Economist on "Emir Kamenica"
please give an example otherwise not convincing ya agree with the first sentence. You mean you agree his being a douchebag? agree with the first part but dont agree with the generalization By most...
View ArticleEconomist on "Department Strengths"
Which are the top departments for IO, Political Econ, and Applied Micro?
View ArticleEconomist on "Emir Kamenica"
Has a hilariously low opinion of Chicago econ phd students
View ArticleEconomist on "Emir Kamenica"
Emir is a good guy. He did all himself , from being fatherless and refuge in Yugoslavia up to now. Choose another person to pick on
View ArticleEconomist on "Stanford"
Is Athey no longer at Stanford? She is at Stanford GSB. Just arrived here from Harvard / Microsoft.
View ArticleEconomist on "Stanford"
Theory: #1 along with Princeton (NW just behind) IO; #1 along with Yale and NW Macro: #5-10. I'd put MIT, Chicago, Princeton at the top. Not sure how to order depts after that. Some of Stanford's best...
View ArticleEconomist on "Department Strengths"
IO: stanford, NW, yale Political economy: mit, harvard, princeton Applied micro: mit, harvard, Berkeley, yale
View ArticleEconomist on "How to get into the top FT BizSchools?"
I wouldn't, especially if they don't know you (unless you would like to be a postdoc-in which case, speculative applications are ok). You can, of course, apply along with everyone else. I am in one of...
View ArticleEconomist on "Offers from HK or Singaporean Universities"
once tenure denied, it is impossible for them to move to US?Depends on the individual record. The problem is that teaching experience in Asia may look suspect to US schools. So without a strong...
View ArticleEconomist on "Offers from HK or Singaporean Universities"
once tenure denied, it is impossible for them to move to US?Move to China Mainland then, or just go to the financial industry in HK. People there are well paid.
View ArticleEconomist on "Offers from HK or Singaporean Universities"
i heard it is even worse. u can't even stay there any longer. you can only go to tianchao No, many stay on as instructors or lecturers.
View ArticleEconomist on "Easier to get finance job with Physics Phd then Econ Phd"
Reminder: Physics PhD will more likely be hired by Wall street then Econ Phd from a same school. Physics phd at least signals you are smart. Not sure what econ phd signals (familiarity with DSGE...
View ArticleEconomist on "Easier to get finance job with Physics Phd then Econ Phd"
If they want somebody to program up derivatives pricing software in C++ for prop trading ops or something like that, that's a lot closer to what physics PhD students do.I took math PhD classes at my...
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