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May 19 2020

Covid-19 Innovation – Are We on the Right Track?

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I never discuss my own research on this website – it’s more fun (for me at the very least!) to dive in to the great results the rest of the economics community produces. So I hope you’ll forgive me for breaking this rule today, as I want to show a few interesting, very time-sensitive results...

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Oct 08 2018

How We Create and Destroy Growth: A Nobel for Romer and Nordhaus

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Occasionally, the Nobel Committee gives a prize which is unexpected, surprising, yet deft in how it points out underappreciated research. This year, they did no such thing. Both William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have been running favorites for years in my Nobel betting pool with friends at the...

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