Testimonials

" The genius of Econ Journal Watch is that it stimulates higher scientific standards in economic research.  Most of the boldest research comes from people who firmly believe in a theory and who search for evidence that supports it.  Ideal scientific economists are supposed to search for all evidence that might falsify their theory, but they rarely do.  The search for falsifying evidence instead comes from skeptics and from others who have competing theories.  EJW offers a new venue to check on how the facts square with theories, and it will help to make economics more of a science.  Every profession should have its own Journal Watch, and I am delighted that economics has Econ Journal Watch. "

Donald Shoup
Professor of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles


Econ Journal Watch
Daniel Klein on Groupthink in Academia PDF Print E-mail

Dan Klein of George Mason University recently spoke with EconTalk host Russ Roberts on truth in economics, bias, and groupthink in academic life. Along the way they discussed the Food and Drug Administration (and the drug approval process), the culture of academic life and the roles of empirical evidence and prediction markets in adjudicating academic disagreement.

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Klein also co-wrote an article on groupthink for The Independent Review.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: New 4-year Fellowships to be awarded by the Department of Economics at Florida State University PDF Print E-mail
The Florida State University Economics Department will be awarding up to two four-year Charles G. Koch Fellowships to students entering the PhD program in Economics, beginning with the Fall 2009 entering class. The purpose of the fellowships is to support students who wish to pursue a course of study that combines rigorous technical economic training in applied econometrics and economic theory with a focus on the political economy of contemporary economic issues, particularly the role of institutions in advancing prosperity.  These Fellowships are in addition to the Department’s regular program of supporting PhD students as research or teaching assistants. Each Fellowship will be funded for four years.  Recipients will receive a $25,000 academic-year stipend along with a full-tuition waiver.  The Fellowship recipients will be assigned as one-quarter time research assistants for one of the research faculty members in the new Program for the Study of Political Economy and Free Enterprise (SPEFE).  This assignment may be waived in the third and fourth years of the Fellowship period so recipients can focus on their dissertation research.  Recipients will also be encouraged to teach a course during at least some summer sessions in order to be prepared for an academic position upon graduation.  More information about these Fellowships, including application requirements, can be found at http://mailer.fsu.edu/~tzuehlke/doctoral/
 
Nobel laureate Harry Markowitz joins EJW Advisory Council PDF Print E-mail
EJW is proud to announce three new members of the EJW Advisory Council:

Harry M. Markowitz, professor at University of California, San Diego. Professor Markowitz received the Nobel prize in economics in 1990, for his work in portfolio theory.

Charles E. Murray, President, American Institute for Economic Research.
Richard Ebeling, Senior Research Fellow, American Institute for Economic Research.

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AIER Partners with Econ Journal Watch PDF Print E-mail

GREAT BARRINGTON, MA - The American Institute for Economic Research is pleased to announce a new partnership with the scholarly journal Econ Journal Watch.

EJW is a maverick journal of academic economics. It publishes critical commentary of leading economic research and analysis of the economics profession.

EJW is edited by Daniel Klein, a professor of economics at George Mason University. “The partnership is a match made in heaven,” said Klein. “Both outfits have a spirit of independent thought and critical discussion. We are honored by AIER’s decision to partner with us. AIER has a great tradition of integrating empirical evidence and conceptual understanding. We gain by their high reputation.”

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