Causal claims in economics
4 November 2024 | 6:46 pm

From a new and very interesting web site on that topic: Significant Increase in Causal Claims: The average proportion of causal claims in papers rose significantly from approximately 5% in 1990 to around 28% in 2020, reflecting the impact of the credibility revolution in economics. Growth in Causal Inference Methods and decline in Theoretical and Simulation Methods… Intricate […]

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Monday assorted links
4 November 2024 | 5:14 pm

1. Does the moon around Uranus have an ocean? 2. Those new service sector jobs. 3. Aarthia and Sriram interview Anil Varanasi. 4. Fluoride update. 5. Update on the Worm Wars. 6. This criticism of Roger Scruton is in fact one of the better appreciations of him.

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Specialization trends in economics
4 November 2024 | 7:44 am

This article conducts a comprehensive analysis of specialization trends within and across fields of economics research. We collect data on 24,273 articles published between 1970 and 2016 in general research economics outlets and employ machine learning techniques to enrich the collected data. Results indicate that theory and econometric methods papers are becoming increasingly specialized, with […]

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