Readers & Thinkers: The 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. Post Analysis

Posted by on Sep 6, 2012 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. Post Analysis Dear All, Our very own Dr. Joe Stiglitz “brought home the bacon”! This morning the Nobel prize in economics for 2001 was given to Dr. Joe Stiglitz of Columbia and FOLIOfn, Dr. George Akerlof of UC Berkeley, and Dr. Michael Spence of Stanford. This document will shed some light on why they won it. I have had the privilege of knowing two of them personally; Akerlof was my mentor at UC Berkeley and...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction

Posted by on Sep 6, 2012 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction Dear All: The Nobel Prize in Economics for 2001 will soon be announced. Who will it go to? (1) A group of economists (students and profs) think it might be DALE JORGENSON of Harvard. He’s the favorite. (2) My personal opinion is that it could go to two camps; the EXPERIMENTAL economics camp or the MICRO/UNCERTAINTY camp. If that’s true, my bets are on the following people: (a)...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2000 Nobel Prize in Economics. Post Analysis

Posted by on Sep 6, 2012 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2000 Nobel Prize in Economics. Post Analysis Dear All: The Nobel Prize in economics was announced this morning. Despite my efforts and other people’s to predict the prize this year, we were wrong. WINNERS: James Heckman (CHICAGO) and Daniel McFadden (UC Berkeley) ON DAN MCFADDEN CONTRIBUTION: Dan McFadden was given the prize for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice models. Thus, he is primarily...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2000 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction

Posted by on Sep 6, 2012 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2000 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction Dear All: Tomorrow morning is the announcment of the Nobel prize in economics. Please send your votes to [email protected] by midnight tonight! Ludwig will take the winner out to lunch. Ludwig’s Guesses: I think the Nobel prize will be given in one of the following categories: (1) IO/Theory (2) Public Economics (3) Experimental Economics (4) Econometrics. Labor is also a possibility. For...
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Chincarini on the Street Show talking about Crowding

Posted by on Sep 4, 2012 in Blog | Comments Off on Chincarini on the Street Show talking about Crowding I was in New York City last week talking to Greg Greenberg of the Street.com about the Crisis of Crowding.  We had a great time and I had time to take a picture on Wall Street where George Washington was sworn into the Presidency.  Enjoy! http://www.thestreet.com/video/11682139/beware-crowding-crisis-in-treasuries-gold.html
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