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Research in all fields of economics. (Moderated)
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Downloadable Datasets for Economics Researchers
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Dear Economics Researcher, Data is the lifeblood of researchers, but finding desired time series data can be difficult. With a team of academics, I recently launched the research website, MyNetResearch.com, which now makes thousands of research datasets available to researchers. Using our Datasets feature, you can search on such parameters as (a)... more »
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Does Keynesianist Money Illusion works? evidence says yes
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I authored the thread here: [link] But I want your feedback too, so I repeat this thread in this forum. Read the below and vote--does Keynesianist Money Illusion work? The evidence says yes, whether we like it or not (yes I am a gold bug!) RL Prior to reading this thread, please see this thread on Say's Law for... more »
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New research paper management tool: Mendeley
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Hi Sci.Econ.Research group, We are Jan and Victor, two doctoral students (University of Cologne and Bauhaus-University of Weimar, Germany) and the founders of Mendeley ([link]), a new free research paper management tool. Since you're probably all dealing with research papers and scholarly articles in economics, we hoped it might be of... more »
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response to xxx
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Hi xxx, Yes, I have a very strong opinion. First, it is important to understand were money comes from. And it is hard to find information out there that doesn't sound like a rant. The reason for that is when someone finds out how the system works, they go off. So I keep this paper, the explanation is from the horses mouth. Note the... more »
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Economic Advantage of USA having low borrow rates ?
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Typically the USA can borrow money at lower real rates than other countries ( 10 year treasury note rate is low relative to other countries I believe ). What kind of advantage does this give the USA ? The way I look at it is like if someone got a mortgage at 4% compared to their neighbor getting a mortgage at 6%. Clearly the 4% mortgage is far better for... more »
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why are "credit default swaps" a good thing?
 
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From what I understand "credit default swaps" otherwise known as CDS contracts have been widely used by hedge funds and others to speculate on the viability of banks, other financial institutions such as brokerage houses, and auto manufactures. These bets on various companies were not made on any regulated... more »
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Why currency boom?
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From the Statistical Abstract 1995 and 2007 -- %ages calculated by myself. Year M1 currency % 1980 408 115 28 1990 826 294 36 2005 1369 724 53 I stand in the checkout line at teh supermarket and see the guy ahead of me using a credit card or debit card. Yet curency is soaring as a... more »
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EISWT-09 call for papers
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EISWT-09 call for papers The 2009 International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-09) (website: [link] ) will be held during July 13-16 2009 in Orlando, FL, USA. We invite draft paper submissions. The conference will take place at the same... more »
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Household Wealth in US - Historical data
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I'm seeking historical data of the US houshold wealth (assets minus liabilities) starting at least from 1929. I don't need the distribution. I just need the mean for each year. There are no sufficient data (years) in Census.gov, BEA.gov, Fed. Would appreciate any direction. Thanks!
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