The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics: How Better Research Design is Taking the Con out of Econometrics
Just over a quarter century ago, Edward Leamer (1983) reflected on the state of empirical work in economics. He urged empirical researchers to “take the con out of econometrics” and memorably observed (p. 37): “Hardly anyone takes data analysis seriously. Or perhaps more accurately, hardly anyone ta...
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American Economic Association
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54195 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-8956 |