are there other pairs?
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Economics and Euclidean geometry

I am looking for economics papers which use concepts, techniques and theorems from geometry. I am mainly interested in Euclidean geometry, the kind of material that is taught on high-schools (e.g. proving theorems about triangles, squares, circles,…
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The economic impact of corruption

I know nothing about the 'economics of corruption' literature, whether in the medium(fluctuations) or long-run(growth)... Although I've found many surveys (mostly +5 years, and from journals I don't recognize), since I known nothing about this…
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Tools for Forcasting Unemployment Rate

I've noticed that economists have been very accurate when it comes to predicting unemployment rates. Most of their predictions usually fall within a 0.2% difference between their forecasts and the actual unemployment rate or are dead on what the…
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An index of the The Economist's Schools Brief series

I was wondering whether anyone might have an index of the articles that made up the The Economist's Schools Brief series that ran from 1975 to 1999 (with a brief refresh in 2013)? They were an interesting set of articles that explained economic…
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Canonical set of books covering Bachelors and Masters in Economics?

I am a Physics student and would like to learn some Economics in my spare time. Preferably, I would chronologically go through textbooks which cover entire Bachelors and Masters degrees. For instance, in Physics there is a fixed set of topics that…
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Complexity economics and computational economics books recommendation

I'm looking for books in complexity economics and/or agent-based computational economics. What are some good introductory and advanced books in these fields? Thanks in advance
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Reading list: Housing Economics

Hi Im looking for some books or articles or books on the basics of housing economics. Where should I start?
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A survey on the economics of loyalty programs

Is there a good survey that covers the theory and empirics of loyalty programs? I am thinking of programs like Amazon Prime, Starbucks, and airlines miles/points. What are the mechanisms? Are they effective in a causal sense?
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Hello, I am a science graduate, looking to learn about economics, any suggestions where can i start?

Any books you can suggest might be amazing, i am completely new to this and it would be a huge help if you guys could help me out
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Safety: Air travel vs. car travel

One sometimes hears that flying is much safer than driving a car, the death/mileage ratio being much lower. This is very plausible, especially in developed countries, and the safety gap widened as time went on and air travel became safer. However,…
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Is there a serious forum/chat (not Q&A like StackExchange) on Economics?

I am looking for a: Serious forum/chat (like so many math and physics forums I know in the net) Where I may able to chat about economics foundations & hypotheses, theory and empiria, and so on, with people who have some knowledge about it. Which is…
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Any suggestion for a good intro to the theory behind economic evaluation of healthcare programmes?

I'm looking for an introduction to economic evaluation of healthcare systems. So, maybe the most obvious answer is Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes by Drummond et al. but I'm waiting with ordering until the release of…
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