Sentences with phrase «by academic economists»

Coin flipping would produce the correct strategy more often than the garbage produced by academic economists.

The statement by academic economists on global warming that's been discussed here previously has been released, with 270 (or maybe 271) signatures including at least 70 professors.

In recent years, the irrelevance of open market operations has also been argued (for slightly different reasons) by academic economists renown for their work in the theory of «rational expectations», including Thomas Sargent and John Muth.

This is probably why until very recently brilliant economists like Hyman Minsky, Irving Fisher and even Marriner Eccles were far more likely to be read by thoughtful investors than by academic economists (I myself was introduced to Minsky in the early 1990s by Bob Kowitt, and well - known institutional investor with a great bookshelf in his office).

I made these self - evident points at a forum recently only to be confronted by an academic economist who argued that multiple and widely differing exchange rates were not a deterrent to foreign investment!

Not exact matches

Opinions and assertions about the condition of the US labor force are also offered by financial market participants, advisors, economists, and academics.

The academic economist case against stimulus has been very capably made by my colleagues Stephen Gordon, Kevin Milligan, and Trevor Tombe.

Dec 14, 2015: In a November poll of academic and business economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal, 92 % said they expected the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December, the first such hike in more than nine years.

It is therefore no shock that economists and business academics are subverting the social movement to demand corporate accountability by dismantling some of their legal advantage — most notably, personhood rights for corporations.

«Despite the continued support of attacks by activist hedge funds by the Chair of the SEC, and many «Chicago school» academics who continue to rely on discredited statistics, there is growing recognition by institutional investors and prominent «new school» economists of the threat to corporations and their shareholders and to the economy of these attacks -LSB-...]

The airlines also hired a team of over 30 economists from a consulting firm headlined by two academics who had previously done stints as the Justice Department's chief antitrust economist.

The survey by the NABE, a professional association for business economists, academics and others who use economics in the workplace, was released Monday.

But if the choice was being made by the central bankers and academic economists who attended a closely - watched conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo. over the weekend, there would be another name very much in the mix — and quite possibly the front - runner.

There's no hope of escaping a lot of economic analysis and personal impressions in the weekly commentary of someone who's an academic economist by training.

Since we are bombarded daily by the mass media with news and views on the economy and economic policies, it is necessary to be trained to demythologize the orthodoxies claimed by economists, academics, policy makers and media programmes,

Since we are bombarded daily by the mass media with news and views on the economy and economic policies, it is necessary to be trained to demythologize the claimed orthodoxies of economists, academics, policy makers and media programmes, as it is necessary to be able to demythologize the stories of the scriptures.

Since we are bombarded daily by the mass media with news and views on the economy and economic policies, it is necessary to be trained to demythologize the claimed orthodoxies of economists, academics, policy makers and media programmes, as is accepted in the case of the stories of the scared scriptures.

After detailed research, the Committee on Climate Change — the government's independent panel of climate advisors made up of economists, academics, businesses representatives and scientists — found that the cheapest way to meet the UK's climate change targets is to have almost entirely carbon free electricity by 2030.

One study released last year by three academic economists concluded that making the credit permanent could boost the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.16 % annually, and add between 36,000 and 38,300 jobs each year.

In a comparison of American, Dutch, Israeli, and Russian students headed by economist Jan Magnus of Tilburg University in the Netherlands, Americans proved the least tolerant of academic dishonesty and Russians were the most tolerant.

A 2014 paper by Princeton economist Janet Currie and other researchers found such treatment was actually associated with a decrease in academic performance, a deterioration in relationship with parents and an increased likelihood of depression.

Recent work by economists and other academic researchers — some of it presented at a recent symposium at Columbia University («The Social Costs of Inadequate Education»)-- concluded that such investments have large payoffs in raising national income and tax revenues and reducing the cost of public services.

So even as Stanford economist Caroline Hoxby reports solid gains by charter pupils in New York City, Ohio's school - rating system for academic year 2008 - 9 showed that just 16 % of Buckeye charter pupils were in schools rated «excellent» or «effective,» while 55 % of them attended schools on «academic watch» or in «academic emergency.»

However, research by economists Stephen Cameron and James Heckman suggests that the real problem may be that poor children simply don't do as well in school, a somewhat discouraging conclusion since sending families bigger checks to help with college is arguably easier than improving academic achievement in elementary and secondary schools.

Although Gaetz's bill does not include fiscal expenditures, as noted in the main text (§ IV, supra), in reviewing the start time / academic achievement studies undertaken by fellow economists, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics Jonah Rockoff and the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Economics, and Professor of Education at the University of Michigan, Brian Jacob, concluded that delaying middle and high school start times «from roughly 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. -LSB-,]» will increase academic achievement by 0.175 standard deviations on average, with effects for disadvantaged students roughly twice as large as advantaged students, at little or no cost to schools; i.e., a 9 to 1 benefits to costs ratio when utilizing single - tier busing, the most expensive transportation method available.

Flowers: «That said, I felt like the criticism of the CFR work by other academic economists, as well as the general caution of the ASA, warranted inclusion — and so I reached out to Jesse Rothstein, the most respected «anti-VAM» economist, for comment.

A peer - reviewed study of academic gains in New Orleans, conducted by Tulane economists and glossed over in the Times piece, compared the performance of New Orleans students with that of other hurricane - affected students, concluding that «we are not aware of any other districts that have made such large gains in such a short period of time.»

It may even be the case that Americans can tolerate serious policy work by academics (like economist Cowen's e-book hit The Great Stagnation) so long as it isn't padded out to 500 pages.

EMH is believed in by almost all academics — whether finance professors or economists and probably by most mutual fund managers — almost all of whom sign off on what is called MCT.

The Wall Street Journal Prime Rate forecast and history is widely used by academics, economists and investors across various countries in the world.

I know, there are still Efficient Markets Hypothesis zealots in the academic community, but they are being outflanked by the behavioral economists who have hard data to support their theories.

According to Climate Progress, the report, Climate Policy and Industrial Competitiveness (pdf), completed by the economists, climate scientists, and academics of the German Marshall Fund, reveals that Europe's cap and trade has lead many countries in the EU to meet their carbon targets as agreed to in the Kyoto Protocol.

Indeed, today we are not even considering an actual U.S. carbon tax, which is preferred by almost all academic economists for this purpose, but instead a cap - and - trade system (i.e., emissions rationing) because it is more politically palatable to hide the costs to consumers this way.

To provide examples outside climate science, it would be a consensus among academic economists that «market capitalism» is by and large the most effective political economy available to humanity, and among academic political scientists that «representative democracy» is by and large the most effective form of political organisation available.

This post is an effort to organize the legal landscape into the competitive analysis framework created by renowned Harvard economist and academic Michael E. Porter.

Written by well - known academic and practising economists and lawyers from both developed and developing countries.

With respect, the possibility of academic criticism does not make for democratic accountability; nor does acceptance by a relevant expert community (if indeed «labour and employment lawyers» are the relevant expert community in relation to labour law — what about economists, for instance?)

Noted economists from companies like Moody's and Barclay's, along with university academics, are projecting an increase of 1 percent over current rates by spring due to the Federal Reserve discontinuing its purchase of mortgage - backed securities.

Recent research by a broad range of economists, academics, and government agencies has shown how technological change, transformations in the workplace, and other factors affect the useful life of structures.

In a survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal in the two days following the election results, 57 academic, business, and financial economists raised their forecasts for economic growth, inflation, and interest rates for both 2017 and 2018.