Along those lines, the following is a Paul Krugman article, which quite
humorously recaps a similar media event about a wunderkind economist --
probably a story only economists would find funny.
http://www.pkarchive.org/cranks/legend.html
At 09:51 PM 8/4/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >The article d
> >The article discusses Levitt's research style: his tendency to ask
> odd >but >interesting questions and be clever enough to be able to
> test the >hypotheses with publically available data. It also has some
> discussions >of >his career path and a little about his personal life.
> Fabio
>
> T
> I couldn't access the article. Could anyone either copy and paste it to me
> (privately so as not to distrub others) or perhaps just give me a briefy
> summary? Thank you.
> David Levenstam
The article discusses Levitt's research style: his tendency to ask odd but
interesting questions and b
In a message dated 8/4/03 9:41:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>The article discusses Levitt's research style: his tendency to ask odd
>but
>interesting questions and be clever enough to be able to test the
>hypotheses with publically available data. It also has some discussions
>of
>his career
Title: The Probability That a Real-Estate Agent Is Cheating You (and Other Riddles of Modern Life)
August 3, 2003
The Probability That a Real-Estate Agent Is Cheating You (and Other
Riddles of Modern Life)By STEPHEN J.
DUBNER
> and on (including work by ICES colleagues)... On balance I would argue that
> Levitt is indeed unusually clever (in the sense that he comes up with good
> questions and also finds interesting natural manipulations to study them),
> but that his particular approach to economic science is not nove
I couldn't access the article. Could anyone either copy and paste it to me
(privately so as not to distrub others) or perhaps just give me a briefy
summary? Thank you.
David Levenstam
In a message dated 8/4/03 8:07:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I did not quite mean that most economists we
> In an earlier message, William Sjostrom suggested that Levitt's research
> is typical of the economics field. I am very curious about this statement,
> because it is at odds with my casual empiricism, and I would like to see
> it backed by some concrete evidence. Perhaps this reflects my own
> ig
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From: "Dimitriy V. Masterov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Levitt article
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> In an earlier message, William Sjostrom suggested that Levitt's research
> is typical of the econ
In an earlier message, William Sjostrom suggested that Levitt's research
is typical of the economics field. I am very curious about this statement,
because it is at odds with my casual empiricism, and I would like to see
it backed by some concrete evidence. Perhaps this reflects my own
ignorance o
What I found interesting is that in economics, like in many other fields,
there are "problem solvers" (people who figure out specific paradoxes,
empirical facts, etc) and "theory builders." Levitt is a supremely
able problem solver, a niche that didn't exist 30-40 years ago in the
economics profes
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From: "Alex Tabarrok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: Levitt article
> Here it is. Fabio, we expect better work from you next time! :-)
>
> Alex
>
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/ma
Here it is. Fabio, we expect better work from you next time! :-)
Alex
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/magazine/03LEVITT.html?pagewanted=print&position=
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Department of Economics, MSN 1D3
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA, 22030
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NY Times magazine has a feature on Steve Levitt. Fabio
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