try studies by levin. i just forgot his first name, in economics of education.
At 11:56 AM 10-07-02 +0200, you wrote:
>i remember reading something recently in the Economist on the rewards
>from public investment in higher education not being so high after all
>(one of Bryans old points as I reme
Armchairs:
Could you please describe in layman's how does fiat money work?
It is money based on regulation right? But is there a regulation that
determines its value?
Thanks
how about by that of church and ware? any comments?
At 09:37 PM 08-07-02 +0100, you wrote:
> > The industrial organization textbook by Carlton and Perloff is good on
> > issues of price discrimination, quantity discounts etc.
> >
> > Alex
>
>
>Sadly, I find Advanced Industrial Economics, by Steph
>
>Judging from the market for texts, I am probably alone in believing that
>most micro texts have it wrong. At the principles level we do not need to
>be producing students who have a tenuous understanding of what Ph.D.
>economics students learn. Instead, we should be teaching students how to
After journalizing transactions, and later posting it to its ledger
accounts, a worksheet is made to detect errors in computation. Such is the
case when the bookkeeper forgets to maintain a double entry in all
journalizing or posting, the total amount of the accounts would not be
equal to zero
Hey Peeps.
Got a question to the teachers in this group.
High school economics is the first foray in to the field of economics for
almost all students in the Philippines (and some other countries) and the
last for some. What would you recommend, a course that shows economics
concisely (and th
And also,
I know maybe only a few (or none) of the people subscribing to this group
is a psychologist. But how true are those "personal attributes" test that
employers give to perspective employees? Those that you have to check
"traits others think about me" and "traits i think i have" or som
Nice one Anton.
At 07:46 PM 4/11/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Alex Tabarrok wrote:
> >Yes, as I tell my children, "Son, don't worry about those grades -
> > even a C student can become President one day."
>
>And if their hearts are set on more serious careers?
>
>--
>Anton Sherwood, http://www.og
Has anyone done a study on this:
Which matters more for employers? Someone who's got high grades and studies
in a so-so school or above-median (but not so high) and studies in an ivy
league?
At 07:17 AM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>--- "Robert A. Book" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Isn't thi
It's a bad thing but one reason is maybe that Universities would not want
to be compared to each other in terms of test scores. Tests are hardcore
evidences of which school is good and which school is not.
At 09:00 AM 4/9/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>It seems to me that an effective remedy to grade
Sorry for my ignorance but what's really the fuss over butter and
margarine? Is butter made from better milk or something?
At 09:47 AM 4/1/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Almost from the time it was invented margarine came under attack from
>butter manufacturers and farmers. In the late 1880s there we
I just got my graduation pics for college. And I am really pissed off with
they way these photographers keep the negatives and charge an enormous
price for reprints.
Anyway, would it be because of Adverse Selection. When you fix yourselves
for a photo shoot for graduation, you literally fix yo
Dear Professors:
With the recession going on, suddenly, more high school students would want
to take economics as a degree. This hypothesis stemmed from the observation
that more people I know would want to take it. Is there any "economic"
answer to this? Or this is just a plain observation no
Armchairs,
Biases out, which school is the best place to study economics and why?
ieve that is the Spence of the original cite for signaling behavior
in labor markets.
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/10/01 12:00PM >>>
> who is spence?
>
>
>
> - Original Message -
> From: markjohn* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, October 11, 2001 0:46 am
>
> > stiglitz, akerlof, spence
> >
> >
>
>
>
well, it seems like ackerlof won!
and joe stiglitz! - a good choice.
do you know his email? =)
At 01:54 PM 2/14/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Maybe you should ask George Soros! ;)
>
>Alex Robson
>UC Irvine
>
>On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, [iso-8859-1] markjohn® wrote:
>
> > is fixing exchange rates a good policy during currency crises?
> >
is fixing exchange rates a good policy during currency crises?
but being in china for 2 summers. as i can see that as time goes on,
they're becoming a bit more liberal on things
At 06:20 PM 2/4/01 -0800, you wrote:
>On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, fabio guillermo rojas wrote:
>
> >
> > A new graduate student in my department told me that at Beijing
> > University, ec
do you know where i could data about the air pollution indices of certain
cities in Asia?
i would like to ask to all the economists out there if the railroad system
of the country really matters in its development, even with the other good
transport facilities like better paved roads and freight.
hi i'm currently a student of international economics.
may i ask what is the best reason why comparative advantage is the best
gauge for international trade. i've read salvatore's, krugman and
obstfeld's, and appleyard and field's books but i can't seem to find the
perfect answer.
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